120.”Ĭlick here for Press Release from NJ Dept. The information above is from the NJ Department of Agriculture press release and they ask that “If the tick is detected in wildlife, then it should be immediately reported to the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Wildlife Management at (609) 984-6295 or the Office of Fish and Wildlife Health and Forensics at (908) 637-4173 ext. Testing is being done through the Department of Agriculture to determine if the ticks just found in NJ are carrying human or animal pathogens. In other parts of the world, this tick has been associates with several human diseases including spotted fever rickettsiosis. The tick is dark brown and grows to pea size when fully engorged. Larval and nymph stages are very small and difficult to see with the naked eye. This tick is a serious problem for livestock, particularly in New Zealand, as well as to pets and humans. Wildlife surveillance in the area is being done to determine if the ticks have spread beyond that area. The animals and property they were found on have been treated to eliminate the tick. Initial ID was done by Rutgers and Hunterdon Co. The East Asian tick’s presence, aka longhorned or bush tick, was confirmed in Hunterdon County NJ on November 9. Members of CVB, in collaboration with the New York City Department of Health, recently published the discovery of this tick in the tri-state area in the Journal of Medical Entomology.įor more information, visit Asian tick, also known as longhorned or bush tick Photo: James OcciThe Lyme Disease Association reports that a new tick species to the U.S. No established populations have been found in New Jersey so far – a single specimen of the Gulf Coast tick was removed from a dog by a Cape May County resident in 2018, and Fonseca collected another from the environment in Cumberland County in 2019. In Staten Island, N.Y., 50 percent of the Gulf Coast ticks were infected with a bacterium that can cause illness in people. – recently were detected in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Meanwhile, established populations of the Gulf Coast tick – once limited to the southern U.S. The lone star tick is spreading north, recovering its previous range. The blacklegged tick that transmits Lyme disease – once absent from New Jersey – now is present in all 21 counties. Within 48 hours of receiving the specimen, researchers will let submitters know the tick species, diseases associated with it and ways to reduce their risk of contracting a tick-borne disease.įonseca said tick distributions across the state have changed as agricultural fields reverted to forest, white-tail deer and other tick-hosts rebounded and more recently as climate mellows. All specimens submitted will be added to a database that tracks tick distributions across New Jersey, including the incidence of over 15 tick-transmitted pathogens and parasites. The website provides information on which repellents are effective or how to reduce tick habitat. Knowing where and when different tick species are prevalent allows New Jerseyans to make informed decisions. Researchers at CVB will test ticks submitted by citizens for pathogens and parasites and create accessible tick distribution and infection maps so New Jersey residents can proactively limit tick bites. We welcome the people of New Jersey to be our colleagues in the field and send us ticks from across the entire state – the more the better.” “We’re asking people to submit ticks they come across in their everyday lives while living, working, and visiting New Jersey. “The purpose of the effort is to better understand who is getting bit by which ticks and where,” said Dina Fonseca, CVB director and a professor in the Department of Entomology at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. The Center for Vector Biology (CVB), part of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, launched New Jersey Ticks 4 Science!, a citizen-led science project supported by the state that asks New Jerseyans to submit tick specimens they find to help track tick populations and help prevent tick-borne illness. The Center for Vector Biology asks visitors and residents of New Jersey to send in their ticks
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