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 |