Tick Reporting

What to do with the tick that bit you

There is currently no routine clinical service provided in Britain where ticks removed from humans are investigated.

However, recently the Health Protection Agency has initiated a Tick Recording Scheme which aims to enhance the data held on British ticks. More information is available at their website:
www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/zoonoses/lyme_borreliosis/tick_recording.htm

What do do with the tick that bit your pet

You can however have the tick tested if has bitten your pet.

The Acarus laboratory ("Acarus" is Latin for tick) was established in May 2000 at the Department of Clinical Veterinary Science of the University of Bristol, it is a veterinary diagnostics company.

They provide a diagnostic service for a number of arthropod-borne microbial diseases in companion animals, specifically: Babesiosis, Bartonellosis, Borrelliosis, Ehrlichiosis and Leishmaniasis.