Gram-positive ((of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method). Gram-negative ((of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method). Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of bacteria):
Outdoors experts: Keep ticks off by spraying repellent on your clothes. A female deer tick. Shane Wilkinson, camping equipment manager at Bass Pro Shops in the Fingerlakes Mall, said he was among those who mistakenly thought this past winter was going to put a real hurt on the ticks.
Ticks can transit serious diseases such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, so it is wise to do whatever we can to keep them off our dogs. This page looks at the danger of ticks to dogs. It also shows you how to remove ticks from your dog and how to use herbal remedies to repel ticks. Unlike other parasites, dog ticks do not reside permanently on our four-legged friends. They just hitch a ride, get some free meals (blood), and then fall off to lay eggs.