Soon, we will no longer be seeing wood ticks (also called American dog ticks). It wasn’t that long ago when you couldn’t go outdoors, especially around grassy, weedy areas without attracting a horde ...
Wyoming already had three well-known ticks that are harmful to humans in the state: The Rocky Mountain wood tick, ...
The typical American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis), the wood tick, is larger than the deer tick. An adult can reach ...
Minnesota’s unusual stretch of warm weather in late winter and early spring has led to earlier than normal tick activity and a sudden start to the tick-borne disease season. Health officials ...
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/ Rickettsia (RMSF) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/Rickettsia (RMSF) is most often transmitted by the American dog tick in the Eastern, Central and Western United States; by ...
(WOOD) — Tick season is starting across the country ... your environment is on your furry friends.” The CDC says dogs are “very susceptible” to tick bites and related diseases, though ...
To mark the end of National Walk Your Pet Month, Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, DACVM share the importance of tick control in dogs as temperatures continue to rise during the winter season ...