How to win the battle against ticks, fleas, parasites and all the rest

摘要

Maggie Fisher, veterinary parasitology consultant, Shernacre Enterprise, Malvern, Worcestershire, explained that the reservoir of ticks and tick-borne disease occurred for the most part in the outdoor environment. For example, Ixodes ricinus (the sheep tick) was implicated in the spread of Lyme, disease and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in humans. They were distributed throughout the UK but particularly in the south and east of England, western Wales and most of Scotland. Dermacentor retkulatus (the marsh tick) was implicated in the disease babesia and was found across the southern half of Britain.Ms Fisher explained that tick control could be achieved using: