TICKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM

DRUMMOND, ROGER

ISBN 10: 0899971164 / ISBN 13: 9780899971162

Published by Wilderness Press, Berkeley, CA, 1996

About this Item

black & red titles on colorful wilderness meadow/lake photo.showing young girl & small circle insert of tick. ; includes 1996 update page added to end of book. ; 65pg thin pages; Describes all common, North America ticks and tick-related diseases, including symptoms and treatment. Learn how to avoid ticks, and how to remove them if they become attached. Maps show the geographic distribution of these disease carriers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TICKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM
• Publisher: Wilderness Press, Berkeley, CA
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0899971164
• ISBN 13: 9780899971162
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: first edition,2p; Second Printing.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Describes all common, North America ticks and tick-related diseases, including symptoms and treatment. Learn how to avoid ticks, and how to remove them if they become attached. Maps show the geographic distribution of these disease carriers.

Reviews

This concise, clearly written guide describes the seven species of hard ticks and five species of soft ticks that one is likely to encounter in the United States. Included are the American and brown dog ticks, the deer tick (carrier of Lyme disease), and the lone star, relapsing fever, and Rocky Mountain ticks. Each tick is illustrated by a color photo. Chapters 1-6 present the ticks, animal hosts, habitats, and life cycles, as well as the symptoms of and treatments for the diseases they transmit. Chapters 7-10 discuss tick repellents, tick control methods, and tick removal. There's not much in print on this topic for general readers, so this will be a good, inexpensive resource for public libraries.
- Annette Aiello, Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst., Panama
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