Correction to: Environ Sci Eur (2020) 32:147 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-020–00424-4

Following publication of the original article [1], few of the in-text reference citations are not correctly renumbered.

In “Background” section, the citation [37–38] should be [36–38]; in “Materials and Methods” section, the citation [48–51] should be [47–51]; and the citation [41, 56] should be [41, 56, 57].

In the sentence, “Due to the long-term efficacy of the collar [64]” citation [64] should be changed to [65].

In “Scenario 1: Washing of pet bedding” heading, the citation [48–51] should be [47–51].

In “Comparison with other European study results” heading, the citation [74–75] should be [73–75] and [77–79] should be [76–79].

Finally, the references in supplementary material also corrected. The correct version of supplementary material is published with this correction.

The original article has been corrected.