Table 2.

Linear square mean (LSM) Standard error (SE) and Mean for each life metamorphic stage of ticks per year and both dog categories (FRD/home dogs), including the p-values from T-student and goodness of fit of chi-square/df.

Total Ticks
Year	Mean	SE		Mean	SE
2013	3.9501	0.2381	FRD	5.1431	0.2713
2014	3.5180	0.2227	Home dogs	2.7020	0.2013
T value 1.34			Pr > |t| 0.1805
Total Males	Mean	SE		Mean	SE
2013	1.9542	0.1731	FRD *	2.3048	0.1845
2014	1.4833	0.1492	Home dogs	1.2577	0.1398
T value 4.44			Pr < |t|0.0001
Total Females	Mean	SE
2013	1.4830	0.1119	FRD *	2.0517	0.1394
2014	1.4942	0.1182	House dogs	1.0801	0.1117
T value 5.19			Pr > |t| < 0.0001
Engorged Females	Mean	SE		Mean	SE
2013	0.9339	0.09564	FRD *	1.3135	0.1098
2014	0.9283	0.09944	House dogs	0.6600	0.08617
T value 4.44			Pr > |t| <0.0001
Empty Females	Mean	SE		Mean	SE
2013	0.5525	0.08021	FRD *	0.7373	0.09191
2014	0.5610	0.08594	House dogs	0.4203	0.08594
T value 2.59			Pr > |t| 0.0103
Total Nymphs	Mean	SE		Mean	SE
2013	0.5650	0.1344	FRD *	0.5672	0.1268
2014	0.1247	0.1063	House dogs	0.4143	0.1127
T value 0.89			Pr > |t| 0.3760

* FRD: Free-roaming dogs.