Table 3.
Parasitization of animals by ticks, fleas, and lice
| Host species | No. of animals parasitized/total no. examined (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any ectoparasite | Ticks | Fleas | Lice | |
| American mink | 3/3 (100) | 3/3 (100) | 1/3 (33.33) | 0/3 (0) |
| Beech marten | 9/26 (34.62) | 6/26 (23.08) | 4/26 (15.38) | 6/26 (23.08) |
| Eurasian badger | 59/75 (78.67) | 40/75 (53.33) | 26/75 (34.67) | 47/67 (70.15) |
| Pine marten | 3/14 (21.4) | 2/14 (14.29) | 2/14 (14.29) | 0/14 (0) |
| Polecat | 0/5 (0) | 0/5 (0) | 0/5 (0) | 0/5 (0) |
| Red fox | 39/62 (62.9) | 33/62 (53.23) | 22/62 (35.48) | 0/61 (0) |
| Small-spotted genet | 5/12 (41.67) | 5/12 (41.67) | 1/12 (8.33) | 0/12 (0) |
| Weasel | 2/5 (40) | 1/5 (20) | 1/5 (20) | 0/5 (0) |
| Wildcat | 1/6 (16.67) | 1/6 (16.67) | 0/6 (0) | 0/5 (0) |
| Wolf | 1/2 (50) | 1/2 (50) | 0/2 (0) | 1/2 (50) |