Even the Park System states in their April 1, 2005 Deer Management Background report, "The relationship between a reduction in the deer population and decreases in either the tick population or the incidence of Lyme disease is unclear." (p.4).
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| Hunting does not reduce Lyme disease. Click here to learn the facts about Lyme disease. The ticks who carry Lyme disease are spread more by mice than by deer. University of Maryland Medicine recommends a product called Damminix to kill the ticks who live on mice. Read one Damminix success story. To target the ticks who live on deer, the American Lyme Disease Foundation recommends four-poster deer treatment bait stations to control Lyme Disease. Even the Park System states in their April 1, 2005 Deer Management Background report, "The relationship between a reduction in the deer population and decreases in either the tick population or the incidence of Lyme disease is unclear." (p.4). |
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