{"id":17529,"date":"2019-07-15T11:44:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/?p=17529"},"modified":"2022-03-31T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:34:12","slug":"dispelling-myths-about-ticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/news\/dispelling-myths-about-ticks\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispelling Myths About Ticks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cA lot of the myths surrounding ticks are because people don\u2019t know about them,\u201d says Brian Herrin<\/a>, DVM, PhD, an assistant professor at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike mosquitos, fleas and other bugs that we know a lot more about, there is a lot people don\u2019t know about,\u201d chimes in Dr. Kathryn Reif, MSPH, PhD, assistant professor, K-State CVM. \u201cTicks pose a risk because other than Lyme disease, there are no vaccines to prevent tick-borne diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Herrin\u2019s primary research objectives are focused on the epidemiology and control of ticks and tick-borne diseases. Dr. Reif\u2019s primary research interests center around the control and prevention of ticks and tick-borne diseases important to companion animal, livestock and human health.<\/p>\n

I am among the veterinary journalists who have gathered in Manhattan, Kansas, to attend K-State\u2019s Tick Camp, a veterinary media event sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim<\/a>. We spend the first day getting educated about ticks by Dr. Reif, including tips on how to differentiate between sex and species. On the morning of the second day, we head to the Konza Prairie<\/a>, a beautiful tallgrass prairie that\u2019s owned by\u00a0The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University, to see ticks in action, including their \u201cquesting strategy,\u201d which is how ticks detect their hosts (and next blood meal). During the afternoon, Dr. Herrin leads a discussion on tick-borne diseases.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are about 900 species of ticks in the world, with a dozen species found in the U.S.,\u201d Dr. Reif says.\u00a0\u201cAnd while you may not need tick control 365 days per year, you do need tick control 12 months per year because they are around whenever the temp is around 35 degrees or warmer, just waiting for things to get better to come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd they affect everything,\u201d adds Dr. Herrin. \u201cHumans, companion animals and livestock animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Tick Camp, we discussed some of the myths associated with ticks, including the following:<\/p>\n

Myth No. 1: Ticks are insects.<\/strong>
\nTicks are actually arachnids, which means they\u2019re more closely related to spiders than they are to flies or mosquitos. \u201cIt\u2019s really easy to overlook ticks,\u201d says Dr. Reif, \u201cbut it\u2019s important to understand what your family is at risk for \u2014 we need to stress the idea of whole family health.\u201d<\/p>\n

Myth No. 2: Ticks survive only during warm, summer months.<\/strong>
\nThink again. \u201cTicks in the Arctic can live 7 to 8 years,\u201d says Dr. Reif. \u201cThey are cold hardy. Understanding local tick species seasonality is critical to effectively target intervention strategies and understand risk of disease transmission.\u201d\u00a0Ticks are capable of biting at all three of their active life stages: larval, nymph and adult.<\/p>\n

Myth No. 3: You only have to worry about ticks when you\u2019re in certain parts of the country.<\/strong>
\nThis is fake news. \u201cOne of the challenges is the changing expansion of tick ranges,\u201d says Dr. Herrin. \u201cAnd with the exception of the brown dog tick, our ability to manage tick reproduction is limited if not almost nonexistent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adds Dr. Reif: \u201cIn places where ticks have normally been, their numbers are ramping up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Myth No. 4: Ticks are easy to spot.<\/strong>
\nUnfortunately, most people don\u2019t spot a tick on their pet until it\u2019s taken its blood meal. Most ticks are actually only about about 3 to 5 millimeters long. That\u2019s about the size of a small seed (nymphs are about the size of a sesame seed; unfed adults are the size of a an apple seed).\u00a0 \u201cThe adults are the ones we most commonly encounter,\u201d says Dr. Reif. \u201cA\u00a0tick requires a blood meal to advance through its life. They feed about 3 times in their life; in each life stage they feed on something a little bigger.\u201d\u00a0Ticks can be grayish-white, brown, black, reddish-brown or yellowish in color.<\/p>\n

Myth No. 5: Ticks fall onto their hosts from trees.<\/strong>
\n\u201cTicks do not jump, fall or fly onto hosts,\u201d says Dr. Reif. \u201cTicks need to make physical contact with their hosts to get on the host.\u201d They use what\u2019s known as a \u201cquesting strategy,\u201d explains Dr. Reif. \u201cThey seek hosts in open spaces of forest, brushland and grassland habitats. They are ambush predators that hope that something walks by. Ticks extend their first pair of legs to detect host cues.<\/p>\n

\u201cTicks don\u2019t travel far from where they detached from their last host,\u201d explains Dr. Reif. \u201cDeer nests are good places to go tick hunting because they are pretty much location bound.\u201d<\/p>\n

What increases the risk of a tick attaching itself to you or an animal? \u201cBeing outside in wooded areas, walking in areas where deer live and poor golf skills,\u201d jokes Dr. Herrin.<\/p>\n

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A tick using questing strategy in the Konza Prairie, where we headed for a field trip during K-State\u2019s 2-day Tick Camp. Konza is a native tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas and serves as a field station for a number of K-State researchers. Photo: Courtesy Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p><\/div>\n

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Myth No. 6: It\u2019s easiest to use a lit match to remove a tick.<\/strong>
\nFirst, ticks do not have a head. \u201cThey only have a gigantic mouth or capitulum,\u201d says Dr. Reif. They extract blood by cutting a hole in the hosts skin and then insert their hypostome \u2014 \u201cit\u2019s like a fishing hook from hell.\u201d And then, says Dr. Reif, \u201cthe ticks use brute force to suck up blood like you would from a giant straw.\u201d Don’t use a lit match or petroleum jelly. Instead, use a pair of tweezers with really pointy ends.<\/p>\n

Myth No. 7: We can eradicate ticks.<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s a big nope, but as Drs. Herrin and Reif stress, we can manage their populations and shed light on how tick-borne diseases are transmitted and treated. \u201cWith the exception of brown dog tick, our ability to manage tick reproduction is limited if not almost nonexistent,\u201d says Dr. Herrin. \u201cClient education [by veterinarians] is critical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ticks are not going away any time soon, says Dr. Reif \u2014 \u201cthey\u2019ve probably been around a couple of million years.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can read more about K-State\u2019s work with vector-borne illnesses here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn More<\/h3>\n

Read: Beyond Borders \u2014 The Truth About Ticks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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