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As insects expand, new areas may become prone to Lyme disease
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last summer, after returning home from a walk in Madison's Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood, Susan Paskewitz was astonished to find a deer tick crawling up her dog's hind leg. It was the first ...
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URI entomologist predicts early tick season, high infection rate
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May 07, 2008 |
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A University of Rhode Island tick expert believes that several ecological factors are likely to make 2008 a big year for ticks and disease, so he advises Rhode Islanders to develop an action plan for taking appropriate precautions ...
Rhode Island deer tick effort under way
Nov 04, 2005 |
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Thirty tick-killing bait stations have been deployed in Rhode Island for what's believed to be the largest tick control project in the nation.
Maine weather wreaking havoc on deer
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Mar 30, 2008 |
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Deer living in Maine and other portions of New England are likely battling starvation because of the region's tough winter, biologists say.
Lone Star tick migrates to Long Island
Jul 07, 2006 |
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An aggressive type of tick known as the Lone Star is raising new concerns about Lyme disease on Long Island, N.Y.
Once-a-month pill for both fleas and ticks in Fido and Fluffy
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Scientists in New Jersey are describing discovery and successful tests of the first once-a-month pill for controlling both fleas and ticks in domestic dogs and cats. Their study is in the current issue of ...
Watching Lyme disease-causing microbes move in ticks
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Lyme disease is caused by the microbe Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans from feeding ticks.
Nationwide spread of Lyme disease is focus of new study
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lyme disease has become a major public health issue in the northeastern United States since it was first identified in Connecticut in the 1970s. But the scientific community is uncertain as to why the risk ...
A natural, alternative insect repellent to DEET
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Isolongifolenone, a natural compound found in the Tauroniro tree (Humiria balsamifera) of South America, has been found to effectively deter biting of mosquitoes and to repel ticks, both of which are known spreaders of diseases ...
Counting the cost of pesticide resistance
Sep 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Beef CRC have developed a new test which could help producers minimise acaricide resistance in cattle ticks (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus).
Deer crashes continue to rise in North Carolina
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Motor vehicles crashes involving deer rose to an all-time high in North Carolina in 2008, even as the total number of motor-vehicle crashes and total vehicle miles driven dropped from the previous year.
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