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Turfgrass Times, 05.18.2022
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Ticked off by Ticks, Part 2
Tick Awareness is important. In part 1, we covered the tick reports received that week: American Dog Tick and Deer Tick. Today, we will dive deeper into other the other medically important tick, the Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum). While I haven't received a report of them yet this year, don't count them out.
LONE STAR TICK
The Lone Star Tick, as other ticks, is a blood-feeding, parasitic, 8-legged arthropod. Lone Star Tick gets its name from the...
Outstanding Resource for Testing Ticks
Nancy Taylor recently found a great resource regarding ticks called the Laboratory of Medical Zoology (LMZ). LMZ is an academic research lab at the University of Massachusetts with a focus on infectious diseases or more specific "zoonosis". Their website describes zoonosis as "diseases with transmission cycles that involve other animal species." One of the great things about this resource is that they test ticks for diseases. The standard test of deer ticks is $50.00 and includes testing for Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis and Babesiosis. In addition you can search their database and find...