The Lyme Disease Association has as one of its goals to stop the spread of Lyme & other tick-borne diseases. Tick checks are very important to prevention as is proper tick removal The following links may be helpful in addressing the issue of Lyme disease prevention and control. Also check out our downloadable info graphic for a summer of prevention tips. LDA does not endorse or sponsor products. The material is presented to help people gain quick access to products which they may or may not choose to use.
Two major releases from the US Government today confirm what advocates and patients have long known — there is a growing Lyme & tick-borne diseases problem sweeping the land and Congress needs to take action to curb the spread. In a release long awaited by the Lyme community, the US Department of Health & Human […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has information on products which protect you against insects and/or ticks. Check out products and compare them for hourly protection. Note that some manufacturers do not want their product protection time listed. The LDA is an EPA Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) partner. PESP is a program which is trying […]
There are many different kinds of clothing available to help in tick bite prevention. One of those is chemical free – Rynoskin, which is ultralight and worn underneath regular clothing. Rynoskin prevents ticks, mosquitoes, chiggers, black flies, ants, no-see-ums, and other biting insects from entering through its clothing to reach the skin to feed/bite. […]
Fall is here and ticks are very active. If you are planning time outdoors, you may want to consider how to prepare yourself and your family. How to dress, tick checks, property prevention and other ways to avoid tick exposure and bites can be found on the LDA website /index.php/about-lyme/prevention and on the EPA website […]
Ticks are most likely to be in woods, where woods meet lawn, where lawn meets fields, tall brush/grass, under leaves, under ground cover (low growing vegetation), near stone walls or wood piles, shady areas, around bird feeders, outside pet areas. Click here for printable pdf – Property Prevention: Tricks to Stop Ticks Ticks are most […]
Lower Saucon Township, PA is taking an active role in educating and protecting park visitors from Lyme and tick-borne diseases. The Township will be downloading, printing, having available and posting one of the LDA’s free awareness posters below in its park kiosks. The LDA urges all park managers to consider doing something like this for […]
Download and print prevention posters for your use! Click on the picture. Then, right mouse click over the picture. Choose “Save Picture As” and save it to your computer to print out. In English En Espanol […]
How to reduce ticks on your property-habitat management strategies, can be found in the 2 publications below, one from Connecticut and one from New Jersey. The LDA does not endorse any products or particular practices but provides links for informational purposes. Tick Management Handbook An integrated guide for homeowners, pest control operators, and public […]
The American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/ has compiled a document which discusses many diseases affecting hunters and their dogs. A number of tick-borne disease are included such as Lyme, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, RMSF, Q fever, tularemia link to PDF
Controlling ticks on property is something that government entities and the general public can do to help stop the spread of Lyme and tick-borne diseases. Now we have a device backed by scientific studies published in peer reviewed scientific journals. The device has been around a long time under a different name and has now […]