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Table 2.

Comparison on the feeding efficacy of Theileria parva-infected Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Muguga ‘low-line’ ticks

	Vaccinated^a	Control^a	U-value^b	P-value^b
Number of engorged females recovered from 30 applied	14.9 ± 7.6	17.8 ± 7.6	81.5	0.550
Average adult female replete weight (mg)	238 ± 79.0	275 ± 30.0	78.5	0.462
Total egg weight laid (g)	1 ± 0.6	1.4 ± 0.7	59.5	0.106
Average egg weight/tick (mg)	67 ± 40	83 ± 34	75.5	0.383

^aValues represent the mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM)

^bMann-Whitney test: vaccinated vs control group