Sentences with phrase «tick populations»

These topical treatments or collars are especially recommended for those dogs who live in areas with high tick populations.

We want to provide you with the information and tools you need to help protect more dogs so we've gathered the most recent news regarding the spread of tick populations.

This vaccination is not a bad one to consider getting if you live in an area that has a large tick population.

Despite a period of record low temperatures this winter, it wasn't long enough to decrease tick populations.

Keep your property maintained and to keep tick populations down.

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

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

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

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:

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.

Mr. Romaine is being honored for his entire body of work, including his recent effort to help define the extent of a toxic plume at the EPCAL facility in Calverton, his work on public transportation issues, his support of efforts to curb pollution in the Peconic estuary and his backing of legislation to support research on safe ways to reduce deer tick population.

Areas of Kenya without large wildlife saw tick populations rise as much as 370 percent — meaning more danger to humans.

Given the statistics about tick population and increase in Lyme disease, prevention should be considered a standard part of pet care, as important as wellness exams, vaccinations and even fresh water and food.

Lisa — Fresh delicious eggs are definitely a benefit, but chickens also eat bugs and bug larvae, reducing the fly, mosquito and tick population around your yard, they also provide wheelbarrows full of wonderful nitrogen - rich manure for the garden.

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.

Because host - targeted bait boxes affect ticks in their larval and nymphal life stages, the method takes longer to affect tick populations than other management methods, the researchers note.

Paul Curtis, coordinator of Cornell University's Wildlife Damage Management Program and associate professor of Natural Resources, explains why tick populations are still high in New York and surrounding areas — and provides tips about how to avoid ticks and tick bites.

But the role of each host species, including mice, chipmunks, and squirrels, in sustaining tick populations and infecting them with strains of bacteria that cause disease in humans is still unclear.

Currently, there are no reports of HRTV in any other tick populations aside from those isolated in northwestern Missouri.

We don't have a heavy tick population in San Diego, but we do see them in the more rural areas and in canyons.

Very few regions suffered from significant tick populations.

in the flea and tick population here — not to mention mosquitoes, flies, sand flies, mites, and lice.

Unseasonably warm winters can explode flea and tick populations in your home and surrounding areas.

This year preventing tick bites is going to be even more relevant as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has predicted high tick populations, likely due to the mild winter.

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.

If you live in or routinely visit regions with large tick populations, or if you find ticks on yourself or on your pet, you are at risk of contracting a tick - borne infection.

Two institutions in the Hudson Valley have received a $ 5 million grant for a large - scale study aimed at reducing tick populations and Lyme disease.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about growing tick populations and competing energy policies in New York state.

Update, July 11, 2012: A more recent study suggests that the tick population is a more complicated question involving more factors than just mice, acorns, and deer.

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

There have been experiments where the deer population was reduced by 50 percent or more without any measurable decrease in the tick population,» Kilpatrick said.

«It's pretty strong evidence that the virus is persisting from season to season in tick populations and that these ticks play an important role in disease transmission.»

Meanwhile, just one - quarter seem to be aware of reports that the tick population might soar this season.

Scientists have predicted an upswing in the tick population this summer, which could potentially mean more tick - borne infections.

Characteristic of most cases of Lyme disease, individuals living near wooded areas are subject to higher incidences of the disease, especially during the summer months - which correlates with the rise in the tick population.

Chances are they will be hiding in tall grass and under leaf matter and mulch, so you need to be take proper cautions any time you are working or playing outdoors, For today's post I just want to share some quick ideas for creating a safer lawn and garden by reducing tick populations.

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

However, in the past ten years, the tick population has exploded to significant levels.

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.

The best way to prevent babesiosis is to control the tick population.

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

Certainly, fleas are a much bigger problem in semitropical areas, while the tick population varies greatly from region to region.

Warm weather means more ticks and with the tick population continuing to explode in numbers we need to make sure we are taking the proper precautions for our pets.

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.

Opossums are such wonderful assets to the environment and so important in controlling the deer tick population.

There are several bugs out there that can help you curb your flea and tick population.

Besides being extremely emaciated, she had a prolapsed uterus and was anemic due to the tick population she was feeding.