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Tick season now underway
Alberta isn’t yet a hot spot for ticks carrying Lyme disease, but they are here — and farmers should be on guard
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ticks may be unavoidable in farming, but getting bitten isn’t. The blacklegged tick, or deer tick, has become infamous for transmitting Lyme disease (which counts muscle aches, joint, heart and neurological problems and fatigue among its many symptoms), babesiosis (also causing flu-like symptoms and ramping up to anorexia, joint pain and a possible hospital visit), […] Read more