Table 2.

Effects of treatment (EPR, MOX or IVM) on blood-meal digestion of adult mites

Days after mite collection	Digestion rate (%)
	Control	EPR	MOX	IVM
1	47.91 ± 1.19a	21.25 ± 0.78b	33.37 ± 3.81c	26.04 ± 0.64d
3	94.41 ± 1.60a	36.58 ± 2.59b	68.74 ± 2.86c	42.22 ± 1.93d
5	99.36 ± 0.75a	60.74 ± 1.87b	75.03 ± 1.48c	56.23 ± 0.23d

^{a, b, c, d}Values within the same row followed by different letters are significantly different

The data are expressed as the mean ± SD

Abbreviations: EPR, eprinomectin; MOX, moxidectin; IVM, ivermectin