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Table 1 Representative published reports of ticks recovered from dogs

From: Show us your ticks: a survey of ticks infesting dogs and cats across the USA

Study population (N; %)

Ticks identified (n; tick stagesa)

Location

References

Public Health England’s passive Tick Surveillance Scheme (TSS) (1580; nr)

Ixodes ricinus (2104; F/M/N/L)

UK

[42]

Ixodes hexagonus (943; F/M/N/L)

Haemaphysalis punctata (164; F/M/L)

Dermacentor reticulatus (47; F/M)

Ixodes canisuga (18; F/N/L)

Pet dogs presented to veterinarians (1383/3026; 45.7%)

Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.) (1822; F/M/N/L)

Italy

[39]

I. ricinus (468; F/M/N/L)

I. hexagonus (83; F/M/N)

Dermacentor marginatus (5; F/M)

Rhipicephalus bursa (11; F/M/N)

D. reticulatus (7; F/M)

H. punctata (4; F/N)

Ixodes arboricola (32; L)

I. canisuga (4; F/N)

Ixodes gibbosus (2; F)

Ixodes festai (1; F)

Pet dogs presented to veterinarians (nr)

I. ricinus (95; A)

Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy

[43]

R. sanguineus (s.l.) (74; A)

D. reticulatus (43; A)

I. hexagonus (12; A)

Pet dogs presented to veterinarians (562; nr)

R. sanguineus (sensu lato) (1058)

China

[44]

Haemaphysalis longicornis (286)

Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides (195)

11 too damaged for identification (A/N/L; species nos. for each stage not specified)

Pet dogs presented to veterinarians (180; nr)

R. sanguineus (s.l.) (1242)

USA (Florida)

[9]

Amblyomma americanum (36)

Ixodes scapularis (24)

Dermacentor variabilis (10)

Amblyomma maculatum (4)

Pet dogs presented to veterinarians and individual submissions (643; nr)

R. sanguineus (s.l.) (3069; F/M/N/L)

Australia

[33]

Ixodes holocyclus (770; F/M/N)

H. longicornis (213; F/N/L)

Ixodes tasmania (90; F/M/N/L)

Ixodes cornuatus (15; F/N)

Bothriocroton sp. (14; F/M/N/L)

Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum (10; F/N)

Haemaphysalis bancrofti (5; F/N)

Ixodes myrmecobii (4; F)

Rhipicephalus australis (1; N)

Pet dogs presented to veterinarians (1162; nr)

H. longicornis (2633; F/M/N/L)

Japan

[34]

R. sanguineus (s.l.) (882; F/M/N/L)

Haemaphysalis flava (316; F/M/N/L)

Ixodes ovatus (182; F/M/N)

Haemaphysalis hystricis (33; F/M/N)

Haemaphysalis megaspinosa (30; F/N/L)

Ixodes nipponensis (30; F/M/N)

Ixodes persulcatus (27; F/M)

Amblyomma testudinarium (22; F/N/L)

Haemaphysalis campanulata (19; F/M)

Haemaphysalis japonica (11; F/M/N)

Haemaphysalis spp. (17; F/N/L)

Ixodes spp. (2; F)

Haemaphysalis formosensis (1; N)

Haemaphysalis ias (1; F)

Unidentified (31; F/M/N/L)

Pet dogs during rabies vaccination campaign and pet dogs at selected. Home (154/413; 37.3%)

R. sanguineus (s.l.) (674; A/N)

Brazil

[45]

Amblyomma sp. (146; N/L)

Amblyomma cajennense (6; A)

Amblyomma ovale (7; A)

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (2; N)

Pet and shelter dogs at selected locations (nr)

I. scapularis (1147; M/F)

USA (Georgia)

[7]

D. variabilis (628; M/F/N)

R. sanguineus (274; F/M/N)

A. maculatum (218; F/M/N)

A. americanum (111; F/M/N)

Amblyomma tuberculatum (72; L)

Ixodes affinis (14; M/F)

Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (1; F)

Ixodes cookei (1; F)

Pet dogs at selected homes (870; nr)

A. americanum (23676; F/M/N/L)

USA (Oklahoma, Arkansas)

[6]

R. sanguineus (46652; F/M/N/L)

I. scapularis (965; M/F)

D. variabilis (717; M/F)

A. maculatum (10; F/M/N)

I. cookei (5; F)

  1. aProvided when specified in reference
  2. Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; N, nymph; L, larva; A, adult; N, number infested; n, number of ticks; nr, not reported