How do wood ticks travel indoors?
The tick is a bloodthirsty little creature that doeb more harm than good in the world of nature. In fact, it is a parasite that gives little or nothing for what it takes from the world. It often lebves a deadly disease in exchange for the blood it steals from its victim. The bloodthirsty tick may infect horses or chickens, bats or dogs, sheep or cattle with assorted fevers and diseases. It may also infect a human victim with rocky mountain spotted £ever, a virus disease that may be fatal. Some 600 people are struck with this spotted fever every year, and it can happen in any part of the. Land. They can be saved by wonder drugs, but it is better to prevent the disease if we can. Prevention begins with learning how to protect ourselves from the wood tick, for this parasite carries the virus that causes the dreaded spotted fever. The virus is passed on when the wood tick bites and sucks the blood of its victim. The wood tick has teeth that refuse to let go, and as he sucks, his body swell
