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How to Control Ticks Around Your Home
How to Control Ticks Around Your Home
More cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed in July than
any other month. Learn how to control ticks around your
home.
(PRWEB) July 8, 2004 -- In the United States, more Lyme disease
cases are diagnosed in July than any other month. July is
therefore a time for homeowners and property managers to consider
taking steps to reduce tick populations on their property.
Methods of tick control fall primarily into two categories:
creating an inhospitable environment for ticks and managing
the hosts that ticks feed on.
A range of measures can make your property unwelcoming for
ticks including clearing away brush, mowing areas frequented
by people and pets, and placing a gravel border between woods
and lawns. Host management falls into two categories- controlling
host populations, and treating hosts with insecticides. Host
control can take several forms including fencing to exclude
deer, and reducing food sources for mice and other small rodents.
New methods for treating hosts are now available from licensed
pesticide applicators in many states, and these methods have
been reported to reduce tick populations by over 90%.
More information about tick control is available in a new
book entitled “Ticks
Off! Controlling Ticks That Transmit Lyme Disease on Your
Property” by Patrick Guilfoile, Ph.D.
More information is available on the web at www.tickbook.com,
or from the publisher, ForSte Press, Inc. P.O. Box 1537, Bemidji,
MN 56619; (218) 243-4016.
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