Publications

prevalence and distribution of borrelia and babesia species in ticks feeding on dogs in the u.k.	ticks were collected during march-july 2015 from dogs by veterinarians throughout the u.k. and used to estimate current prevalences and distributions of pathogens. dna was extracted from 4750 ticks and subjected to polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis to identify borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (spirochaetales: spirochaetaceae) and babesia (piroplasmida: babesiidae) species. of 4737 ticks [predominantly ixodes ricinus linneaus (ixodida: ixodidae)], b. burgdorferi s.l. was detected in ...	2017	28846148
prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens: babesia and borrelia species in ticks infesting cats of great britain.	in a study of tick and tick-borne pathogen prevalence, between may and october 2016, 278 veterinary practices in great britain examined 1855 cats. six-hundred and one cats were found to have attached ticks. the most frequently recorded tick species was ixodes ricinus (57.1%), followed by ixodes hexagonus (41.4%) and ixodes trianguliceps (1.5%). male cats, 4-6 years of age living in rural areas were most likely to be carrying a tick; hair length and tick treatment history had no significant assoc ...	2017	28917304