Lyme disease

Ma tha amharas idir ann, bu chòir comhairle meidigeach a shireadh.

Bu chòir a bhith nas tuigsiche mu Tinneis Lyme

There had been calls to wipe out red deer on the 93,000-acre Stòras Uibhist estate, which covers the islands of South Uist, Eriskay and parts of Benbecula, due to the damage they cause to crops and gardens, their risk of causing road accidents and fears over the spread of Lyme disease

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