Table 1.
Distribution of tick species on different hosts (a) by region and month of study, (b) mean infestation for selected host groups
| Host | Region | Time | Number of ticks | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Month | D.r. F | D.r. M | D.r. T | I.r. F | I.r. M | I.r. N | I.r. T | I.h. F | I.h. T | ∑ | ||||
| (a) | |||||||||||||||
| Dog | Mazowsze region | Spring | March | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| April | 13 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |||||
| May | 38 | 13 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | |||||
| Summer | June | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| July, August | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| Autumn | September | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| November | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Winter | December | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| January | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | |||||
| February | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Warmińsko-Mazurskie region | Autumn | September | 20 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |||
| ∑ | 105 | 105 | 210 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 244 | |||||
| Cat | Mazowsze region | Spring | April | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| May | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| Summer | June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| July, August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Autumn | November | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| ∑ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |||||
| Horse | Warmińsko-Mazurskie region | Spring | May | 102 | 54 | 156 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 178 | ||
| Summer | June | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| July, August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Autumn | October | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| ∑ | 117 | 57 | 174 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 215 | |||||
| Cow | Mazowsze region | Autumn | October, November | 53 | 38 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | ||
| European bison | Podlaskie region | Winter | December | 12 | 134 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | ||
| Region | Localization | Host number of individuals | Time (month, season) | No. and mean/ind. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.r. F | D.r. M | D.r. T | I.r. F | I.r. M | I.r. N | I.r. T | ||||
| (b) | ||||||||||
| Warmińsko-Mazurskie region |
Urwitałt N 53°48′17.29″ E 21°38′25.43″ |
Horse (n = 6) | May 2012, Spring | 102 | 59 | 161 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | 9.83 | 26.83 | 2 | 0.83 | 0 | 2.83 | ||||
|
Dziubiele N 53°48′07.42″ E 21°43′57.08″ |
Horse (n = 32) | June 2012, Summer | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| 0.13 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.34 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.4 | ||||
| Horse (n = 8) | October 2012, Autumn | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1.38 | 0.38 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.13 | ||||
|
Urwitałt N 53°48′17.29″ E 21°38′25.43″ |
Dog (n = 11) | September 2012, Autumn | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.64 | 0 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mazowsze region |
Dąbrowica N 52°42′04.83″ E 23°51′10.80″ |
Cow (n = 3) | Oct, Nov 2012, Autumn | 53 | 38 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17.67 | 12.67 | 30.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
|
Tłuszcz N 52°26′04.00″ E 21°25′55.33″ |
Cat (n = 1) | June, July, Aug 2012, Summer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| April 2013, Spring | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| May 2013, Spring | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 23 | |||
| June 2013, Summer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Podlaskie region |
Białowieża N 52°42′04.83″ E 23°51′10.80″ |
European bison (n = 6) | December 2003, Winter | 0 | 78 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
D.r. Dermacentor reticulatus, I.r. Ixodes ricinus, I.h. Ixodes hexagonus, F female, M male, N nymph, T total