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minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglish42•21 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-square@Rekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish-2•15 hours agoInstead of unpainted black they should have done painted black, or done both.
minus-square@Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-3•edit-218 hours agoThere is also the paint creating a barrier.
minus-square@Anivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-28 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