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minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·19 hours agoYes. They had a control group with only black stripes along with an unpainted group. I would have to assume they also checked the paints for potential repellents, but I only skimmed the article. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776349/
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·13 hours agoInstead of unpainted black they should have done painted black, or done both.
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·edit-216 hours agoThere is also the paint creating a barrier.
minus-squareAnivialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-26 hours agoOK, but they didn’t count bites. They counted how many flies landed on the cow. So it being a barrier is irrelevant
Yes. They had a control group with only black stripes along with an unpainted group. I would have to assume they also checked the paints for potential repellents, but I only skimmed the article.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776349/
Instead of unpainted black they should have done painted black, or done both.
There is also the paint creating a barrier.
OK, but they didn’t count bites. They counted how many flies landed on the cow. So it being a barrier is irrelevant