How Tick Dragging Helps Track Lyme-Carrying Ticks Across Canada
When it comes to tracking blacklegged ticks and preventing Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, public health professionals across Canada rely on a combination of active and passive tick surveillance. Both methods of surveillance play important roles in understanding where ticks are located and whether they’re carrying pathogens that pose a threat to people, pets and/or wild animal populations.