Infection with Babesia bovis alters metabolic rates of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks across life stages

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Metabolic rate results for mixed-effect models comparing control and infected R. microplus ticks

	Model term	Estimate	Std error	t-value	P-value
Replete females
Absolute VCO₂	Intercept	−1.52	0.042	−36.5	P < 0.0001
	Status (infected)	−0.10	0.030	−3.41	P = 0.0011
	Day	0.05	0.013	3.55	P = 0.0007
Eggs
VCO₂ per individual	Intercept	−6.08	0.059	−103	P < 0.0001
VCO₂ per individual	Status (infected)	0.30	0.057	5.27	P < 0.0001
Larvae
VCO₂ per individual	Intercept	−6.40	0.152	−42.2	P < 0.0001
VCO₂ per individual	Status (infected)	0.52	0.200	2.63	P = 0.0126

Tick ID was used as a random effect for replete female analysis. Replicate was used as a random effect for egg and larvae analyses

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