Table 1.

Summary of repeated-measures analyses of variance (ANOVAs) of the effect of host gender (HG) and day of feeding (DF) on the mass-specific amount of blood consumed by a flea (blood meal size) and the proportion of early satiated fleas

Dependent variableEffectSum of squares (s.s.)d.f.FP
Blood meal size HG 0.02 0.1 0.70 
 Error 7.01 60   
 DF 0.26 0.9 0.41 
 HG × DF 1.79 6.0 0.003 
 Error 0.20 120   
Proportion of early satiated fleas HG 0.62 41.8 <0.0001 
 Error 0.89 60   
 DF 0.12 6.7 0.001 
 HG × DF 0.06 3.7 0.02 
 Error 0.97 120   
Dependent variableEffectSum of squares (s.s.)d.f.FP
Blood meal size HG 0.02 0.1 0.70 
 Error 7.01 60   
 DF 0.26 0.9 0.41 
 HG × DF 1.79 6.0 0.003 
 Error 0.20 120   
Proportion of early satiated fleas HG 0.62 41.8 <0.0001 
 Error 0.89 60   
 DF 0.12 6.7 0.001 
 HG × DF 0.06 3.7 0.02 
 Error 0.97 120   
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