West Nile, Hantavirus, Plague-
A zoonosis is an infectious disease transmitted between species, especially from animals to humans and vice versa. New strains of influenza are usually a zoonosis having emerged from DNA mixing in geese, pigs, birds and the like, but The Wildlife News is generally concerned with zooneses like Rocky Mountain spotted fever […]
Continue Reading →Babesiosis, spread by deer ticks, could come to rival Lyme disease-
Ticks are an incredible reservoir of nasty diseases, and it seems like new ones are frequently discovered. Unfortunately, all too many are transmitted by the hard-to-see, small deer tick, which is much more common in the Eastern U.S. The larger, creepy-looking Rocky Mountain wood […]
Continue Reading →Most common tick borne disease has mostly spared interior Western states-
Lyme disease hits Lehi. Wildlife officials will likely begin canvassing for ticks that carry disease. By Kirsten Stewart. The Salt Lake Tribune.
Unhappy news. I know several folks on this forum have contracted Lyme Disease during their outdoor adventures.
Continue Reading →Here is something more for our tapeworm-fearing friends to worry about, though it’s doubtful they will-
Emerging Tick-Borne Disease. ScienceDaily
Continue Reading →Ticks, starvation – lots of things kill ungulates in Idaho :
Biologists track carcases in E. Idaho river – The Olympian
It will be interesting to see whether any anti-predator group sends out an alert about the vicious ticks devastating game species in Idaho. Perhaps we’ll see some grandstanding about the need to control […]
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