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There's a map of Lyme Disease risk areas on a federal government web
page, here:
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.html#map
perhaps a little out of date, and a more detailed one for Nova Scotia,
here:
https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp
Just wondering: Do blacklegged ticks really use birds as a means of
dispersal? That story about birds bringing them into NS doesn't pass the
smell test.
--- Peter Payzant
On 2018-06-15 8:43 AM, Bev Wigney wrote:
> John -- Is there a particular migratory path that leads to Nova
> Scotia? I'm thinking of how there are some bad tick hotspots on the
> coastal parts of the eastern U.S. (like New Jersey) and maybe the
> birds that pass through those particular areas are the ones coming
> here. Also, I'm wondering about the accuracy of the info about ticks
> with Lyme being worse here. I believe I saw a map not long ago --
> maybe on the CBC website -- showing that New Brunswick has some
> comparably bad Lyme hotspots.
> By the way -- so far, this is turning out to be quite a ticky summer
> around my place and I'm hearing much the same from friends around here
> (Annapolis Royal). Normally, the ticks seem to be less by the
> beginning of July. Hope that will be the case this summer.
>
> Bev
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:07 AM, John Kearney
> <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi David and all,
>
> That’s a very good question. I’ve heard the same reason given for
> why we have the Hemlock Woolley Adelgid in Nova Scotia but not in
> northern Maine and New Brunswick. I’m not aware of any evidence
> indicating that more spring migrants fly to Nova Scotia than Maine
> or New Brunswick.
>
> John
>
> *From:*naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
> <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
> <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
> <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>> *On Behalf Of *David
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2018 17:10
> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> *Subject:* [NatureNS] Lyme disease
>
> Dear All,
>
> In the July issue of Maclean's (p.17) are interesting data on
> Lyme disease incidence in Canada. The much higher incidence in NS,
> 21.5 times as high as the average incidence in the other nine
> provinces, is attributed to "climate and the large number of
> migratory birds carrying ticks from the US."
>
> I don't follow why NS would be hit the hardest.
>
> Yt, DW
>
>
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There's a map of Lyme Disease risk areas on a federal government web
page, here:<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.html#map">https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.html#map</a><br>
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perhaps a little out of date, and a more detailed one for Nova
Scotia, here: <br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp">https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp</a><br>
<br>
Just wondering: Do blacklegged ticks really use birds as a means of
dispersal? That story about birds bringing them into NS doesn't pass
the smell test.<br>
<br>
--- Peter Payzant<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2018-06-15 8:43 AM, Bev Wigney
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">John -- Is there a particular migratory path that
leads to Nova Scotia? I'm thinking of how there are some bad
tick hotspots on the coastal parts of the eastern U.S. (like New
Jersey) and maybe the birds that pass through those particular
areas are the ones coming here. Also, I'm wondering about the
accuracy of the info about ticks with Lyme being worse here. I
believe I saw a map not long ago -- maybe on the CBC website --
showing that New Brunswick has some comparably bad Lyme
hotspots.
<div>By the way -- so far, this is turning out to be quite a
ticky summer around my place and I'm hearing much the same
from friends around here (Annapolis Royal). Normally, the
ticks seem to be less by the beginning of July. Hope that
will be the case this summer. <br>
<div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Bev</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:07 AM, John
Kearney <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hi David and all,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>That’s a very good
question. I’ve heard the same reason given for why
we have the Hemlock Woolley Adelgid in Nova Scotia
but not in northern Maine and New Brunswick. I’m
not aware of any evidence indicating that more
spring migrants fly to Nova Scotia than Maine or
New Brunswick.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>John</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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