Virginia Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, VMN CE Webinar, Feb. 28th

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Webinar Highlights:

  • tick ecology
  • tick species you may encounter in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic
  • how to identify these ticks
  • illnesses and conditions associated with each species
  • methods of tick control and their varying success
  • ways to protect yourself from tick bites, and what to do in the event you do get bit.

Please come prepared with any and all tick questions, and the presenter will do her best to answer them.

Presenter:

Alexis White is a senior PhD candidate in the Ecological Sciences PhD program at Old Dominion University, working in Professor Holly Gaff’s lab. Lexi is part of the ODU Tick Research Team; a joint venture between Professors Gaff and Hynes who take a multidisciplinary approach to understanding ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Virginia. She completed her Bachelor’s in Wildlife Biology at Unity College in Maine. Her dissertation focuses on exploring local, finite time control of ticks using both mechanical and biological means.

Webinar Details

When: Thursday, 28 February 2019, 12 pm
Meeting Number: 557-678-365
Link to join: Join Webinar
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Link for recordings of this and past webinars: VMN Continuing Education page