Why am I suddenly thinking of illegal aliens and Democrats?
Posted on 12/26/2023 7:52:18 AM PST by Red Badger
The Asian longhorned tick is rapidly gaining a foothold in the United States and “poses a serious threat to livestock” according to the USDA.
Since its discovery and proper identification in 2017, the coverage area of the tick has spread to 19 U.S. states, the USDA reported.
The deadly consequence of their expansion was shared by Ohio State University researchers in the Journal of Medical Entomology: Two cows and one large bull died from exsanguination by the ticks, meaning drained of blood to the point of death.
Each unfortunate cow likely endured tens of thousands of bites.
While only the size of a sesame seed, these tiny ticks have huge population potential, with the ability to form massive colonies in a short amount of time.
While collecting samples in the twenty five acre Ohio pasture, the Ohio State University researchers were able to collect almost 10,000 ticks in just 90 minutes.
Extrapolating the collection data led the researchers to estimate the population in the entire field exceeded 1,000,000 ticks.
According to researchers, no other species of tick in North America can populate like this species can.
The tick’s secret weapon is the ability for females to lay 2,000 eggs at a time — without the necessity of a male.
Part of assessing the risk posed by these exponentially reproducing ticks includes an analysis of disease spread to both livestock and humans.
According to the CDC, the Asian longhorned tick has been found on both animals and people but, thankfully, seems to prefer animal hosts to people.
The CDC also said the invasive tick is unlikely to contribute to the spread of Lyme disease, according to one experimental study.
However, these ticks have the ability to “carry and spread” certain diseases, should they come in contact with them.
Interestingly, there is no risk of human illness from the Asian longhorned tick in Australia and New Zealand, where the tick is invasive but has established itself as an exotic species, according to Everyday Health.
The CDC said research is ongoing as scientists try to learn more about the tick’s pervasiveness and potential risk to both livestock and people.
“It’s possible that the Asian longhorned tick found here won’t carry the same types of pathogens [or any pathogens] as it has in other parts world, but we are paying attention to it,” said Mark J. Soloski, PhD, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia have all reported the presence of the Asian longhorned tick, according to the CDC.
Then chalk up another disaster to Biden.
Breed and release more possums
They’ll take care of the ticks
Did Bill Gates help seed the tick here?
An Md friend once started a sentence with:
‘The vast minority...’
He got mad when I started laughing before he could finish.
WOW.! The feminist are going to love this.!! AOC will come out with new laws to protect and defend this wonderful creature.
I hope she did not.
“ Balloon..................”
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LOL Or in sample tubes in diplomatic pouches.
LOL.......
Betcha “Asian” really means Chinese. Wuhan tick time.
I wish they’d bring it back. Our town has now stopped treating for mosquitos for the past 6 years, and wow- they are unbearable now- folks,that used to come here every summer now,can’t stand to be here. You can’t go for a walk and enjoy it anymore. You can’t sit in a vehicle and open a window- if you do, within about 15 seconds you will have literally a couple dozen mosquitos in the vehicle-
But, the enviros have evidently won the war and stopped the treatments by the town, so its back to primitive times when mankind got eaten to death by hoards of mosquitos...
Th3 left aren’t happy until everyone around them is miserable
I wonder what the Indians used to keep themselves from being bitten?... Dog Fennel?.....................
Is there a rice tick we could send to Asia?
I always knew this Tik-Tok business would come to no good.
The Swiss had to deal with the clock tick long ago, and they’re still around. Lotta regulation, though.
Gotta clean this stuff up. No tickee, no laundee.
Why am I suddenly thinking of illegal aliens and Democrats?
The Swiss went cuckoo with tik-tock....................
I think we have a winner. I know vegans who would loose something like this in the wild to kill off livestock to keep them from becoming hamburger. Don’t fight their logic, there is none.
I won’t be surprised if these were introduced by Chinese nationals acting on behalf of the state.
This works well with a fish pond. You feed the fish the dead mosquitoes.
Always wondered what made Biden tick
Nothing good ever comes from Asia
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