Sentences with phrase «reducing tick populations»

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.

They found improved ways to reduce the tick population problem on the Lab grounds — and ticks are carriers for many diseases, including Lyme.

In addition, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has developed a comprehensive Tick Management Handbook also have suggestions for preventing tick bites as well as suggestions to reduce tick population in your common areas such as:

Beasley's grandparents had a flock of them on their farm in Virginia, to reduce the tick population and to sound the alarm should a predator come for their chickens.

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Fayetteville is considering a proposal that would allow village residents to keep chickens on their property — in part to help reduce the local tick population.

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

Scientists are constantly studying tick populations to provide us with better information and methods to reduce tick risks.