FIGURE1 Distribution of cases of tetanus in 42 dogs presented to a university teaching hospital in Germany (2006–2020) across the months of the year in relationship to temperature and rainfall. Temperature and rainfall data represent the 30-year average (1991–2020) recorded in Gießen (Lahntal), Hessen, Germany [data extracted from Germany’s National Meteorological Service online database (https://www.dwd.de/DE/leistungen/