sheep tick

It can harbour high levels of sheep ticks, which can pass on Lyme Disease.

My cat had a Sheep Tick lodged on his head, that could not be removed, so I decided to take him to the vet.

Ticks such as sheep ticks can be smeared with Vaseline or butter to block the breathing.

Ixodes ricinus (Sheep Tick)

It IMAJICA 315 fed on sheep ticks, unless it could find something more tempting.

Lyme disease is caused by a bacteria which infects sheep ticks - tiny, spiderlike bugs that feed off foxes, deer, sheep, hedgehogs and birds.

He said the animals were taken to control the spread of sheep ticks and to prevent damage to young trees and rare plantlife such as juniper and sphagnum moss.

In the summer, the sheep are brought down from the moors to be sheared in June, and then to be dipped to protect against sheep ticks and lice in June and again in September or October.

As part of this work, we have trained Donald Ross to conduct his own counts. 2 We have established the distribution of sheep ticks, and have identified that there are large numbers of ticks on ground used regularly by deer.