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The mountainous and foothill areas, in which the city of Zakopane, the capital of Tatra County, is located are characterized by continuous weather changes, lower air temperature, persistent snow cover, and poorer vegetation than in the lowlands.  Ixodes ricinus  and  Ixodes hexagonus  are vectors of tick-borne diseases and play an important role in the persistence of tick-borne diseases. The aim of the study was to determine the risk of exposure of domestic cats and dogs to the attacks of Ixodid ticks, to tick-borne infections with  Borrelia burgdorferi  sensu lato,  Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti  and  Toxoplasma gondii  in the city of Zakopane and the surrounding area. In 2017–2018 ticks were collected from a total of 10 domestic cats and 88 domestic dogs. Selected pathogens of tick-borne diseases were detected by PCR and nested PCR. The study material contained 119  I. ricinus  and 36  I. hexagonus . The molecular examinations showed the presence of  A. phagocytophilum  in 3.8%,  B. microti  in 24.5% and  T. gondii  in 4.5% of the all ticks. In addition, in the study area, there is a high potential risk of tick-borne infection by  B. microti , and a low potential risk of exposure to  A. phagocytophilum  and  T. gondii  infection.

Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from pets in selected mountainous areas of Tatra County (Tatra Mountains, Poland)