Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Posted May 12, 2006 The disease comes from the bite of an infected tick, not from the deer themselves. Deer are hosts for the ticks for part of their life cycle. If there are no ticks on the deer then there is little chance of Lyme disease being anywhere in a particular area. If you are concerned about ticks in your area, the USDA has shown that feeding Ivermectin with deer feed eliminates all or nearly all ticks for many years. FDA has not labeled Ivermectin for this use but the USDA, Univ of TN and the US Dept of the Army all use it for this purpose off label. I think the US Forest Service is also evaluating this application as well. Regards, Neal in KY _www.wildlifeprotein.com_ (http://www.wildlifeprotein.com) _cavm@..._ (mailto:cavm@...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ From: " fschwartz613 " fschwartz613@... Date: Wed May 10, 2006 7:25pm(PDT) Subject: Candian Deer Is it possible to contract Lyme disease from Canadian deer? Quote
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