Sentences with phrase «spread by the deer»

Both of New York's U.S. senators traveled upstate last month to voice support for efforts to address Lyme disease and other illnesses spread by deer ticks, including Powassan virus, a rare disease that has infected three Saratoga County residents this year, killing one of them.

Both of New York's senators traveled upstate last month to voice support for efforts to address Lyme disease and other illnesses spread by deer ticks, including Powassan virus, a rare disease that has infected three Saratoga County residents this year, killing one of them.

It is spread by the deer tick and can effect the heart, nervous system, and cause arthritis and degeneration of the joints.

Lyme disease spread by deer ticks is on the rise, which UMaine researchers say is linked to a changing climate that is more suitable to the pests.

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Syracuse Common Councilor Nader Maroun, whose district includes much of the East Side, said he has been looking for solutions to the deer problem for years, mostly out of concern over the spread of Lyme disease, which is carried by deer ticks.

In particular, the influence of warmer temperatures on moose nutritional condition and moose parasites, including a fatal brain worm parasite that is spread by white - tail deer, which have moved farther north into moose territory as the climate has gotten milder.

To the extent that herbivory impacts plant communities, these results suggest that deer promote the spread of some plant invaders by avoiding them.»

Powassan virus and the closely related deer tick virus are the only flaviviruses known to be spread by ticks in North America.

Deer mice carry hantavirus, a viral infection spread by the critters» urine and droppings.

It is believed that the disease is caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, which is spread by infected blacklegged (or deer) ticks.

It is believed that the disease is caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, which is spread by infected blacklegged (or deer)... Read More»

Lyme disease is an infection caused by a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi that's spread to humans by infected black - legged ticks, commonly known as deer ticks.

The disease can not be spread between dogs and humans and can only be contracted when bitten by a deer tick.

A tick spreads disease by attaching itself to an infected deer.

The majority of serovars are carried and spread by rodents, skunks, raccoons, and deer.

At Gray's gallery he shows a stuffed baboon passionately kissing the nozzle of a pristine vacuum cleaner (conflating classic works by Hirst and fellow art star Jeff Koons); a deer head in a barber's chair; a cow suspended from the ceiling, draped with strings of pearls; and a cat splayed spread - eagle and stapled to the wall.