The Historical Baseline of Hard Tick Records in Spain (1985-2024).

Ticks are important vectors of pathogens, producing diseases in animals and humans. The planning of information campaigns or prevention programs is heavily based on the knowledge of highly detailed data on tick distribution. This study reports unpublished data on the distribution of more than 30,000 tick specimens, collected by active surveys in the years 1985-2024 in Spain, from 2285 surveys in 1636 unique sites, providing coordinates with variable accuracy.

Seroprevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in horses in Spain.

Equine piroplasmoses are enzootic parasitic diseases distributed worldwide with high incidence in tropical and subtropical regions. In Spain, there is insufficient epidemiological data about equine piroplasmoses. The main aim of the present study was therefore to estimate the prevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in five regions and obtain information about the risk factors.