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Invasive tick species present in Berrien County

By Editorial Board Published June 13, 2025 3 Min Read
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Invasive tick species present in Berrien County

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The primary Asian longhorned ticks within the state have been present in Berrien County.

Calvin College researchers discovered the 2 ticks throughout routine surveillance at Grand Mere State Park, in keeping with the Michigan Division of Agriculture and Rural Growth.

“Calvin research students have been studying the ecology and distribution of ticks in West Michigan since 2020,” mentioned William Miller, assistant professor of biology at Calvin, in a press release. “The students worked with our close partners at Michigan State University and collaborating state agencies to initially identify these ticks as nymphal longhorned ticks.”

The ticks had been despatched to the U.S. Division of Agriculture’s Nationwide Veterinary Companies Laboratories, in keeping with MDARD. On Wednesday, they had been confirmed to be Asian longhorned ticks.

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The ticks are native to East Asia however had been first present in New Jersey in 2017, in keeping with MDARD. Within the following years, they’ve unfold to greater than 20 different states. Females can lay as much as 2,000 eggs at a time.

The ticks have been recognized to kind massive infestations on a single animal, in keeping with MDARD. This will stymie the animal’s progress, and in extreme circumstances, the blood loss may even kill the animal.

Officers say these ticks aren’t recognized to hold Lyme illness, however they’ll trigger ailments that influence people and animals, like Rocky Mountain noticed fever, Powassan virus, and Heartland virus. Exterior of a lab, MDARD says Asian longhorned ticks collected within the U.S. have not been confirmed to hold these ailments, however they’ve been discovered to hold a pathogen that causes bovine theileriosis. That is why consultants are particularly involved about how these ticks can have an effect on livestock.

If in case you have animals, you are urged to take preventive measures. MDARD says you must have your animals handled frequently, test your animals typically for ticks, and hold your lawns and pastures mowed and away from brush. Should you discover what you consider to be an Asian longhorned tick, you’ll be able to ship it to the Michigan Division of Well being and Human Companies. Yow will discover directions right here.

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