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Deer Ticks ...one bite can change your life...

Deer Ticks ...one bite can change your life. Nantucket Tick-Borne Disease Forum July 28, 2012. Larry Dapsis Deer Tick Project Coordinator - Entomologist www.capecodextension.org 508-375-6642. Ticks have NO friends…. The Dalai Lama “I love everything in the world…except for ticks…”.

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Deer Ticks ...one bite can change your life...

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  1. Deer Ticks ...one bite can change your life... Nantucket Tick-Borne Disease Forum July 28, 2012 Larry Dapsis Deer Tick Project Coordinator - Entomologist www.capecodextension.org 508-375-6642

  2. Ticks have NO friends… • The Dalai Lama • “I love everything in the world…except for ticks…”

  3. 4-Poster Deer Feeding Station Study • EPA funded 2009 – 2011 Collaboration w/ UMass - Amherst • Project Extended to 2013 to collect additional tick population & infection data • 14 Sample Sites

  4. Tick Sampling – Flag Drag Method

  5. Number of sites found with positive detects in Nymph Stage Deer Ticks. 14 total sample sites.

  6. Co-infection Nymph Stage Deer Ticks

  7. Nymph Stage Tick Infection Punkhorn Conservation % Bor-Bab-Ana 2011 22 20 0 2010 47 13 8 Bells Neck Conservation % Bor-Bab-Ana 2011 23 20 0 2010 27 0 5

  8. Nymph Stage Tick Infection Almanack Pond % Bor-Bab-Ana 2011 17 40 0 2010 29 5 5 Loring Foundation % Bor-Bab-Ana 2011 20 20 40 2010 0 0 33

  9. Nymph Stage Tick Infection Chappaquiddick Island % Bor-Bab-Ana 2011 21 20 20 2010 30 2 9

  10. Phase 1 Game Plan- Protect Yourself

  11. Tick/Insect Repellent Clothing – Do-it-Yourself Treatment Permethrin products Fabric only…Active thru 6 washings Sold under a variety of brand names. Permanone, Repel, Sawyer, Ben’s... Note, Permethrin is an insecticide that repels and kills ticks. Read the Label…

  12. Tick/Insect Repellent Clothing Permethrin bonded to fabric Many brands…one supplier 70 Washings EPA Claim

  13. Highly Effective….60 Seconds contact enough to kill Adult Deer Ticks…Cape Cod Cooperative Extension

  14. Permethrin Facts 2,250 times more toxic to ticks than humans EPA: Reasonable certainty that permethrin-treated clothing poses no harm to infants or children…27 X below LOC Low skin absorption…metabolized quickly Exposure data also studied by National Research Council…Committee on Toxicology Conclusion: Adverse effects unlikely Also used for scabies and head lice control

  15. Phase 2 Game Plan - Protect Your Yard Wildlife and habitat management Perimeter sprays effective …NOT the entire yard

  16. EcoExempt IC2 • Botanical • Rosemary Oil 10% • Peppermint Oil 2% • Oil of Wintergreen • Vanillin • EcoExempt was as effective as bifenthrin, a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide • Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory, Maine Medical Center Research Institute

  17. Damminix Tubes

  18. Damminix Tubes…however • Several initial university studies looked promising • Follow-up studies, NY & CT • Replicated, multi-year • No significant effect on tick populations …not all tick-carrying animals take cotton • Company website – testimonial driven, questionable trial data

  19. Can Deer exclusion fencing reduce tick populations on a homeowners property??? Fact or Myth?

  20. Effect of Deer Exclusion Fencing on the Number of Ticks Outside and Inside of the Enclosure More Ticks Fewer Ticks

  21. 4-Poster Deer Feeding Station.Developed by Mat Pound, USDA, Kerrville, Texas 1996

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