Table 2.

Amongst the samples submitted by veterinary practices, 56 dogs had travelled outside the UK in the previous 2 weeks, 43 of which were infested by one of three species of tick

Tick species	Number of travelled dogs infested (%)
Ixodes ricinus	29 (67.4)
Dermacentor variabilis	1 (2.3)
Rhipicephalus sanguineus	13 (30.2)
Total number with ticks	43