American dog ticks have the same biological cycle as deer ticks. The main difference is that adult wood ticks are most active ...

An adult-sized tick is about the size of an apple ... Numerous types of ticks exist, including the American dog tick ...

Many dog flea medicines require a prescription ... work together to kill parasites and break the flea life cycle. Fipronil kills adult fleas and ticks, while S-methoprene prevents flea eggs ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...