Philly CBP Intercepts Port's First Anatolian Brown Tick
 

**Editor's Note: Please contact Steve Sapp at stephen.sapp@cbp.dhs.gov or (215) 594-4117 for pictures of the Anatolian brown tick and animal hides.Philadelphia - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed Thursday that U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists recorded the area's first interception of Rhipicephalus bursa (Ixodidae), or Anatolian brown ticks, December 23, 2013. (more)

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