Researchers from UW-Madison are visiting houses across Eau Claire — their mission: to reduce ticks. The Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases is a collaboration between the CDC, several universities and health experts, it’s headquartered at UW-Madison. According to UW-Madison College of Veterinary Medicine professor and director of the center of excellence, Lyric Bartholomay, in Eau Claire, they’re testing backyards that have been treated with chemicals from Rentokil-Terminix across 80 homes. Teams go to each house and drag for ticks with cloth tools that ticks latch onto.
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