A survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of veterinary professionals regarding ticks and tick-borne diseases: Insights from Ohio, USA.

"Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest."

"This work and Dr. Andreas Eleftheriou were supported by 10.13039/100000199USDA NADPRP #APP-15124. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the USDA. We would like to thank all the extension veterinarians and commodity groups for their assistance in survey dissemination, all the veterinary professionals that participated in our electronic survey, and participants of the focus group that evaluated earlier drafts of the survey. We would also like to thank Drs. Armando Hoet, Jeff Lakritz, Justin Kieffer, Garth Ruff, Gustavo Schuenemann and Megan Halcomb for their general assistance during the study."