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University of Nevada, Reno researcher takes on fight against deadly cattle tick

Tiny tick a big problem for cattle

Pioneering researcher wins highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for project.

UNR researcher takes on fight against deadly cattle tick

The Nevada Appeal, the Silver State's oldest continuously run newspaper, first published on May 16, 1865.

Monika Gulia-Nuss tick research

Monika Gulia-Nuss, an associate professor and graduate program director in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in the University’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources, is working closely with researchers in Uruguay, where the national government is committed to protection of its important cattle industry from the economic ravages of the cattle tick, which are estimated to be well over $30 million in losses annually. Up to 90% of cattle infected with a fever carried by the tick suffer death, while tick damage to cattle skins impacts the leather industry and tick-borne illness also reduces milk production.

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Ticks spreading in the Pacific Northwest? Warming trends could worsen health threat

Ticks spreading in the Pacific Northwest? Warming trends could worsen health threat

SEATTLE — Blood suckers are on the move in the Pacific Northwest, and their bites can be dangerous.

Ticks spreading in the Pacific Northwest? Warming trends could worsen health threat

Ticks spreading in the Pacific Northwest? Warming trends could worsen health threat

More exposure to ticks means more bites and, in turn, more disease. Already some illnesses, like Lyme disease, are on the rise in places where the parasites are more common.