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Small rodents/birds are also one of the primary food supplies for larval ticks, so reducing these populations should help to disrupt their life-cycle[0]. The sm
by 24gttghh 9y ago
Small rodents/birds are also one of the primary food supplies for larval ticks, so reducing these populations should help to disrupt their life-cycle[0]. The smaller ticks are the ones more likely to infect you as well, since they are harder to spot.
[0] https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/images/lifecycle.jpg https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/images/lifecycle.jpg
- abakker 9y agoWhile this is true, the average mouse never goes more that 300 feet from their dwelling. While mice can infect deer ticks with lyme disease, it is deer that are primarily responsible for spreading the disease to new populations. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072871/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140701111549.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140701111549.h...
- 24gttghh 9y agoAh, I'm not saying it is mice that are the vectors, but that mice are a food that keep Deer Ticks alive in the summer months. Also, from the conclusion of your NIH article: >Despite a decrease in EM rash incidence, however, we did not find a statistically significant effect of the deer hunt on EM rash incidence, probably due to LD reporting issues, study design limitations, and the small population size.