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Upper row: Family Black-legged tigers and deer Middle row: Poppy seeds Lower row: Long-nosed ticks and adultsSource: New York State Department of Health
Top row : Family of black ticks / deer seeds Lower row: ticks with long nymphs and adultsSource: Department of Health of the State of New York
View of the information panel on ticks at Albany Pinebush on Monday May 21, 2018 in Albany, NY (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) [19659006] A view of the tick information panel at Albany Pinebush on Monday, May 21, 2018, in Albany, NY (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) [19659008] Photo: PAUL BUCKOWSKI, Albany Times Union
A view of the tick information panel at Albany Pinebush on Monday, May 21, 2018, in Albany, NY (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
A view of the Tick Information Board in Albany Pinebush Monday, May 21, 2018, in Albany, NY (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
Photo: PAUL BUCKOWSKI
NY Legislators: We Need Studies on New Tick Species
ALBANY – Senators Group Urges New York Department of Health to Conduct Rigorous Study on New Tick Species potentially dangerous recently discovered in the state
Longhorn tick, whose scientific name is Haemaphysalis longicornis was recently found in Westchester County. It was the first time that the species, which is not native to the United States, was discovered within the state's borders
"That could it be a new superbug? ", said Senator Terrence Murphy of the Lower Hudson Valley
" We must be able to determine if this tick species will have a detrimental effect on the health of humans and animals " , he added.
The Long-horned Tick is common in Australia and New Zealand In addition to New York, it has now been discovered in New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the United States. Arkansas
. In other parts of the world, federal and state authorities say more research is needed to determine if this can happen in the United States. One of the reasons it is potentially dangerous is its ability to reproduce abadually and survive long winters. York.
In a July 25 leave Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, Murphy, as well as Sue Serino, Kemp Hannon, Thomas O. Mara, Patricia Ritchie and Pamela Helming asked the Department of Health to conduct a study on:
- the extent to which the species has spread;
- the impact that ticks could have on people, livestock or pets;
- improvements made by physicians and veterinarians
- and recommendations to eliminate longhorn ticks from our region.
All information obtained through the report could be used to raise awareness of the species, Ticks can be found, and inform local communities of any increased activity related to the species, potentially reducing additional infections, they wrote.
It's not just humans who need to worry about the new species. dangerous for livestock because it transmits a disease called Theileriosis, which can cause severe anemia or death. Symptoms of tick-borne disease in cattle include fever, lack of appetite, dehydration, weakness, and labored breathing. "Given the obvious threat this species presents to our farms and livestock, and because it has so many immediate unknowns, we respectfully request that any action plan developed include research on this news and, "said Serino, who chairs the Senate Working Group on Lyme Disease and Tick-borne Disease.
Ticks in general contribute to rising rates of tick-borne diseases At the national level, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this spring, with Lyme disease cases, in particular, nearly doubling since 2004 to 36,429 cases reported in 2016. The diagnosis problems of Lyme disease means that actual cases are probably much higher.
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