Table 3. Adult productivity rate of Anopheles funestus rearing in different water samples.
Water samples | Borehole water | FIFA mineral
water |
Possotômè
mineral water |
---|---|---|---|
Number of replicates | 8 | 15 | 17 |
Mean number of larvae/
replicate |
38 | 64 | 40 |
Mortality rates (%) | 97.36 (±5.08) | 14.06 (±8.52) | 17.5 (±11.78) |
Emerged adult rates (%) | 0 | 74.36 (±9.8) | 79.5 (±11.3) |
larvae development
duration (Days) |
15 | 10 | 10 |