BDN talks with Lichtenwalner about ticks on livestock

The Bangor Daily News spoke with Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Maine, about the exploding number of ticks this year and their impact on livestock. The story also cited UMaine Tick Lab reports of alpha-gal syndrome, a human allergy to red meat developed after being bitten by a lone star tick. WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) shared the BDN story.