Table 3.
Seasonal variation in abundance (number engorged) and comparison in engorgement rate across the host types for select species fairly represented throughout the sampling period
| Species | Animal | June 2015 | July 2015 | August 2015 | September 2015 | October 2015 | November 2015 | F-test | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culex pipiens | cowa | 39 (53) | 7 (26) | 15 (35) | 6 (14) | 4 (7) | 5 (31) | F2,14 = 2.13 | P = 0.16 |
| sheepa | 7 (24) | 2 (16) | 7 (25) | 2 (7) | 2 (7) | 17 (28) | |||
| goata | 6 (16) | 0 (22) | 3 (10) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 1 (8) | |||
| Aedes dentatus | cowa | 42 (62) | 12 (12) | 11 (13) | 8 (9) | 18 (22) | 1 (7) | F2,14 = 3.15 | P = 0.07 |
| sheepa | 14 (21) | 1 (1) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 3 (23) | |||
| goata | 42 (99) | 2 (2) | 2 (4) | 4 (4) | 3 (3) | 4 (18) | |||
| Anopheles gambiae | cowa | 25 (26) | 104 (114) | 12 (14) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 14 (20) | F2,12 = 15.59 | P = 0.0005 |
| sheepb | 4 (12) | 7 (11) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | |||
| goatb | 7 (15) | 6 (16) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | |||
| Anopheles funestus | cowa | 23 (24) | 23 (25) | 32 (35) | 46 (48) | 153 (160) | 0 (0) | F2,11 = 19.94 | P = 0.001 |
| sheepb | 10 (20) | 2 (4) | 9 (15) | 7 (8) | 22 (25) | 0 (0) | |||
| goatb | 10 (17) | 0 (0) | 3 (8) | 12 (14) | 20 (25) | 0 (0) |
Host followed by the same letters indicate no significant difference in the proportion of engorged for each type following chi square goodness-of-fit at α = 0.05 level