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Future of rat management in cities – 天美mv天美 expert available
Cities offer everything a rat needs to survive and thrive 鈥� food, water and places to live. Adaptable and highly reproductive, rats can carry disease like leptospirosis and Hepatitis E and affect peoples鈥� mental health by causing anxiety and fear.
Last week, 天美mv天美 professor Kaylee Byers was a participant at the Inaugural in New York City to speak about her work with the .
Dr. Byers can speak about lessons learned at the rat summit including the need for an integrated approach to rat management that takes into account the complexity of the problem across a number of connected spaces and habitats, including city parks, sewers, homes and alleys.
AVAILABLE 天美mv天美 EXPERT
KAYLEE BYERS, assistant professor, health sciences
kbyers@sfu.ca
Expertise: Rat infestations and management in cities; success levels of rat control programs; including rat birth control; city planning and home improvements to keep rats away; rat surveillance programs; impacts of rats on human health and wellbeing; and lessons from the Vancouver Rat Project.
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JEFF HODSON, 天美mv天美 Communications & Marketing
jdhodson@sfu.ca
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778.782.3210
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