Table 1 Summary of ticks sampled from dogs, cats and horses for piroplasm and Hepatozoon spp. screening

Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum

11

0

13

24

Bothriocroton cf. auruginans^a

6

0

0

6

Haemaphysalis bancrofti

1

1

3

5

Haemaphysalis lagostrophi

0

0

1

1

Haemaphysalis longicornis

51

0

24

75

Ixodida: Ixodidae, cf. Haemaphysalis^b

0

0

3

3

Ixodes cornuatus

9

1

0

10

Ixodes hirsti

0

1

0

1

Ixodes holocyclus

182

126

27

335

Ixodes myrmecobii

4

1

0

5

Ixodes tasmani

49

9

1

59

Rhipicephalus australis

1

0

2

3

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

184

0

0

184

Grand total

498

139

74

711