Sentences with phrase «high tick populations»

Warm and wet weather has contributed to high tick populations this summer.

Lyme disease is more predominate in areas with a high tick population.

For these reasons many veterinarians suggest that you do not vaccinate your dog for Lyme disease unless you live in an area with a high tick population.

With Oklahoma's high tick population, sound advice is to look over yourself and your pets after each walk or run in wooded or tall grass areas.

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Warming could also cause explosions in tick populations, as higher winter temperatures fail to thin out overwintering populations, Inkley said.

The spirochete responsible for Lyme borreliosis is hyperendemic along the Hudson River Valley, especially the counties east of the river, indicative of the high population levels of its tick host, I. scapularis [24 — 27].

According to the National Science Foundation, «Areas of patchy woods, which are very common in cities and suburban and rural areas, may have higher populations of Lyme - disease carrying ticks than forest fragments... this is because some species thrive in smaller places.»

If you live in a heavily wooded area or one that is known to have a high population of ticks, a vaccination to protect your dog from Lyme disease is important.

Over the past few years we have seen the tick population grow in the Bloor West and High Park area.

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

Potential impacts of climate change on the transmission of Lyme disease include: 1) changes in the geographic distribution of the disease due to the increase in favorable habitat for ticks to survive off their hosts; 85 2) a lengthened transmission season due to earlier onset of higher temperatures in the spring and later onset of cold and frost; 3) higher tick densities leading to greater risk in areas where the disease is currently observed, due to milder winters and potentially larger rodent host populations; and 4) changes in human behaviors, including increased time outdoors, which may increase the risk of exposure to infected ticks.