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The Ticks that carry Lyme Disease are not getting killed off easily with Warming temperatures allowing them to get through the historical colder months unscathed...........U. of Wisconisn Entomologist Phil Pellitteri says-----"Deer ticks go dormant in frost, but once that hillside heats up at midday, they bounce right back"......"Typically, a drought tears into tick numbers, but we didn't see that this year"...... "Their rebound is impressive compared to past droughts, but no one knows why"...........Deer ticks in the larval stage are usually clean because they're in their first life cycle and commonly target thin-skinned rodents(mice, voles, etc), which is where they acquire Lyme disease bacteria.................... After falling off their first host and reaching their nymph stage, they'll seek a second host, even those with thicker skin, including humans..................It is estimated that Wisconsin sees 30,000 cases of new Lyme Disease annually------We are not getting rid of the ticks anytime soon...................We need a preventive vaccine as this disease can be extremely debilitating and even death causing if not treated with antibiotics very quickly after being bitten

Deer ticks are still around deep in autumn

Barring a statewide
snowstorm the
next few days, it's not
too late to get
outdoors, head for a
hillside with thick
underbrush, and
spend the rest of the
day picking deer ticks.
If you have any
doubts where to find
the most deer ticks,
just tag along
with a grouse hunter or
help a deer
hunter track a buck.
Great tick habitat
is usually perfect for
hiding grouse,
deer and rabbits, too. At least that's the opinion
of professor
Phil Pellitteri at the . And he should
know. Not only is Pellitter
i a professional
entomologist, but he's
also a serious
hunter. Pellitteri said it's
uncommon to
find wood ticks after
mid-August, but
it's common to encounter
deer ticks
deep into autumn, even
after overnight
frosts. Pellitteri said
. "You won't ever
find deer ticks while
walking railroad
tracks in Madison
like you do with
wood ticks. But when
you're pushing
through thick brush
on hillsides in fall,
you'll have no trouble
finding deer ticks.
Heaven for grouse
and rabbits is the
same for deer ticks."
Pellitteri said deer
ticks are more
numerous this year
than expected after
widespread drought
in 2012, but reports
indicate they're not
exceptionally high in Wisconsin.
"Typically, a drought tears
into tick
numbers, but we didn't
see that this year,"
he said. "Their rebound
is impressive
compared to past droughts,
but no one
knows why and I'd just be
guessing if I
tried. Their numbers are
There's always areas
where you find
more than others, but
I'm not aware
of any exceptional
regional differences."
The good news that we're past
Wisconsin's worst
season for picking
up Lyme disease,
which is carried by
deer ticks. Lyme
disease usually
spikes in summer
when deer-tick nymphs
are abundant. Nymphs
are smaller than
adult deer ticks, but larger
than the
larval-stage ticks found
in spring.
"We're seeing a real
between Lyme disease
and the deer
tick's nymph stage,"
Pellitteri said.
Deer ticks in the larval
stage are usually
clean because they're
in their first life
cycle and commonly
target thin-skinned
rodents, which is where
they acquire
Lyme disease bacteria
. After falling
off their first host and
reaching their
nymph stage, they'll
seek a second
host, even those with
thicker skin,
including humans.
Even though it takes a
deer tick nymph
48 hours and more to
transmit Lyme
disease, we often
don't notice them
because they're fairly
small. They
certainly aren't the size
of wood ticks
that gorge ondogs for days, and fal
l off when looking like
fat, gray
watermelon seeds.
Adult deer ticks can
disease in autumn,
but because
they're now larger, it's
common to
see or feel them within
the 48-hour window.
Even so, people who
spend lots of time in autumn
must remain vigilant
for deer ticks. Pellitteri
estimates about
40 percent of adult deer
ticks carry Lym
e disease, so doctors often
give a one-day
dose of antibiotics as a
precaution when
someone digs one
from their hide.
"That's a preventative
measure that's
proven effective,"
Pellitteri said. "Doctors
no longer wait for symptoms
to appear. If
the person finds a deer
tick and it's been
at least 48 hours since
they were in the woods,
antibiotics are a good
Further, Wisconsin is
home to more Lyme
disease than experts
once assumed. In fact,
the U.S. Center for Disease
Control estimates
only about 10 percent of
Lyme disease cases
get reported. Therefore,
Pellitteri estimates
Wisconsin generates
about 30,000 cases
of Lyme disease annually.
No one expects those
numbers to decline,
either. Recent research
has found Lyme
disease increases as
coyote populations
grow, and coyotes are
common in Wisconsin.
The theory is that
as coyotes expand
their range and
numbers, they kill and
displace gray
and red foxes, which
prey heavily on
mice and other small
As rodent numbers
rebound while
foxes disappear,
coyotes don't pick
up the slack. They
continue targeting
larger prey. This allows
a growing
army of rodents to carry
deer-tick larvae
and spread Lyme
Biologists dispute
this notion---
Coyotes are
outstanding consumers
of rodents and other
deer tic carrying
mammals--Blogger Rick)
Winter's ice and snow
sounds more inviting
. No one gets
Lyme disease while
wearing gaiters
and snowshoes.
Posted by Rick Meril at 10:32 PM 
Yeah, I can relate! I just recently had a bout with Lyme's Disease(or some similar tick-borne ailment--they are all easily treatable with the fairly cheap antibiotic Doxycycline)--and it was NO FUN! TERRIBLE joint pain, as well as lethargy like- yet unlike the flu. I was diagnosed by one doctor as "just getting old"(many doctors in the Southeast are rather ignorant of Lyme's Disease, or reluctant to diagnose it because the damn insurance company mafia won't pay for it!), and my blood tests for Lyme's kept coming up negative, as apparently 90% do when you've had it awhile(as I had)--so far there are no really good tests(I looked all this stuff up on the internet--an excellent site is "Carolina Lyme"). But the treatment is cheap and easy, and luckily I went to ANOTHER doctor who suspected Lyme's right away and put me on the antibiotics which eliminated the debilitating joint pain(mine was mostly in my right knee and hip joints) and lethargy ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, and the symptoms(so far, knock-on-wood) haven't come back. It IS probably a miracle I've only now contracted my first tick-borne disease, as many ticks as I pull off myself roaming the woods all the time as I have for decades! But this crap is nothing to ignore(which is easy to do at first, because the symptoms come and go), so I advise everyone to BE AWARE--Lyme's disease is EPIDEMIC now!

November 17, 2013 at 9:38 AM Rick Meril

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