Chicken volatiles repel host-seeking malaria mosquitoes

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Host availability, blood meal analyses, and forage ratio of Anopheles arabiensis

Hosts	Host availability	Blood meal				Forage ratio
	Host availability	Indoor		Outdoor		Indoor	Outdoor
	No.	No.	%	No.	%	Indoor	Outdoor
Human	6706	523	69	81	20	2.2	0.6
Cattle	9970	139	18	260	63	0.4	1.3
Goat	849	25	3.3	21	5	0.8	1.3
Sheep	481	15	2	11	2.6	0.9	1.1
Chicken	3194	0	0	1	0.2	0	0
Mixed	–	39	5.2	26	6.3	–	–
Unidentified	–	15	2	16	3.8	–	–

Host availability is denoted by number of host individuals (No.) present in the three villages. Blood meals were analysed and reported as both number of individual events (No.) and percent (%) of the total number of individuals feeding on a particular host

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