Table 1 Collected ticks from small mammals per tick species, developmental stage and per small mammal species
Tick species and developmental stage | No. of ticks collected | Number of ticks per small mammal species/number of small mammals infested | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Myodes glareolus | Apodemus flavicollis | Apodemus agrarius | Mustela nivalis | Microtus arvalis | ||
Ixodes ricinus | 2802 | 1439/391 | 1281/186 | 65/7 | 1/1 | 16/4 |
 Larva | 2583 | 1290/385 | 1219/179 | 59/7 | 1/1 | 14/4 |
 Nymph | 219 | 149/87 | 62/22 | 6/3 | – | 2/2 |
Ixodes trianguliceps | 3 | 3/3 | – | – | – | – |
 Nymph | 3 | 3/3 | – | – | – | – |
Ixodes spp. | 208 | 111/61 | 87/32 | 9/2 | – | 1/1 |
 Larva | 187 | 100/56 | 81/30 | 5/2 | – | 1/1 |
 Nymph | 21 | 11/9 | 6/2 | 4/1 | – | – |
Dermacentor reticulatus | 310 | 293/32 | 3/3 | 14/2 | – | – |
 Larva | 159 | 151/29 | 3/3 | 5/1 | – | – |
 Nymph | 151 | 142/25 | – | 9/2 | – | – |
Ticka | 7 | 6/6 | 1/1 | – | – | – |