Table 4.
Food sources of Triatoma brasiliensis by developmental stage and ecotopes of capture in peridomicile environments, Tauá, Ceará, Brazil, 2015
| Ecotope | Rodents, n (%) | Goats, n (%) | Birds, n (%) | Cats, n (%) | Cattle, n (%) | Pigs, n (%) | Subtotal, n (%) | Total n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | N5 | Adults | N5 | Adults | N5 | Adults | N5 | Adults | N5 | N5 | Adults | N5 | ||
| Roofing tiles, bricks and stones | 27 (81.8) | 12 (57.1) | 8 (9.1) | 5 (23.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (3.0) | 1 (4.8) | 2 (6.1) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.8) | 38 (61.1) | 21 (38.9) | 59 (54.5) |
| Sheepfold | 4 (36.4) | 1 (100) | 5 (45.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (91.7) | 1 (8.3) | 12 (12.1) |
| Firewood | 6 (66.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (33.3) | 3 (100) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 13 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | 18 (9.1) |
| Chicken coop/perch | 2 (25.0) | – | 1 (25.0) | – | 1 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 2 (50.0) | – | – | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | 6 (4.0) |
| Pigsty | 1 (25.0) | – | 3 (75.0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | – | 4 (100) | 0 (0) | 4 (4.0) |
| Total | 40 (55.6) | 13 (48.1) | 19 (26.9) | 8 (29.6) | 3 (4.7) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (3.7) | 9 (12.5) | 3 (11.1) | 1 (3.7) | 72 (72.7) | 27 (27.3) | 99 (100) |
Pearson’s Chi-square test: χ2 = 17.8224, df = 8, P = 0.023; Fisher’s exact test: P = 0.02