It's global warming, I tell ya!!!
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.
Ping!........................
The Asian “cow-killing tick poses a serious threat......” according to the USDA.
I hope Stacy Abrams got the memo...........
Yes, we’re under attack.
Ticks have really exploded over the years- we kids lived in the woods, and never got Lyme disease, or any of the other things you can get, but now you must check yourself whenever you work outside because Lyme disease, and several other diseases are no joke- th3y flatten even the most healthy person. The ticks are everywhere now. Stopped at a boat launch site to get a photo once, got out, stood on the grass for maybe a minute, got home, and found a tick on me- deer tick. Even gardening you can get them too- it’s getting pretty bad
Now there is a cow killer tick? Swell.
[[with the ability to form massive colonies in a short amount of time]]
Wouldn’t it be great if they could,be treated with something and bring it back to the colony where it spreads and kills off the colony? Would take awhile but that might put a good dent in the population.
Rapidly Crept... How do you that.?
At first I read: “Cow Tipping”
With human assistance.
It's global warming, I tell ya!!!
DDT!................................
And how did this tick make it to the U.S.? The Customs Service and the USDA are supposed to inspect livestock imports and articles made from animals. Obviously they are peopled by incompetents akin to those in Biden’s cabal of incompetents and perverts.
That would be a really large tick!....................
Another case of eco-terrorism.
THANK YOU, CHINA, for yet another invasive species from China. I wonder how they were REALLY introduced here.
Balloon..................
Vampire tick?....Wonder how they got here? It seems like these new outbreaks have an underlying novel biological property that we didn’t know about...lots to learn.....taking too long to find out...
More nasty crapola from The East.
Oceans kept the stuff away.
Not it gets on a plane and walks in, or sits in a container and waits to crawl on our
My guess is they were carried across by illegals across the open border.
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