Thanks SMS - that's kinda what I had heard....
White-tailed deer are the preferred host for adult Ixodes scapularis and numerous studies have linked the number of deer with the abundance of this tick. In an earlier study, I found that the exclusion of deer from a relatively large area of about 15 acres with an electric deer fence reduced the abundance of larval ticks by 100%, the nymphal ticks by 84% and that of adult ticks by 74%. The USDA has patented a device for the topical application of pesticides to deer for the control of ticks feeding on the animals. This device is called a 4-poster or sometimes a feeder because of the paint rollers on each corner to apply the pesticide and the troughs containing corn to get deer to brush up against the rollers. Originally developed to control ticks on deer in south Texas, studies funded by the USDA and CDC were begun last year in Connecticut and other states in the northeast to determine if this technology could be used to provide community-wide control of the blacklegged tick. These 4-posters were established at two sites in Connecticut. There are 23 of the devices placed in a community in the town of Old Lyme and 5 of the 4-posters located at a privately owned, forested tract in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Question: What all tick species do we have in OK?
Do we even have the blacklegged (deer) tick? If so, in what proportion? Which species are the numerous or "standard" kinds? Is it the deer tick or different species?
Thanks.
dennis, was the tick that caused in for more than 24 hours? Did you just not notice it or what? How many days after having the tick did you get symptoms, and how long after symptoms did you see the doctor? Thanks.
What's a good tick killer to get in quantity to kill them on the ground, at least right around the feeder area?
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