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Scientists Have Discovered How to Significantly Reduce the Number of Ticks. Large Animals Helped in Milovice
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Scientists have found that large ungulates such as wild horses and bison effectively reduce the number of ticks in nature thanks to their natural grazing. In the Milovice reserve, there were up to 75 percent fewer ticks in grazed areas than in the surrounding, unmanaged vegetation. Ticks in the Czech Republic have been increasing in recent years due to climate change and are spreading to higher altitudes.
Until the tick bit her, she was a successful lawyer. But the parasite turned her life upside down, epidemiologist Roman Prymula recalls the patient's case. The encephalitis that broke out in the woman left serious consequences. "The woman stopped speaking and lost all her knowledge," describes Prymula. According to him, in order to return to her original profession, she had to re-graduate from all her schools. The lawyer's case shows how dangero…
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