“There's
a new kind of creepy-crawly to look out for in East Tennessee this
summer. The invasive Asian longhorned tick, which can reproduce without
mating, has been found on animals in Union, Roane and Knox counties.”
‘We kind of found the tick accidentally, and that's led a lot of people
to question what ticks are here and if there are others missing from
what we know of ticks in the country,’ said Dr. Rebecca Trout-Fryxell, a
medical and veterinary entomologist at the University of Tennessee
Institute of Entomology and Plant Pathology.”
“Trout-Fryxell is part of a team of multiple agencies studying the tick: University of Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the state Health Department, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.”
‘We got together and said well, we're just going to check all the ticks we can,’ she said. ‘What we're really trying to do is get a general assessment of what ticks are present in Tennessee.’
“Trout-Fryxell is part of a team of multiple agencies studying the tick: University of Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the state Health Department, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.”
‘We got together and said well, we're just going to check all the ticks we can,’ she said. ‘What we're really trying to do is get a general assessment of what ticks are present in Tennessee.’
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