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. 2022 Mar 22;67(2):878–891. doi: 10.1007/s11686-022-00530-8

Table 2.

Reproductive performance of Hyalomma dromedarii engorged females treated with zinc oxide nanoparticles

Item	Concentration	Reproductive performance
Item	Concentration	EPI	Egg number	Hatchability (%)
ZnO NPs (mg/ml)	32	0.485 ± 0.022^b	4256.04 ± 179.96^bc	48.53 ± 7.75^a
	16	0.527 ± 0.025^b	3252.8 ± 181.03^b	66.67 ± 5.80^ab
	8	0.530 ± 0.022^b	3898.3 ± 380.84^b	82.50 ± 3.65^bc
	4	0.520 ± 0.022^b	4259.1 ± 459.96^bc	89.5 ± 3.29^bc
Butox^®5.0 (1 ml/l)	1	0.152 ± 0.017^a	623.7 ± 226.3^a	65.9 ± 12.4^ab
Control		0.600 ± 0.054^b	5380.26 ± 96.68^c	98.27 ± 0.323^c
F _5,48		28.855	35.614	7.071
P		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

EPI egg productive index

^{a,b,… etc}The significant difference between the mean values of each parameter according to Duncan’s test (P < 0.05)