Table 1 Overview of parts with ticks on different hosts with tick prevalence (proportion of individuals with ticks), mean, median and max tick abundance (number of ticks if present), proportion of life stages (as a total of all life stages) and overall density (ticks per cm2)
Species | Part | No. | Prevalence (%) | Mean abundance | Median abundance | Max abundance | Percentage larvae (%) | Percentage nymphs (%) | Percentage adults (%) | Overall density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roe deer | Entire body | 29 | 100 | 62 | 42 | 196 | 3 | 27 | 71 | 0.028 |
Back | 29 | 100 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 0.064 | |
Belly | 58 | 100 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 89 | 0.031 | |
Head | 29 | 100 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 47 | 0 | 53 | NA | |
Leg | 116 | 100 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 56 | 10 | 33 | 0.042 | |
Neck | 29 | 100 | 15 | 9 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 0.052 | |
Badger | Entire body | 14 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 95 | 0.001 |
Back | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.016 | |
Belly | 28 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.006 | |
Head | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 67 | NA | |
Leg | 56 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.012 | |
Neck | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.014 | |
Red fox | Entire body | 6 | 100 | 8 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.002 |
Back | 6 | 33 | 3 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.008 | |
Belly | 12 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.010 | |
Head | 6 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 | NA | |
Leg | 24 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.005 | |
Neck | 6 | 33 | 2 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.014 | |
Squirrel | Entire body | 17 | 88 | 56 | 46 | 187 | 28 | 70 | 2 | 2.014 |