Tick Population Surges

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Officials at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station say they’ve already tested more than 5,000 ticks submitted by the public this year for Lyme Disease and other pathogens. That’s compared to around 3,000 for all of a typical year.
Officials say around 30 percent of the ticks submitted have tested positive for Lyme– nearly an eight percent increase from why they’ve found in the past.
“Because we had the mild winter