News - May 26, 2011

Tick duty

They are becoming a familiar sight, the sheep that are grazing the Wageningen campus for the third summer in a row.

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They keep the grass down of course, but now the sheep can prepare for an additional task. They have landed the main part in a trial by Wageningen UR and shepherd Henry Hoiting, of a method of clearing an area of ticks. The sheep play vacuum cleaner.