1.   A. The ticks live in wooded areas or shady grasslands, often hiding under leaf debris.

2.   In the larval, stage, the tick lives on white-footed mice.

3.   The big question is whether the ticks will be affected by the poison once it has been rubbed into the deer fur, where ticks live and breed.

4.   Walker said he thinks the disease could occur anywhere ticks live.

5.   Normally, ticks live on livestock and avoid humans.