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Table 4 Ticks collected from other domestic animals

From: Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting cattle and some other domestic and wild hosts on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica

Host species (No. of infested animals)

Tick species

No. of specimens

%

Goats (258)

Rhipicephalus bursa

334

99.7

Haemaphysalis punctata

1

0.3

Total

335

100

Sheep (51)

Rhipicephalus bursa

53

91.4

Hyalomma marginatum

4

6.9

Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.)

1

1.7

Total

58

100

Horses (29)

Hyalomma marginatum

140

77.7

Rhipicephalus bursa

38

21.1

Dermacentor marginatus

1

0.6

Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.)

1

0.6

Total

180

100

Domestic carnivores

 Dogs (31)

Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.)

157

97.0

Hyalomma marginatum

1

0.6

 Cats (4)

Ixodes ricinus

1

0.6

Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.)

3

1.8

 

Total

162

100