Tag: Peromyscus maniculatus

blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) questing

Veterinary Medicine Offers Potential as New Tool to Reduce Lyme Disease

Ticks acquire the pathogen that causes Lyme disease from mice and other small mammals. A new study shows that a drug for protecting pets from ticks could be deployed in rodent baits to interrupt the host-to-vector transmission cycle.

Entomology Today September 1, 2022 1 Comment

A New Guide for Tick Researchers on Working With Mice

Entomologists studying ticks and the disease pathogens they carry must also become adept at handling the host animals that ticks feed on, such as mice. A new article in the open-access Journal of Insect Science offers a guide to do just that, part of a new special collection on protocols in medical and veterinary entomology.