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Ticks and the Diseases They Carry Are Spreading. Can This Drug Stamp Them Out?

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The Effects of Ivermectin on Ticks

Researchers in Connecticut found that deer would eat corn coated with Ivermectin. 83% were at or above the threshold of lethality, according to researchers. The number of ticks crawling on an individual deer did not change with blood levels of the drug. However, the amount of latched-on blood-engourged ticks declined as the level of drug rose.

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