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In the UK, a large survey among 1278 veterinary practices resulted in the collection of 7106 ticks retrieved from cats and dogs (Abdullah et_al 2016; Davies et_al 2017). The dominant tick species from dogs was Ixodes ricinus. The mere presence of pathogen DNA in a feeding tick is no evidence that it has acquired the pathogen from the host of which it was removed, nor that the tick can transmit or has transmitted the pathogen to that host. The prevalence of ticks over the pet population cannot be determined, because the proportion of pets . . .
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