Sentences with phrase «deer tick population»

MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Health Officials are advising the public about the presence of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease in the County's deer tick population.

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The population of disease - carrying deer ticks has been on the increase and with the warmer weather, these pests tend to emerge.

He said he understands people's concerns over the deer population's impact on motor vehicle safety and the spread of tick - borne illnesses, but wonders if relaxed controls would have far worse consequences.

Efforts to protect wildlife, for instance, have brought animal populations perilously near to human settlements: Beaver dams cause floods, deer carry tick infestations, geese get sucked into plane turbines.

Warmer winters, wetter and earlier springs (which expand the time during which ticks can pick up the disease), increased humidity, and greener environments can all contribute to the increased incidence of ticks and the growing populations of hosts, including large mammals like white - tailed deer; smaller ones such as white - footed mice, the principal carrier of Lyme disease; and many species of birds.

Although deer can devastate plant life when their populations grow out of control, the real danger to humans comes from the ticks they carry, said Curtis.

The 4 - Poster device, a type of deer bait station that controls ticks as they feed, does dramatically reduce tick populations over a two to three year period.

But efforts to control ticks by reducing deer populations have had mixed results.

One single deer can produce 500,000 tick larvae a year.2, 3 And since a tick can lay thousands of eggs at a time4, you can see how the tick population can grow pretty fast.

Incidents of tularemia tend to be higher when tick and deer fly populations are on the upsurge during summer months.

Deer provide a breeding ground for ticks, allowing tick populations to grow.