Table 2.

Prevalence of pathogens in ticks collected from farm dogs in three districts of Pakistan

Pathogen	Kasur (n)	Muzaffargarh (n)	Rawalpindi (n)	Total (n)	%
Single infections
R. massiliae	25	21	11	57	24.3
E. canis	6	1	23	30	12.8
Coxiella-like	0	0	0	0	0
B. canis	0	0	0	0	0
A. platys	0	2	0	2	0.9
A. phagocytophilum	4	0	0	4	1.7
A. ovis	0	0	0	0	0
A. marginale	1	0	1	2	0.9
A. centrale	0	0	0	0	0
Double co-infections
R. massiliae + E. canis	8	38	16	62	26.4
R. massiliae + Coxiella-like	0	2	0	2	0.9
R. massiliae + A. marginale	3	0	0	3	1.3
R. massiliae + A. phagocytophilum	5	0	0	5	2.1
E. canis + B. canis	3	0	0	3	1.3
R. massiliae + A. centrale	3	0	1	4	1.7
R. massiliae + B. canis	2	0	0	2	0.9
R. massiliae + A. platys	2	0	0	2	0.9
E. canis + A. phagocytophilum	1	0	1	2	0.9
E. canis + A. centrale	0	0	1	1	0.4
R. massiliae + A. ovis	0	0	1	1	0.4
Triple co-infections
R. massiliae + E. canis + Coxiella-like	1	6	2	9	3.8
R. massiliae + E. canis + A. marginale	1	0	3	4	1.7
R. massiliae + E. canis + B. canis	0	3	0	3	1.3
R. massiliae + E. canis + A. phagocytophilum	1	1	0	2	0.9
R. massiliae + E. canis + . platys	2	0	0	2	0.9
R. massiliae + E. canis + A. ovis	0	0	0	0	0
R. massiliae + E. canis + A. centrale	0	0	1	1	0.4
E. canis + A. centrale + Coxiella-like	0	0	1	1	0.4