Redding is entering the second year of a three-year Integrated Tick Management study funded by the CDC and conducted by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES).
"The goal of the study is to determine which tick reduction method, or combination of methods, is the most effective in controlling and reducing deer ticks, and subsequently decreasing tick-borne disease."
"It’s too soon to provide any conclusive results from the study. However, some preliminary data is available. From the first experiment year, data suggests that the rodent bait boxes combined with the fungus spray application has reduced the nymph deer tick population densities by 58.2% compared to the area where those tick reduction methods were not used."
"The goal of the study is to determine which tick reduction method, or combination of methods, is the most effective in controlling and reducing deer ticks, and subsequently decreasing tick-borne disease."
"It’s too soon to provide any conclusive results from the study. However, some preliminary data is available. From the first experiment year, data suggests that the rodent bait boxes combined with the fungus spray application has reduced the nymph deer tick population densities by 58.2% compared to the area where those tick reduction methods were not used."
