{"id":232,"date":"2021-06-01T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/?p=232"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:43:37","slug":"spotlight-on-invasive-species-asian-longhorned-tick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/spotlight-on-invasive-species-asian-longhorned-tick\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Invasive Species: Asian Longhorned Tick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/files\/2022\/12\/asian-longhorned-tick-22886_CDC-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"a detailed view of an Asian longhorned tick on a leaf.\" class=\"wp-image-229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/files\/2022\/12\/asian-longhorned-tick-22886_CDC-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/files\/2022\/12\/asian-longhorned-tick-22886_CDC.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A new, invasive tick poses risks for livestock in U.S. Photo courtesy of CDC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather N. Kolich, ANR Agent, Forsyth County Extension<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a new tick in town \u2013 well, almost. The Asian longhorned tick (<em>Haemaphysalis longicornis) <\/em>was identified in New Jersey in 2017 and has been moving down the eastern seaboard, reaching South Carolina and eastern Tennessee last fall. It\u2019s just a matter of time before it gets to Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This parthenogenic tick species can cluster thickly enough on livestock to cause anemia or death from blood loss. Fortunately, standard tick prevention medications should be effective against Asian longhorned ticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neregionalvectorcenter.com\/asian-longhorned-tick.php\">Northeast Center for Vector-Borne Diseases<\/a> has several excellent resources for livestock and pet owners, including this video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k0jmuDB_8bA\">checking cattle for ticks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please bring suspect tics in a jar to the Extension office for identification and tracking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a new tick in town \u2013 well, almost. The Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) was identified in New Jersey in 2017 and has been moving down the eastern seaboard, reaching South Carolina and eastern Tennessee last fall. It\u2019s just a matter of time before it gets to Georgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2320,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/2320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}