Published: 29/01/2009 10:20 am Last modified: 12/02/2009 10:49 am
Adult tick on red deer
Photo: Anne-Mette Kirkemo, NVI
Norwegian hunters has been reporting numbers of ticks and deer fly on red deer, roe deer and moose to the webpage www.flattogflue.no. The registration is a part of an ongoing research project to gather more information on the distribution of these parasites in Norway.
Contact person at the National Veterinary Institute:
Knut Madslien, research scientist, Section for Wildlife Health
Tel.: + 47 23 21 63 75, email: knut.madslien@vetinst.no