From: A survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of companion animals in Australia
Host factors | Hosts | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Dogs | Cats | Horses | ||
Sex | Female | 152 | 47 | 3 |
 | Male | 167 | 55 | 4 |
 | Total | 319 | 102 | 7 |
Age (months) | Median | 60 | 36 | 127 |
Interquartile range | 24–108 | 19.5–96 | 90–240 | |
Minimum | 2 | 1 | 72 | |
Maximum | 240 | 244 | 300 | |
Total | 311 | 98 | 7 | |
Clinical signs of tick paralysis | Absent | 65 | 9 | 5 |
Present | 153 | 77 | 2 | |
Total | 218 | 86 | 7 | |
Are tick control products used? | No | 106 | 56 | 2 |
Yes | 168 | 42 | 4 | |
Total | 274 | 98 | 6 | |
Dog Size | Small | 139 | N/A | N/A |
Medium | 53 | N/A | N/A | |
Large | 120 | N/A | N/A | |
Total | 312 | N/A | N/A | |
Habitat | Indoors | 114 | N/A | N/A |
Outdoors | 135 | N/A | N/A | |
Total | 249 | N/A | N/A | |
Where is dog walked? | Confined to home | 29 | N/A | N/A |
Urban parks | 73 | N/A | N/A | |
Semi-urban bush | 38 | N/A | N/A | |
Countryside/remote bush/farmland | 35 | N/A | N/A | |
Urban parks and semi-urban bush | 15 | N/A | N/A | |
Urban parks, semi-urban bush and countryside/remote bush/farmland | 8 | N/A | N/A | |
Semi-urban bush and countryside/remote bush/farmland | 18 | N/A | N/A | |
Urban parks and countryside/remote bush/farmland | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
Total | 217 | N/A | N/A |