The Importance of Understanding Animal Populations

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Many of the diseases that I work on happen to be zoonotic. That means there are pathogens that are naturally maintained in wildlife and in wild situations, which can also cross over to humans. And so zoonotic diseases are a huge part of the burden of infectious diseases that we see in the world. A lot of the Diseases that we're seeing that are tick-borne have existed in populations in animals and wildlife well before.

It’s 2-for-1! Ticks AND Lyme: together in one helpful, disgusting, gossipy, empowering

episode. This pair of episodes is about tiny, thirsty ticks and the diseases they spit into you is wall to wall wisdom from Dr. Neeta Pardanani Connally of the West Connecticut State University Tick Lab and Dr. Andrea Swei of SFSU’s Swei Lab cover how to remove a tick, if you should spray your yard and with what, how landscaping affects tick exposure, why Lyme Disease is spreading, the Lone Star Tick rolling into town, how to protect your pets and why the CC ruined poppyseed muffins. Also: Powassan virus, meat allergies, paralysis ticks, and twin princesses Borrelia and Babesia.

Dr. Neeta Pardanani Connally and Dr. Andrea Swei will charm their way into your heart like a hypostome under your skin.

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Donations were made to TickEncounter, Union of Concerned Scientists, and 826 Valencia