Effect of owner-controlled acaricidal treatment on tick infestation and immune response to tick-borne pathogens in naturally infested dogs from Eastern Austria

Table 1 Number of dogs with seroconversion or rising titer during the investigation period / pathogen

Pathogen	Total	Spring	Autumn	Permethrin	Fipronil	Untreated
A. phagocytophilum	25	12	13	11	6	8
B. canis	6	3	3	2	3	1
B. burgdorferi s. l.	20	13	7	7	8	5
TBEV	10	2	8	2	4	4
total	61	30	31	22	21	18

ISSN: 1756-3305