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Table 1 The number and percentage of dogs that had not travelled outside the UK in the previous 2 weeks, infested by each species of tick as submitted by veterinary practices that participated in the UK survey

From: Ticks infesting domestic dogs in the UK: a large-scale surveillance programme

Tick species

Number of dogs

Percentage

Ixodes ricinus

5236

89.2

Ixodes hexagonus

577

9.8

Ixodes canisuga

46

0.78

Haemaphysalis punctata

3

0.05

Dermacentor reticulatus

10

0.17

Total number of dogs infested by endemic ticks

5872