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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_r1W34XM34K550tc2anRu2A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I have no direct experience with black-legged or deer ticks, but as I understand it, the adults are perhaps half to a third of the size of a dog tick or wood tick. Lyme disease has been on Maritime Noon a couple of times recently, and exactly how many people in Nova Scotia have it is controversial and not very easy to find out (plus how many were actually infected in N.S. as opposed to somewhere else like New England or further south. Apparently there are a few to several tests for the disease, and both false positives and false negatives are quite possible, so repeat testing is needed. And education of our province's doctors is an ongoing issue, too. Maybe Jeff or Andrew can add to this. Also the "tick season" for the black-legged or Lyme tick is basically all summer and can extend into the colder months, too? Cheers? from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Noel Taussig <birdsareback@ecologyaction.ca> > Date: April 28, 2009 10:16:13 AM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] re: Ticks > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > I Believe that the black-legged, or lyme tick is almost too small > to see with the naked eye; as far as I know is still quite rare in > NS. Still, one should be careful, lyme disease is no fun! > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens- > owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of James W. Wolford > Sent: April 21, 2009 1:55 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Fwd: [NatureNS] re: Ticks > > 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_r1W34XM34K550tc2anRu2A) 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; "> I have no direct experience with black-legged or deer ticks, but as I = understand it, the adults are perhaps half to a third of the size of a = dog tick or wood tick. =A0Lyme disease has been on Maritime Noon a = couple of times recently, and exactly how many people in Nova Scotia = have it is controversial and not very easy to find out (plus how many = were actually infected in N.S. as opposed to somewhere else like New = England or further south. =A0Apparently there are a few to several tests = for the disease, and both false positives and false negatives are quite = possible, so repeat testing is needed. =A0And education of our = province's doctors is an ongoing issue, too. =A0Maybe Jeff or Andrew can = add to this. =A0Also the "tick season" for the black-legged or Lyme tick = is basically all summer and can extend into the colder months, = too?<div><br></div><div>Cheers? 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">Noel Taussig <<a = href=3D"mailto:birdsareback@ecologyaction.ca">birdsareback@ecologyaction.c= a</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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 28, 2009 10:16:13 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"><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>RE: [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> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant: n