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Icky ticks

What could be more icky than finding a tick on yourself, your child or your pet?  Now there’s a new web application called “TickApp” that provides quick information about everything you need to know about ticks. Researchers and extension specialists at Texas A&M University developed TickApp as a smart-phone friendly website to provide information about ticks.  Anyone with access to the Internet at home or on their smart phone can access it at http://tickapp.tamu.edu. “Ticks  are blood-feeding parasites capable of causing irritation, inflammation and infection in animals and… Read More →