Rapid Discovery and Detection of Haemaphysalis longicornis through the Use of Passive Surveillance and Collaboration: Building a State Tick-Surveillance Network

Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell, Dené N. Vann, Rebecca A. Butler, Dave J. Paulsen, Jennifer G. Chandler, Micah P. Willis, Heidi M. Wyrosdick, John J. Schaefer, Richard W. Gerhold, Daniel M. Grove, Jennie Z. Ivey, Kevin W. Thompson, Roger D. Applegate, Joy Sweaney, Sterling Daniels, Samantha Beaty, Douglas Balthaser, James D. Freye, James W. Mertins, Denise L. Bonilla and Kevin Lahmers
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Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Dené N. Vann: Department of Biomedical Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Rebecca A. Butler: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Dave J. Paulsen: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Jennifer G. Chandler: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Micah P. Willis: Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Heidi M. Wyrosdick: Department of Biomedical Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
John J. Schaefer: Department of Biomedical Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Richard W. Gerhold: Department of Biomedical Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Daniel M. Grove: Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Jennie Z. Ivey: Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Kevin W. Thompson: Middle Tennessee Research and Education Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Roger D. Applegate: Wildlife and Forestry Division, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN 37211, USA
Joy Sweaney: Wildlife and Forestry Division, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN 37211, USA
Sterling Daniels: Wildlife and Forestry Division, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN 37211, USA
Samantha Beaty: State Veterinarians’ Office, Ellington Agricultural Center, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Nashville, TN 37220, USA
Douglas Balthaser: State Veterinarians’ Office, Ellington Agricultural Center, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Nashville, TN 37220, USA
James D. Freye: Tennessee Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Madison, TN 37220, USA
James W. Mertins: National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA 50010, USA
Denise L. Bonilla: Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Kevin Lahmers: Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory Services and Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, VA Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-13

Abstract: Between March 2019 and February 2020, Asian long-horned ticks ( Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901) were discovered and collected for the first time in one middle and seven eastern Tennessee counties, facilitated by a newly developed passive and collaborative tick-surveillance network. Network collaborators included federal, state, county, university, and private resource personnel working with companion animals, livestock, and wildlife. Specimens were collected primarily from dogs and cattle, with initial detections of female adult stage ticks by stakeholders associated with parasitology positions (e.g., entomologists and veterinary parasitologists). Initial county tick detections were confirmed with morphological and molecular identifications, and then screened for the presence of animal-associated pathogens ( Anaplasma marginale , Babesia species, Ehrlichia species, and Theileria orientalis ), for which all tests were negative. Herein, we describe the identification and confirmation of these tick specimens as well as other results of the surveillance collaboration.

Keywords: tick; distribution zoonoses; collaboration; detection; OneHealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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