When hiking, many know to check their bodies for ticks to avoid getting Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Many of these tick diseases are region-specific.
In the same way, ticks can also carry diseases that make animals sick, says the veterinarians at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute.
Speaking on a recent Cattle Chat podcast, K-State veterinarian Brad White says anaplasmosis is a blood-borne pathogen carried primarily by ticks and can impact cattle in certain regions of the country.
“Because it is a blood-borne pathogen, cattle with anaplasmosis become anemic…
