Donkey Skin Secretion that Repels Deer Ticks Shows Promise as Natural Alternative to DEET

Donkey Skin May Be a Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Ticks and Lyme Disease

Learn about an unlikely strategy for repelling ticks that involves a compound secreted by the skin of donkeys, which may help prevent the spread of Lyme disease.

Donkey business: What China wants with Pakistan’s beasts of burden

Pakistan became a primary trading partner of China for animal hides after the African Union banned the same in February last year.

Donkey skin as tick repellent? Mass. researchers say it could be more effective than DEET

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick.

Donkey skin secretion that repels deer ticks shows promise as natural alternative to DEET

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have made a promising discovery that could lead to the development of a natural and effective tick repellent. They have shown that a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys effectively repels adult Ixodes scapularis ticks—the most frequent human-biting tick in the U.S. Commonly known as the deer tick, this species of arthropods is responsible for spreading Lyme disease, anaplas…