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WALNUT CREEK, Calif., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Garden & Pet recently announced the launch of the Bio Spot® Smart Shield(TM) Applicator, a breakthrough topical flea and tick control delivery device with an exclusive, patent-pending design providing a more convenient, secure and confident way to protect pets from fleas and ticks. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...

Turn the Corner Foundation and The Tick-Borne Disease Initiative join forces to form national organization to fight tick-borne diseases including Lyme New York, New York (PRWEB) April 07, 2012 Two organizations dedicated to awareness about Lyme and tick-borne diseases, Turn the Corner Foundation and The Tick-Borne Disease Initiative, announced today that they have joined forces in a nonprofit called the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance (TBDA), http://www.TBDAlliance.org. As part of its mission...

HERNDON, Va., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) reported today that the unusually warm weather that the country has been experiencing has posed a challenge for many homeowners. PLANET is the international organization representing lawn care and landscape professionals worldwide. With the warm weather, plants are growing and blooming ahead of schedule while, at the same time, the weather is bringing out a large number of pests, molds, and...

Carnivores in the Iberian Peninsula, such as the Iberian lynx, are under an increasingly serious threat: ticks that can adapt to changing climatic conditions and that can even survive in extremely arid environments. A study headed by Spanish researchers confirms the innate ability of ticks to adapt according to climate. The life cycle of ticks varies with changes to the climate, habitat or movement patterns of people and goods. These parasites and the pathogens they carry are a danger to...

MONHEIM, Germany, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing commitment to the scientific community, Bayer Animal Health today marked their seventh year of support for the CVBD World Forum (CVBD7) in Berlin, Germany; and this year's meeting has again proven to be a landmark in the understanding of CVBDs. CVBDs present a real threat to the health of both pets and humans, with an untold toll of suffering and death worldwide. The data shared at this meeting...

RICHMOND, Va., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than 250,000 Americans, the bite of a deer tick meant the start of a life changing disease. Record warm temperatures and a decrease in the food supply for the deer ticks that carry the disease mean a surge in Lyme disease cases this year, according to Lyme experts. Mosquito Squad, the country's largest tick elimination firm, (http://www.mosquitosquad.com) is on watch and has six tips to help homeowners tick-proof their...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Garden & Pet Company recently announced the launch of the Adams(TM) Smart Shield(TM) Applicator, a breakthrough topical flea and tick control delivery device with an exclusive, patent-pending design that gets fast, effective treatment down to pet's skin, where bugs live. Adams(TM) Flea & Tick Spot On® with the Adams(TM) Smart Shield(TM) Applicator allows pet parents to provide protection for their pets with no...

Scientists are predicting an unusually large surge of Lyme disease this summer in the northeastern U.S, thanks to a low acorn crop of all things. Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY, says that the mild winter has nothing to do with this expected surge. This prediction comes after 20 years of research and observations of acorn levels, mice population and lyme disease conducted by Dr. Ostfeld, Cary Institute forest ecologist...

Researchers are watching as ticks that carry Lyme disease colonize Canada, but their research aims to predict the communities most likely to be hit by this sickness. "Our findings will help community groups and government agencies to alert the Canadians who may be at risk of picking up Lyme disease – those of us who like to visit the outdoors in spring and summer, when nymphal ticks are active but difficult to spot because of their size," said lead author Patrick Leighton of the University...

Squirrels and raccoons will give up food to avoid ticks Here’s a riddle: What’s the difference between a tick and a lion? The answer used to be that a tick is a parasite and the lion is a predator. But now those definitions don’t seem as secure as they once did. A tick also hunts its prey, following vapor trails of carbon dioxide, and consumes host tissues (blood is considered a tissue), so at least in terms of its interactions with other creatures, it is like a lion — a very...