Report on Ticks Notes UMaine Participation
A Lewiston Sun Journal report on winter ticks and Maine’s moose and deer population included a mention of UMaine participation in research into how the ticks may have affected moose. Lee Kantar, the state’s moose and deer biologist, said he has been working the last two winters with UMaine diagnostic lab technicians doing necropsies on moose to determine how he moose died. He also noted this year two students are specifically looking at lungworm infestations.
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