Table 2.
Numbers of ticks collected from dogs and dog shelters by latitudinal region.
| Region | Site | Species | Total (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haemaphysalis longicornis | H. flava | Ixodes nipponensis | |||
| Northern | Pet dogs | 552 | 4 | 12 | 568 |
| Stray dogs | 189 | 0 | 1 | 190 | |
| Dog shelters 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| Military working dogs | 599 | 3 | 1 | 603 | |
| Subtotal | 1440 (62.80) | 7 (0.31) | 14 (0.61) | 1461 (63.72) | |
| Central | Pet dogs | 228 | 1 | 6 | 235 |
| Stray dogs | 321 | 0 | 1 | 322 | |
| Dog shelters | 188 | 1 | 1 | 190 | |
| Military working dogs | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Subtotal | 757 (33.01) | 2 (0.09) | 8 (0.35) | 767 (33.45) | |
| Southern | Pet dogs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Stray dogs | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
| Dog shelters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Military working dogs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 64 (2.79) | 1 (0.04) | 0 | 65 (2.83) | |
| Total (%) | 2261 (98.60) | 10 (0.44) | 22 (0.96) | 2293 (100) | |
1 Ticks were collected from vegetation bordering stray dog shelter pens. Data are presented as numbers (percentage).