Asian Longhorned Ticks Identified In Fairfield Beach Area
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (June 21, 2022) – Last week researchers from Western Connecticut State University’s (WCSU) Tickborne Disease Prevention Laboratory identified several Asian longhorned ticks (ALT’s) from a dog of a Fairfield beacharea resident. Due to this finding, the WCSU research team yesterday conducted surveillance sampling of the overflow grass parking areas of Penfield Beach and various areas at Jennings Beach and found a significant number of these ticksin these areas, indicating that these ticks are now well established in the Fairfield Beach area. While ALT’s are known to transmit disease in other countries, they are not known to transmit any diseases to humans or pets in the US at this time. These ticks can be a concern to livestock, and…
