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TICK TALES from THE GREY LADY

TICK TALES from THE GREY LADY. REVENGE OF OLD BUCK. Dueling Unicorns. Academic Rat. Babesia microti in human rbc. Not a Model. Not a Model. More ECMs. Morula in human granulocyte. AVERAGE YEAR 150-175 CASES LYME DISEASE 20-30 CASES BABESIOSIS 10-15 CASES EHLICHIOSIS.

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TICK TALES from THE GREY LADY

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  1. TICK TALESfromTHE GREY LADY REVENGE OF OLD BUCK

  2. Dueling Unicorns

  3. Academic Rat

  4. Babesia microti in human rbc

  5. Not a Model

  6. Not a Model

  7. More ECMs

  8. Morula in human granulocyte

  9. AVERAGE YEAR150-175 CASES LYME DISEASE20-30 CASES BABESIOSIS10-15 CASES EHLICHIOSIS

  10. 3 CHANGES THAT PAVED THE ROAD TO HELL • FAUNA (DEER and TICKS) • HABITAT • LAND USE

  11. FAUNA • NO FOX WOODCHUCK SKUNK RACOONS • NO DEER • LOTS OF RATS WHITEFOOTED MOUSE VOLES RABBITS • EASTERN COTTONTAILS AND JACKRABBITS INTRODUCED • TICKS I MURIS PREDOMINENT

  12. OLD BUCK

  13. DEER • 1935 FIRST HUNT HERD ESTIMATED 350 • ABORTED BY GOV CURLEY AFTER MAN MR SYLVIA KILLED • BIG PETTING ZOO • BEGINNING OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT DEER HUNTING • CURRENT HERD 2500 -50-60 SQ MILE • GOOD TO BE A DEER ON NANTUCKET

  14. DEER • AUGUST 21 1942 BAMBI RELEASED • A SECOND DAY OF INFAMY IT IS NOT A DOCUMENTARY • POISONING THE MIND OF THE MINDLESS(OPINION)

  15. TICKS • EARLY SURVEYS 20’S 30’S I MURIS(MOUSE TICK) DOMINENT TICK CAPE AND ISLANDS • NO I. DAMMENI(DEER TICK) EXCEPT ON NAUSHON ISLAND • 1940’S I DAMMINI CAPE 1970’S RECOGNIZED ISLANDS • ANDY SPIELMAN FINDS I.DAMMINI DOMINENT TICK ON NANTUCKET • I .MURIS RELAGATED TO DEER FREE PARTS OF THE ISLAND

  16. TICKS MAKING TICKS ON A DEER

  17. LANDSCAPE • MOST OF NEW ENGLAND DEFORESTED FOR FARMS AND FIREWOOD 18TH -19TH CENTURY NANTUCKET NEVER FORESTED • ONLY LAST 75-100 YEARS FOREST AND BRUSH HAS RETURNED • MOST OF WALDEN WOODS WENT TO THE BOSTON AND FITCHBURG RAILROAD AS TIES AND FUEL

  18. Shearing the Off-Islanderseasier and only 2 feet

  19. Not so easy, 4 feet and unhappy

  20. LANDSCAPE • TOURISTS REPLACE SHEEP (MORE EASILY SHORN) • BRUSH ALLOWED TO GROW UP • DEVELOPMENT SCRUB OAK THICKETS • IDEAL COVER FOR DEER AND SHELTERED SHADED HUMIDIFIED HOME FOR MICE AND TICKS

  21. LAND USE • HOUSING MOVES OUT OF TOWN • 80% HOUSES NOT LIVED IN YEAR ROUND • PRIVACY DICTATES ALLOWING BRUSH TO GROW UP • STYLE DICTATES DEER ATTRACTING ORNAMENTAL PLANTS • OPEN INVITATION DEER TICKS

  22. CURRENT SITUATION • COMPETENT VECTOR TICK FOR 3 DISEASES • >50% NYMPHAL TICKS INFECTED I-2 OR THE TRIFECTA OF THESE DISEASES • NYMPHS BECOME ACTIVE APRIL TO AUGUST-JUST AS SUMMER POPULATION SWELLS

  23. NANTUCKET has a problem • Too many deer • Too many deer ticks • Too many cases of tick related diseases

  24. TOM NEVERS CIVIC ASSOCIATIONTICK BORNE DISEASE SURVEY 2009 • IDENTIFIED TBD AS SIGNIFICANT ISSUE • 25% RESPONDENTS REPORTED CONTRACTING TBD • MOST FELT REPORTED NUMBER OF INFECTIONS WERE LOW • EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE ISLAND • MAJORITY WOLD LIKE ISLAND WIDE PLAN TO REDUCE BURDEN OF TBD

  25. NANTUCKET SOLUTION • EDUCATION • PREVENTION • DEER REDUCTION

  26. EDUCATION • SCHOOL AND MEDIA • LAND USE- LANDSCAPING

  27. 5TH CASE OF BABESIA ON NANTUCKET 1975 • “I TAKE EXCEPTION TO GLOSSY REPORTS OF THIS BEING MILD DISEASE” • “PUBLIC SHOULD BE INFORMED HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES”

  28. PREVENTION • INTERESTING NOT LIKELY TO MEET THE KING OF SWEDEN • WILL SAVE TIME AND AGGRAVATION • EASIER THAN SPENDING TIME RECONSTRUCTING TICK PARTS ON SOILED HANDKERCHIEF

  29. DEER REDUCTION ? • BYE BYE BAMBI

  30. WE CAN BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN ONLY ABOUT THINGS WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND ERIC HOFFER

  31. THE END

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