“…in Central Europe (Rar et al, 2005;Dautel et al, 2006;Karbowiak, 2009;Mierzejewska et al, 2013;Bajer et al, 2014a,b). The geographical range of D. reticulatus and consequently, of canine babesiosis, has increased alarmingly in Central Europe over the last decade (Sréter et al, 2005;Dautel et al, 2006;Bajer et al, 2014b;Mierzejewska et al, 2014;Jongejan et al, 2015).…”