Preventing tick bites and the prospect for disease can seem nearly impossible, but we are trying to make it simple enough so that it becomes part of life for people living or visiting where ever ticks occur. Effective strategies are available in each area : Protect Yourself, Protect Your Yard, Protect Your Pets.
Protect Yourself |
Protect your Pets |
Protect your Yard |
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Learn what types of repellents (including clothing with repellent built-in) are safe and available to protect you and your family.
Tick Checks
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Learn strategies for securing your pets health, while keeping ticks from being brought into your home.
Tick Control
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Learn where ticks live in your yard, what animals are a sign of tick infestation, and how to effectively remove ticks from your yard.
Eliminate Tick Habitat
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Prevention Highlight
The Newest (and best) Way To Wear Tick Repellent!
Author: Thomas Mather
Now, there is an important new way to help keep children and camp staff protected from biting ticks while enjoying outdoor adventures at summer camp. Always wear clothing that is pre-treated with an effective tick repellent, it makes tick-bite prevention easy. And for peace of mind while kids are away at summer camp, why not make all of their clothes treated clothes. The protection is odorless, invisible and lasts through 70 washings. Insect Shield clothes - the tick repellent they'll love to wear (and so will you)!
Find clothes for everyday protection:
Browse Insect Shield Protective Clothing
Find more styles for girls and boys
Read about Tick Bite Protection With Permethrin-Treated Summer Clothing.
Read URI’s Tick Guy endorsement to Camp Directors.
Are you concerned about the serious health threat caused by ticks?
Would you like to make appropriate tick-borne diseases prevention programming more widely available? If you answered yes to these questions, please consider supporting the Tick Encounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island. Proceeds help support tick-bite prevention programs.