Table 3.
Tick hosts by sampling site.
| Zavadilka | Blatna | Dacice | Netolice | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identification success rate | 60.8% | 56% | 64.5% | 64% | 61.1% |
| (93/153) | (56/100) | (60/93) | (57/89) | (266/435) | |
| Rodents | 37.6% | 31.7% | 26.9% | **62.3% | 28.6% |
| (41/109) | (19/60) | (21/78) | (28/61) | (119/308) | |
| Artiodactyls | 54.1% | 60% | 53.9% | **31.15% | 50.7% |
| (59/109) | (36/60) | (42/78) | (19/61) | (156/308) | |
| Birds | 5.5%* | 5.0% | *15.4% | 4.9% | 7.8% |
| (6/109) | (3/60) | (12/78) | (3/61) | (24/308) | |
| Predatory mammals | 1.8% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| (2/109) | (2/60) | (3/78) | (1/61) | (8/308) | |
| Insectivores | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| (1/109) | (0/60) | (0/78) | (0/61) | (1/308) |
Identification success rate is the number of positively identified samples out of the number of ticks tested; proportional representation of groups of host species is the number of identifications of a particular host out of all successful identifications including two hosts identified in one sample. Statistically significant results are indicated by *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01.