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--Boundary_(ID_d+WyZNadOleqNs1xLZC8yQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Regarding James's "tiny wood ticks" it would be more important first to get the ticks identified first -- I don't believe wood ticks or dog ticks carry the spirochete bacterium that causes Lyme Disease -- the vector of that malady is what we used to call the deer tick but now is referred to as the black-legged tick, which is much smaller than a wood or dog tick in the adult stage. In any case, people finding ticks of any kind should still be keeping them and getting them to local offices of Dept. of Nat. Resources, or directly to Jeff Ogden at the Shubenacadie Forest Insect Lab of NSDNR or to Andrew Hebda at the N.S. Museum of Nat. History in Halifax, 1747 Summer St. Cheers? in tick season from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> > Date: April 21, 2009 12:33:50 AM ADT > To: naturelist <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] re: Ticks > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Wood ticks found on your skin? I'd seriously be considering getting > tested for Lyme. > If Jeff Ogden (tick expert)is reading this, what would he suggest? > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > All new Yahoo! Mail - Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy > reading pane. --Boundary_(ID_d+WyZNadOleqNs1xLZC8yQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Regarding James's "tiny wood ticks" it would be more important first to = get the ticks identified first -- I don't believe wood ticks or dog = ticks carry the spirochete bacterium that causes Lyme Disease -- the = vector of that malady is what we used to call the deer tick but now is = referred to as the black-legged tick, which is much smaller than a wood = or dog tick in the adult stage. =A0In any case, people finding ticks of = any kind should still be keeping them and getting them to local offices = of Dept. of Nat. Resources, or directly to Jeff Ogden at the = Shubenacadie Forest Insect Lab of NSDNR or to Andrew Hebda at the N.S. = Museum of Nat. History in Halifax, 1747 Summer = St.<div><br></div><div>Cheers? in tick season from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Gayle MacLean <<a = href=3D"mailto:duartess2003@yahoo.ca">duartess2003@yahoo.ca</a>></font></d= iv><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">April 21, 2009 12:33:50 AM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">naturelist <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></font= ></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] re: = Ticks</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <table = cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"><tbody><tr><td = valign=3D"top" style=3D"font: inherit;"><div>Wood ticks found on your = skin? I'd seriously be considering getting tested for Lyme. </div> = <div>If Jeff Ogden (tick expert)is reading this, what would he = suggest?</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>Gayle MacLean</div> = <div>Dartmouth</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br> <hr size=3D"1"><a = href=3D"http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/"><b>All new Yahoo! = Mail - </b></a>Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading = pane.</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_d+WyZNadOleqNs1xLZC8yQ)--
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