Table 2.
Red foxes found positive for SCT. Body localization is intended as the coat area where ticks were found in the subcutis, namely the head region (including ears and neck), the thoraco-abdominal region (including axillar region, shoulder, back, belly, inguinal region) and limbs (including, tail, forelimbs, hindlimbs). Morphological identification has been performed under stereomicroscope following morphological criteria, while molecular ID refers to the outcome of cox1 gene and 16S rDNA amplification (see Method section).
| ID | Sex | No. of SCT | SCT Morphological ID | SCT Molecular ID | SCT Localization | Mange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Region |
Thoraco-Abdominal Region |
Limbs | ||||||
| 37 | M | 1 | Ixodes spp. | nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | no |
| 98 | F | 1 | Ixodes spp. | nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | no |
| 129 | F | 15 | I. ricinus (3), Ixodes spp. (12) | I. ricinus | 2 | 10 | 3 | no |
| 132 | F | 10 | I.ricinus (2), Ixodes spp. (8) | I. ricinus | 0 | 8 | 2 | no |
| 133 | M | 5 | I. ricinus (1), Ixodes spp. (4) | I. ricinus | 0 | 4 | 1 | no |
| 145 | M | 4 | Ixodes spp. | I. ricinus | 0 | 4 | 0 | yes |
| V_1 | M | 2 | I. ricinus (1), Ixodes spp. (1) | I. ricinus | 0 | 0 | 2 | no |
| 75 | F | 1 | Ixodes spp. | nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | no |
| 87 | M | 2 | Ixodes spp. | nd | 2 | 0 | 0 | yes |
| V_14 | M | 1 | Ixodes spp. | nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | no |
| V_18 | F | 9 | Ixodes spp. | I. ricinus | 0 | 9 | 0 | no |
Note: ‘nd’ = tick species could not be ascertained.