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

Table 2.

Infection of male ixodid ticks by BTV8 by capillary feeding

Number Days post-feeding Species Gut (Cp)a Testes (Cp) Salivary glands (Cp) Malpighian tubules (Cp) Remaining tissue (Cp)
BT 41 5 D. reticulatus b
BT 42 5 32.85 35.67 28.86
BT 43 5 26.55
BT 44 5 33.92 34.12
BT 46 5
BT 35 12 32.55 33.56 29.65
BT 36 12
BT 40 12 35.70
BT 45 12 ND
BT 37 16
BT 39 16 26.95
BT 47 16
BT 86 8 I. ricinus 40.00 36.90 35.96 32.19
BT 87 8 36.60 30.58

aCp, Crossing point, see “Materials and methods”

bNegative

ND, not done