Table 4.

Physiological index of ticks in the nov-mir-17 silencing experiment.

Physiological index	untreated	Ant-17	miRNA-NC
recycle Ticks number	34	32	31
the number days of engorgement	9.540 ± 0.1679	11.32 ± 0.3151	9.357 ± 0.3252
the weight after engorgement (g)	1.190 ± 0.02059	1.313 ± 0.03618	1.107 ± 0.04161
the spawning rate	61.46%	69.61%	59.14%

Each data point is the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments (n = 3). Different letters differences on the same line indicate significant (P < 0.05). The bold values indicate significant differences between untreated and experimental group.