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Tick-borne pathogens and disease in dogs on St. Kitts, West Indies
2013
Veterinary parasitology
Between 2009 and 2011, we conducted a case-control study of ticks and tick-associated pathogens affecting dogs on the island of St. Kitts, eastern Caribbean, including 55 cases of clinically suspected tick-borne disease (TBD) and 110 presumably healthy animals presented for elective surgeries. Rhipicephalus sanguineus caused year-round infestations of dogs, and 36% of the dogs in the study were infested at the time of examination. Overall, 62% of suspected TBD cases and 24% of presumably
doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.01.024
pmid:23481028
fatcat:xe5qegzd3faslmtkcm4h7caysy