{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Local Edition","title":"As Asian Longhorned Ticks Spread, Prevention Becomes Key for Farmers and Residents","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":653,"description":"\nAsian longhorned ticks are here to stay in New York, and that means protection is key to ensuring the diseases they carry do not become harmful to livestock and people.\n\nAt Cornell Cooperative Extension in Albany County last Thursday, Joellen Marie Lampman presented “Tick (S)tock,” a talk about the growing risk ticks pose to livestock. Lampman works with Cornell Integrated Pest Management, where she educates different groups about preventive care when it comes to ticks. The event focused on how different types of ticks can affect animals and humans, and how people can best protect themselves from tick bites. In the Hudson Valley, Lampman said the expanding population of Asian longhorned ticks is becoming increasingly concerning.\n\nAccording to Lampman, the first sighting of this particular tick in New York dates to 2010. A classification error complicated the record, and researchers later determined there had been a mix-up between a rabbit tick and an Asian longhorned tick.\n\n“Part of the reason that we didn’t discover it for so long was that it looks almost identical to our native rabbit tick,” Lampman said. “So when we went back into our collections, we’re like, ‘Oh, that’s not a rabbit tick.’”\n\nThat resemblance does not diminish the fact that these ticks can pack a dangerous bite. Heavy infestations can negatively affect an animal’s health and productivity. Theileria orientalis ikeda is one of the livestock impacts. It can make livestock anemic, destroy red blood cells and leave animals lethargic.\n\nFor humans, these ticks can transmit ehrlichiosis. That can cause flu-like symptoms one to two weeks after the bite occurs. While mild symptoms are not usually deadly, treatment is still necessary.\n\n“There’s two ways that we know Theileria can be spread, one is by reusing needles, so please don’t do that ’cause this is gonna be spreading throughout New York relatively quickly, and through this Asian longhorned tick,” Lampman said.\n\nThere is still research to be done...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/zAz8MMy-u3jzJ0mU3OHuzCiXMiYC5vKuioVOt2aciWc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ODIz/MGUzZGI1YTI2YWQ5/ZTQ4NTZmZWI0MmE5/NTE3Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}