PREVENTION Wear light-colored clothing Wear long sleeves and long pants tucked into socks when going into wooded or grassy areas. Use insecticide containing DEET. Caution: Do not spray directly on young childrens skin. Spray on clothing Bathe or shower when you return home. Check youself and your children carefully every night. Put clothing including jackets and coats in clothes dryer for thirty minutes to kill ticks. Use sprays and dips containing permethrins and pyrethrins on dogs, cats and horses to kill deer ticks. Use prescription strength tick collars obtained from a veterinarian on your pet Thank you for utilizing our website. We hope the Lyme Disease information helped you to learn something new. Home   All about Ticks  Signs and Symptoms  Diagnosis and Testing  Treatment  Prevention  Resources This Lyme Disease informative website has been created by The Students of William Paterson University's Department of Nursing College of Science and Health and brought to you by: This community website is maintained by Target Online Inc. 45 Park Place South, PMB 101, Morristown, NJ 07960 (973-359-9968) Our Logos and names are registered trademarks All Photography and Graphics ©2009 Target Online Inc.