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Ohio Dog Infested with Disease-Causing Longhorned Ticks
10/4/2025
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Story summary
- A dog in Middletown, Ohio, was found covered in hundreds of ticks after play.
- The tick was identified as a longhorned tick by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- The longhorned tick was first reported in the United States in 2017.
- The longhorned tick can reproduce asexually.
- Longhorned ticks can transmit serious infections after biting for about a day.
