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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2015 Dec 29;7(3):405–414. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.017

Table 1.

Effect of rAAS19 immunization on Amblyomma americanum egg laying

1st infestation 2nd infestation
Parameters Control
rabbit		 Rabbit
1		 Rabbit
2		 Control
rabbit		 Rabbit
1		 Rabbit
2
Egg Weight (mg) 308.18 283 134.40 140.14 136.9 151.16
Egg Mass Conversion Ratio
(mg) 		0.465 0.456 0.313 0.283 0.342 0.32
% Ticks failed to lay eggs 6.9
(2/29)		 6.25
(2/32)		 3.71
(1/26)		 48
(12/25)		 60.6
(20/33)		 67.74
(21/31)