Year-round tick exposure of dogs and cats in Germany and Austria: results from a tick collection study

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Overview of tick specimens collected from the various host species

	I. ricinus	I. hexagonus	I. canisuga	I. hexagonus / I. canisuga	I. frontalis	D. reticulatus	D. marginatus	R. sanguineus	H. concinna	Ixodes spp.	Dermacentor spp.	Rhipicephalus spp.	Total no.
Dog	8095	166	4	48	1	1860	1	8	7	56	36	2	10,284
Cat	7344	398	2	107	0	56	0	0	1	83	5	1	7997
Hedgehog	107	438	0	102	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	656
Horse	39	1	0	0	0	76	30	0	0	1	2	0	149
Rabbit	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	130
Deer	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28
Human	15	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	31
Sheep	17	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	22
Cattle	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14
Bird	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12
Other*	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30
Host unknown	131	7	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	149
Total	15,943	1012	7	258	6	2013	38	8	9	161	43	4	19,502

^*Other host species: I. ricinus: badger (n = 4), guinea pig (n = 8), hamster (n = 3), squirrel (n = 3), fox (n = 2), hare (n = 2), rat (n = 1), goat (n = 1), marten (n = 4); I. hexagonus: marten (n = 1); I. canisuga: badger (n = 1)
Twelve ticks are not listed as their deteriorated condition did not allow morphological identification

ISSN: 1756-3305