https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-invasive-tick-that-can-clone-itself-is-spreading-across-us-threatening-livestock-180983323/

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“The tick will be a nuisance, and it is spreading,” Kevin Lahmers, an anatomic pathologist at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine who was not involved with the study, tells Jenny McGrath of Business Insider. “It will cover most of the eastern half of the U.S.—that’s most likely.”
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This tick species was likely imported into the US by some animal trader and spread by sheep herders.

Animal farming/herding contains within itself the seeds of is own destruction. Some of those seeds are seed ticks (larvae).

#tick #longhorned #ranchers #herders #sheep #moose #cows

The #Longhorned #Tick is making its way across #Missouri, with its presence detected in four counties, each in different parts of the state. While #cattle are primarily susceptible to its bites, MU Extension experts are reminding ranchers and the public about other ticks that could impact human health.

https://www.centralmoinfo.com/longhorned-tick-continues-spreading-across-missouri/