Bacterial Pathogens and Symbionts Harboured by Ticks Parasitising Red Squirrels in the United Kingdom.

Red squirrels () are native to most of Eurasia; in much of the United Kingdom, they have been supplanted by the non-native grey squirrel, and are considered an endangered species. Very little is known about the range of tick-borne pathogens to which UK red squirrels are exposed. As part of trap-and-release surveys examining prevalence of spp.