Research Article

Feeding Patterns and Xenomonitoring of Trypanosomes among Tsetse Flies around the Gashaka-Gumti National Park in Nigeria

Table 5

Distribution of mammalian blood in tsetse blood meals.

Study sitesNumber of tsetse analyzedCattle (%)Dog (%)Man (%)Pig (%)Dual feeding (%)Multiple feeding (%)

Burto2513 (52.0)6 (24.0)0 (0.0)6 (24.0)6 (24.0)7 (28.0)
G/Dutse2512 (48.0)4 (16.0)2 (8.0)7 (28.0)2 (8.0)2 (8.0)
Goje256 (24.0)5 (20.0)3 (12.0)11 (44.0)4 (16.0)3 (12.0)
Serti2514 (56.0)2 (8.0)1 (4.0)8 (32.0)12 (48.0)5 (20.0)
Total10045 (45.0)17 (17.0)6 (6.0)32 (32.0)24 (24.0)17 (17.0)