Resources and Credits

Read additional material located on this CD

• Tick Management Handbook.  This is an integrated guide for homeowners, pest control operators and public health officials for prevention of tick-associated disease.  Prepared by Kirby C. Stafford III, Chief Scientist; the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT. (pdf file)
• List of Plants that Deer Don't Like (pdf file)
• List of Pesticides (pdf file)

Additional Information

Target Lyme Disease has developed a series of brochures regarding tick-borne diseases, personal protection and landscape modification. Brochures are available in the main lobby of the Westport Weston Health District, 180 Bayberry Lane, Westport. Available brochures include:

• Pesticides and Tick Control: Tips on Selecting a Commercial Pesticide Service
• Get Your Back Yard "In the Zone" (English and Spanish version available)
• Personal Protection: Lyme Disease
• Deer and Your Yard: Tips on Discouraging Deer on Your Property
• Emerging Tick-Borne Diseases: A Growing Public Health Threat
• Dogs and Cats Get Lyme Disease Too!
• Create a "Tick Safe" Environment Year Round

For more information on Lyme disease contact the WWHD at (203) 227-9571.

Credits

About the Westport Weston Health District