Patterns of deer ked (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) and tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) infestation on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the eastern United States

Table 2 Number of deer sampled and means (± SE) of deer keds and adult ticks collected from white-tailed deer in each state, November 2018–January 2019

State	Number of deer sampled	Deer ked^a	Ixodes scapularis	Amblyomma americanum	Dermacentor albipictus
Alabama	14	3.00 (0.64)	2.43 (1.32)	0.07 (0.07)	0.00 (0.00)
Kentucky	20	0.00 (0.00)	13.80 (2.41)	0.00 (0.00)	0.75 (0.26)
Maryland	20	0.00 (0.00)	1.35 (0.33)	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)
Pennsylvania	87	3.60 (0.49)	6.39 (0.79)	0.00 (0.00)	2.05 (0.49)
Tennessee	20	10.25 (1.73)	23.80 (2.79)	0.05 (0.05)	0.65 (0.38)
Virginia	7	0.00 (0.00)	8.29 (1.60)	0.00 (0.00)	0.14 (0.14)

^aDeer ked species recovered were Lipoptena cervi and L. mazamae, which are geographically separate [5]. Lipoptena cervi were collected from PA only, and L. mazamae were collected from AL and TN

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