| evaluating a deer-targeted acaricide applicator for area-wide suppression of blacklegged ticks, ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae), in rhode island. | over a 5-year period, september 1997 through may 2002, as many as 25 u.s. department of agriculture-agricultural research service "4-poster" acaricide applicators were distributed in areas of high deer activity throughout a 518-hectare area in a rural rhode island community. corn consumption and acaricide levels for each device were monitored weekly during each treatment season to assess the degree of deer use. the efficacy of acaricide treatment was determined by comparing relative blacklegged ... | 2009 | 19650734 |