![]() ![]() The animals and the property where the tick was found have been treated to eliminate the tick. This tick also has the potential to spread other bacterial and viral diseases to humans and other animals. There are no human health or food safety risks associated with Theileria. With respect to livestock, the tick is known to transmit a disease called Theileriosis to cattle, which results in severe anemia and possibly death. Farmers should monitor their livestock for the presence of this tick and decreased growth rates or signs of anemia in the animals. This tick is a serious pest to livestock (including cattle, horses, farmed deer, sheep, and goats), particularly in New Zealand, as well as wildlife, pets, and humans. Adult ticks are seen mainly during early summer, larvae from late summer to early winter, and nymphs mainly in the spring. Both larval and nymphal stages are very small and difficult to observe with the naked eye. The haemaphysalis longicornis tick species is dark brown in color and grows to the size of a pea when fully engorged. This tick is not known to be present in the U.S., although there are records of at least a dozen previous collections of this species in the country on animals and materials presented for entry at U.S. Initial identification was made by the Monmouth County Tick-borne Diseases Lab, located at Rutgers University and the Hunterdon County Division of Health. Fisher today announced the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa has confirmed the finding of an exotic East Asian tick, also known as the longhorned tick or bush tick, on a farm in Hunterdon County on November 9. E: – New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. ![]()
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