Tick Infestation Among Stray Dogs of Urban Chișinău, Moldova: Species Distribution and Pathogen Detection
Alexandr Morozov, Anna Victorova, Nadejda Railean, Ion Toderas · 2025
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Alexandr Morozov, Anna Victorova, Nadejda Railean, and Ion Toderas comb the ticks off Chișinău's stray dogs in a 2025 study. Strays share the Moldovan capital's parks with families, and their ticks can carry diseases for pets and people alike. Nobody had counted the burden.
Across six parks in two years, 232 dogs yielded 443 ticks of five species, the castor bean tick leading. Nearly half the dogs carried ticks, about four apiece, with the wildest parks worst. A quarter of the ticks carried at least one pathogen, led by the agents of babesiosis and Lyme disease. The authors urge stray management and park upkeep as public health, not just kindness.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alexandr Morozov, Anna Victorova, Nadejda Railean, Ion Toderas |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |