The USDA says it is working with property owners to install fencing along a permanent tick quarantine land in Zapata County. Source: Frank McCaffrey
Lone Star Tick Upsurge (via Mindy Todd )
Black legged ticks and dog ticks are common in our region, but there’s a new tick in town: the lone star. Unlike other ticks, the lone star feeds primarily Source: Mindy Todd
Ticks Still Threat to Pets, Owners (via WNEP.com)
HONESDALE, Pa. — Even though it’s going to get colder soon, the threat of ticks and spreading Lyme disease isn’t going away. While Harley is out for a walk in Central Park in Honesdale, his owner Autumn Delong-Vanderhoff is mindful of the chance he could be picking up more than he bargained for. Source: WNEP.com
Asian longhorn tick discovered in New Hampshire (via UnionLeader.com)
CONCORD — An invasive tick species was recently discovered in New Hampshire, prompting state officials to ask people to be on the lookout for the Asian longhorned tick. Source: UnionLeader.com
Invasive tick discovered in central Pa. brings risks for livestock, people (via PennLive.com)
Apart from the risk of tick-borne pathogens, longhorned ticks can also cause anemia in livestock as they feed on the blood of the animal. Source: PennLive.com
An Invasive New Tick Is Spreading in the U.S. (via r20.rs6.net)
The Asian long-horned tick, reported in New Yorkâs suburbs and as far west as Arkansas, can carry lethal diseases. But no infected specimens have yet been found here. Source: r20.rs6.net
A Plague of Ticks Is Coming: Strategies to Avoid Lyme Disease This Fall (via Inverse)
Yes, climate change makes it easier for them to survive. Source: Inverse
Statewide Warning Issued In CT For Rare Tick (via Mansfield-Storrs, CT Patch)
Agriculture experts from UConn have issued a warning to outdoors enthusiasts and those with animals about a certain tick. Source: Mansfield-Storrs, CT Patch
This invasive tick is cloning itself. Rutgers DNA researchers are racing to contain it. (via NJ.com)
Rutgers researchers are hoping that DNA will tell them where the longhorned tick came from and just how harmful it is. Source: NJ.com
Lone Star tick bites triggering red meat allergies in more people across US, physician says (via Fox News)
An allergist and associate professor of medicine University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is warning that the Lone Star tick can cause an allergy to red meat. Source: Fox News
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