Actually, I understood that to be your intent .
I was just being a little sarcastic, at your expense. Sorry about that !!
However, if you think about it, in the West and Mid-west cattle areas, they generally conduct a "controlled burn" to get rid of the field 'winter-kill' litter.
I think this may be used to control parasitic and saprophytic insects which prey upon cattle in the fields.
I think the Bundy legal case comes immediately to mind...
We live in Tick Country. We raise Treeing Walker Coon Hounds and Plot Hounds...who are in the woods ALL THE TIME training and/or hunting Raccoon and Black Bear.
We also have two Basset Hounds and a Beagle for house pets, as well as two indoor/outdoor cats on Mouse Patrol.
FYI? Here’s what we do:
a. All outside dogs get sprayed with a tick/flea deterrent in the Spring and throughout the summer. Spraying is less expensive, we can mix it up ourselves and it works better for our needs than just the ‘dab between the shoulder blades.’
b. House pets get Frontline applied every month and the dogs also get the vaccine, which is only 50% effective, BUT I’m not skimping on that; they’re family!
c. We save up our toilet paper and paper towel tubes and soak cotton balls in Permethrin and scatter them all over the place. Mice take the cotton balls and use them for nesting materials. MICE are the main HOST for tick larvae and this kills some of them off.
Let me repeat: MICE are the main host for tick larvae!
d. We do, ‘Tick Checks’ on all dogs and cats and on each other (which is kinda fun!) on a daily/weekly basis...or whenever we happen to be ‘petting’ one another, LOL!
So far, so good! I am VIGILANT, since I lost a Yellow Lab (Miss Lucy) to Lyme’s Disease. With Labs, it effects their kidneys and they don’t show ANY symptoms until it’s way too late. No kidney transplants for Labradors. :(