UK distribution of Ticks collected from Dogs
Citation
One Health VBD Hub (2025). UK distribution of Ticks collected from Dogs. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/f76pjm accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-04.Description
Large-scale survey of tick abundance on dogs presented to veterinary practices in the UK, using a participatory approach that allows relatively cost- and time-effective extensive data collection. over a 16 week period, 2015.
Purpose
Sampling Description
Method steps
- Over a period of 16 weeks (April–July 2015), 1094 veterinary practices were recruited to monitor tick attachment to dogs and provided with a tick collection and submission protocol. Recruitment was encouraged through a national publicity and communication initiative. Participating practices were asked to select five dogs at random each week and undertake a thorough, standardized examination of each dog for ticks. The clinical history and any ticks were then sent to the investigators for identification.
Additional info
Latitude and Longitudes are calculated from postcodes.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
originatorOne Health VBD Hub
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One Health VBD Hub
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Richard Wall
administrative point of contact
position: editor
email: Richard.Wall@bristol.ac.uk