During the warm weather season, poeple get tick bites and tick borne diseasses more often than any other times of the year. Ticks can transmit diseases such as Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Lyme Disease Fact Sheet on the NYSDOH.  Reducing your exposure to ticks is the best defense against tick borne illness. 

Be Tick Free

Tick & Lyme Disease information page contains information on Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases, Tick and Insect Repellents, Tick Identification service and has documents and posters for printing.

Your Pets and Tick Borne Diseases

Preventing ticks on your pets page contains information on tick borne disease that may affect your pet, and how to prevent your pet from getting tick bites.

Daily Tick Check for You and Your Pet

How To Remove A Tick

Download the PDF of the above Lyme Disease Alert graphic

For more information on Lyme Disease please visit the following website: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm