Frequency of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia spp., and coinfections in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from dogs and cats in Germany.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateNot applicable. Consent to participateInformed consent was obtained from all veterinarians involved in this study. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsC.S. declares that she repeatedly has lectured for and acted as consultant for (veterinary) pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies and has previous and ongoing research collaborations with (veterinary) pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies. J.P. declares that she has been employed as a PhD student in the project, which was included in the financial support by Intervet Deutschland GmbH. V.F. is the head of the National Reference Centre for Borrelia of the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority. A.S. declares that she has no conflicts of interest. Competing interests C.S. declares that she repeatedly has lectured for and acted as consultant for (veterinary) pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies and has previous and ongoing research collaborations with (veterinary) pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies. J.P. declares that she has been employed as a PhD student in the project, which was included in the financial support by Intervet Deutschland GmbH. V.F. is the head of the National Reference Centre for Borrelia of the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority. A.S. declares that she has no conflicts of interest."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. The study was financially supported by Intervet Deutschland GmbH."