The working group could also develop and evaluate strategies for reducing the importation of ticks and managing the tick population once they have been detected.
For example, increasing pet screenings at airports or managing the density of large and small mammal hosts at the margins of the tick range could help limit non-native tick introductions and spread to new areas.
Public outreach and education should also be a priority for the working group. Passive surveillance has been an effective and low-cost method for detecting the emergence of ticks [14—16]. In addition to casting a wide net to collect tick specimens, involving the public in surveillance programs also provides an opportunity to increase awareness about strategies for protecting against tick bites. This is particularly important in areas of tick emergence where people are not used to doing tick checks after a hike or putting their clothes in the dryer to kill ticks they may have missed.
Equally important is working with medical and veterinary practitioners to improve early diagnosis of tick-borne diseases. Clinicians working in Arctic communities need to be familiar with the symptoms of tick-borne diseases, and continued surveillance can provide information on the areas where people can be exposed to ticks and tick-borne pathogens.
As the Artic environment continues to undergo rapid change, we can expect shifts in species distributions and ecosystem dynamics. Ticks and other arthropod vectors are particularly sensitive to changes in climate, and their distribution will continue to shift over the coming decades. Collaboration across Arctic nations to detect and control the movement of these species can help prevent vector-borne diseases in people and domestic and wild animals.
To learn more about the project or to order outreach materials or field kits to integrate tick checks into your wildlife research project, please contact Micah Hahn mbhahn [at] alaska.
Her research focuses on the health impacts of climate change and climate adaptation and resilience planning in Alaska. Although she is open to projects and collaborations that broadly address environmental health topics, her priority research areas are ecological questions at the center of OneHealth, strategies to improve food security and local food production, and the health co-benefits of climate mitigation.
Hahn is committed to interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and community engagement. She is currently working with the Municipality of Anchorage to develop and implement their Climate Action Plan and with communities around the state on community resilience planning in the context of environmental change.
She is also leading the study to investigate the risk of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Alaska described above. His research focuses on viral surveillance and evolution in the Alaskan bat, Myotis lucifugus. The virus that he is interested in is coronavirus, having zoonotic potential to 'jump' from one species to another through direct or indirect interaction, sometimes using intermediate hosts. With his research, not only will the virome of Alaskan bats be better understood but so too the nature of Alaskan coronaviruses and its evolution allowing the virus to remain persistent in these Arctic bats without causing harm to the host or surrounding species.
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Witness the Arctic. Skip to main content. How are ticks being imported into the state? How do we find ticks? A moose with typical infestation can have tens of thousands of ticks and experience significant blood loss. Beckmen detailed the disturbing amount of moose blood an infestation of ticks can suck in a couple months.
An adult moose has about 32 liters of blood in its body, and an infestation of ticks can consume 40 liters of blood in two months — meaning the animal must more than replace its entire blood volume. Blood loss, heat loss, and spending more time scratching than foraging, combined with the hardships moose experience in winter, take a lethal toll. The Department of Fish and Game encourages Alaskans to submit specimens if they find ticks.
Contact dfg. Ticks can be brought in live, frozen or preserved in alcohol, in a tightly sealed container please. Receive a monthly notice about new issues and articles. Editor: Riley Woodford West 8th St.
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Tickborne diseases are diagnosed based on clinical symptoms in conjunction with laboratory diagnostic test results. Most cases can be successfully treated with specific types of antibiotics, especially if treatment is started early. Lyme disease and tularemia are conditions reportable to public health in Alaska.
Reports must be made if disease is suspected or diagnosed.
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