Deb Hudman, Missouri's tick specialist
For the last two years, Deb Hudman has been collecting and studying Missouri ticks from every county in the state. Since our state is most diverse--prairies, woodlands, farm fields, pastures--we have a wide variety of the little buggers. What has she learned about ticks and the diseases they carry? Tune in and find out!
In this episode, Deb Hudman of A.T. Still University, talks about her project and the various ticks and their diseases. Missourians can mail ticks to her lab--and we've sent her thousands of them--and she classifies them then looks for disease that they might transfer to humans, our pets, our livestock or the wild creatures living in our many ecosystems. On her website, she has begun to post maps and data and you can mail ticks to her to be sure your county gets attention. Download this podcast to learn more, and tune in to Farm and Fiddle Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Central Time on KOPN 89.5 FM and KOPN.org.