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. 2010 Apr 1;52(2):183–192. doi: 10.1007/s10493-010-9359-7

Table 1.

Infection of female ixodid ticks with BTV8 by capillary feeding

Tick ID number Days post-feeding Species of tick Bloodmeal (mg)a Gut (Cp)b Ovaries (Cp) Salivary glands (Cp) Malpighian tubules (Cp) Remaining tissue (Cp)
BT 20 3 D. reticulatus 4.3 27.27 c
BT 23 3 19.0 27.17 26.87
BT 24 3 74.2 25.87 29.50 30.44 32.70
BT 187 11 33.2 28.03 30.98 30.22 32.70
BT 228 2 Ixodes ricinus 44.8 30.47 30.70 31.88 28.75
BT 1 5 20.1 29.81 35.72 28.90
BT 77 6 49.3 28.32 30.84 31.06 27.85
BT 79 6 38.0 28.73 30.3 27.62
BT 107 7 75.1 29.03 29.66 33.00 36.25 27.64
BT 108 7 74.2 28.27 30.53 30.54 26.80
BT 109 7 5.5 30.75 31.56 33.22 27.67
BT 175 12 68.1 32.60 34.19 33.88 34.46 28.87
BT 95 13 25.6 28.71 30.95 33.06 31.26 29.03
BT 97 13 19.7 29.86 31.86 31.30 37.00 27.21
BT 143 15 35.8 28.96 29.65 29.42
BT 166 14 I. hexagonus 36.9 30.18 34.77 33.99
BT 167 14 42.4 33.60 31.53 32.68 34.02 29.77
BT 147 15 7.8 32.44 31.73
BT 117 7 R. bursa 16.7
BT 119 7 2.5
BT 120 7 1.80 30.65 35.24 26.74
BT 160 14 18.6 29.19 31.58 32.61 31.04 28.93
BT 161 14 9.9 30.12 33.45
BT 172 19 3.1

aThe amount of ingested blood was determined by weighting each tick before and after capillary feeding

bCp, Crossing point, see “Materials and methods”

cNegative