Table 7.

Average percent of eggs hatching for a sample of n ticks per day per calf

	Day of collection
	20		21		22		23		24		25		Mean % per calf
	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
Control
C1557	75.25	47	83.50	47	75.06	46	83.09	48	77.39	48	71.88	22	77.70
C1559	78.77	48	77.16	48	78.75	43	68.15	44	76.43	46	63.63	17	73.82
C1560	80.01	48	79.17	45	81.24	46	75.19	46	69.77	47	65.06	11	75.07
Daily mean	78.01		79.94		78.35		75.48		74.53		66.86		75.53
SD	2.46		3.24		3.11		7.47		4.15		4.41		1.98
SEM	1.42		1.87		1.79		4.31		2.40		2.55		1.14
Vaccinated
C1551	81.72	47	72.36	47	83.20	47	80	47	78.13	46	74.77	24	78.44
C1553	88.29	47	78.31	48	83.30	48	87.92	42	75.90	43	57.55	15	78.55
C1554	84.8	46	81.46	47	78.39	47	79.70	48	66.20	48	70.90	24	76.92
Daily mean	84.95		77.38		81.63		82.69		73.41		67.74		77.97
SD	3.29		4.62		2.81		4.54		6.34		9.04		0.91
SEM	1.90		2.67		1.62		2.62		3.66		5.22		0.53

% = Average percent of a subsample of eggs hatching for a sample of n egg masses per day per calf. Day of collection = number of days since larval ticks were first applied. n = number of egg masses sampled for the calf on the day. SD standard deviation, SEM standard error of the mean