For our March meeting we welcomed Dr. Kirby Stafford from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES).
Dr. Stafford led us through his Power Point Presentation of “Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases and Associated Risks.”
Dr. Stafford is a medical-veterinary entomologist whose research focuses on the ecology and control of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis that transmits the agents of Lyme disease, human babesiosis, and human ehrlichiosis.
We learned about the tools to use to control ticks, what rashes from a tick bite might look like. Below are some examples of the Power Point presentation and the useful information provided by Dr. Stafford.
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- Control & Management of ticks
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- Rashes from tick bites
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- Life cycle of ticks
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- Tick diseases
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- Reported tick bites
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- Lyme Disease
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- Targeted tick control
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- Ticks of Connecticut and Eastern U.S.
For more information on ticks and tick diseases visit the CAES website.