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Pocket-SIzed Field Tick Kit
TICK FIELD MANAGEMENT Click the link below to download the PDF document www.box.net PREVENTION 1. Treat clothing & boots with spray Permethrin (0.5%) and let dry 4 hours. This treatment will typically last approximately 6 weeks or 6 launderings. 2. Stay out of areas with tall grass and avoid brushing against grass and brush. 3. If possible, in tick prone areas wear long pants and a long sleeved shirt. 4. Keep your shirt tucked in and tuck your pants into your boots, or tape or rubber band your pant cuffs to your boots, or wear gaiters. 5. After a hike in a heavy tick area, examine your entire body for ticks. FIELD TICK KIT 1. Gloves 2. Sharp Tweezers 3. Pro-Tick™ (Magnifying Glass & Tick Tool) 4. Gelled Alcohol Hand Wipes 5. Antibiotic Ointment 6. Band-Aid 7. Transport pouch & label POTENTIAL TICK BITE COMPLICATIONS 1. Local skin Infection 2. Lyme Disease 3. Colorado Tick Fever 4. Tick Paralysis TREATMENT 1. Remove any ticks immediately. 2. The best way to remove a tick is by firmly grasping the ticks mouthparts at your skin with tweezers, & GENTLY pulling straight out. 3. Avoid squishing the body as this forces more digestive juices into the host, increasing the chance of infection. 4. Wash your hands & the tick bite site with soap & water. 5. Treat the bite antibiotic ointment. 6. Consider saving the tick in a small vial of alcohol labeled with location & date removed for future identification. 7. If you experience any symptoms of Lyme disease, get medical care promptly.
Lyme disease carrying tick in Nova Scotia – Global Saskatoon
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Lyme disease carrying tick in Nova Scotia
Global Saskatoon The tiny blacklegged tick, or deer tick, can be a carrier of Lyme disease. Symptoms often start with a bulls-eye rash, followed by a fever, fatigue, … Ticks in N.S. to stay but risk of Lyme disease low, say health officials Ticks now firmly established in Pictou County Blacklegged ticks noted in Pictou County |
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The Deer Tick
You don’t want this tick anywhere near you. It was near Lyme, Connecticut where deer ticks transmitted what we now know as Lyme Disease. See All National Geographic Videos video.nationalgeographic.com
Alberta Health Officials Claim Tick Bites Linked to Lyme disease – TopNews United Kingdom (blog)
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Alberta Health Officials Claim Tick Bites Linked to Lyme disease
TopNews United Kingdom (blog) Lyme disease proves to be devastating or fatal by causing neurological disorders. But, the disease can successfully be cured if identified timely. … Lyme disease-carrying ticks found in Alberta Lyme disease bacteria found in ticks on dogs in Calgary, High River Lyme disease blitz kicks off |
U of S scholarship winner studies tick DNA – Edmonton Journal
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U of S scholarship winner studies tick DNA
Edmonton Journal Deer ticks can carry a number of bacteria, including the species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Lyme disease affects more than 20000 people in the US … McGillians shine as scholarship season kicks off Waterloo students win prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships |
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U of S scholarship winner studies tick DNA – StarPhoenix
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U of S scholarship winner studies tick DNA
StarPhoenix Deer ticks can carry a number of bacteria, including the species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Lyme disease affects more than 20000 people in the US … |
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Outdoor enthusiasts reminded that tick season is upon us – Keremeos Review
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Outdoor enthusiasts reminded that tick season is upon us
Keremeos Review “Early symptoms of Lyme disease include a 'bulls-eye' rash, which spreads outward on the skin from the tick bite, as well as fever, headache, and muscle and … Paramedic's Corner: Trouble with ticks and early signs of Lyme Disease Lyme Disease – the Secret Pandemic Sweeping America Beware of ticks; it's Lyme time |
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Wood tick wisdom – Minot Daily News
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Wood tick wisdom
Minot Daily News It does not carry dreaded Lyme disease. That honor belongs to the black-legged deer tick, but the dog tick can carry other infectious diseases such as Rocky … Tick season in full swing Warm may weather brings a higher chance for tick bites How to protect your kids from tick-borne diseases |
Vt. Health Department warns of tick danger – Brattleboro Reformer
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Vt. Health Department warns of tick danger
Brattleboro Reformer The poppy-sized insect can carry Lyme disease, which left untreated can cause long-term health problems. Health Department infectious disease epidemiologist … |
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Tick season in full swing – Zanesville Times Recorder
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Tick season in full swing
Zanesville Times Recorder May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. According to the American Lyme Disease Foundation, the disease results as a bacterial infection from a deer tick bite. … |
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Preventing tick bites while outdoors – News1130
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Preventing tick bites while outdoors
News1130 Although only a few ticks in BC carry bacteria that cause Lyme disease, many areas of the province are affected. Ten cases were reported in 2009. |
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Tick Awareness Week Coming Up – OUTDOORSmagic
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Tick Awareness Week Coming Up
OUTDOORSmagic Time to get clued-up on the dangers of ticks and Lyme disease ready for a summer of hillwalking. by Susan Vittery The last week in May has been declared … |
Lyme Disease Tick Map iPhone app well worth the small price – Appolicious
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Lyme Disease Tick Map iPhone app well worth the small price
Appolicious TASTY: A true wealth of information about the prevention of Lyme disease through tick bites. BUMMER: Multiple pictures of tick bites are liable to keep you … |
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More tick bites expected this summer – Fox11online.com
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More tick bites expected this summer
Fox11online.com Infected deer ticks can carry lyme disease so if you find a tick that has begun to burrow in your skin, Dr. Anshur Luthar with Bellin Health says see your … |
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Warm weather’s return brings in tick season
Warm weather’s return brings in tick season
Wednesday May 5, 2010 North Adams Transcript The season for tick bites has once again arrived in Northern Berkshire, and with it local doctors are urging people to be aware of their surroundings and check themselves daily for the potentially disease-carrying arachnids. Jennifer Degrenier, a pediatrician with Northern Berkshire Pediatrics, said Tuesday the best things people can do to
