CDC Says an Exotic Tick Is Spreading Across the US Nine states have reported finding the <br />Asian longhorned tick. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is known to carry a variety of pathogens. CDC, via statement They add the tick has hurt livestock in New Zealand and Australia, reducing production in <br />dairy cattle by 25%. New Jersey was the first state to report an <br />Asian longhorned tick, first in 2013 <br />and more recently in August 2017. Since then, eight other states <br />have reported finding it. Asian longhorned ticks are unusual due to a female being able to reproduce up to 2,000 eggs <br />without mating. Health officials do not know if the tick is capable of transmitting Lyme disease. The tick has spread other serious diseases in Asia, such as SFTS virus and a pathogen that causes Japanese spotted fever.
