Officials with Alabama Extension at Auburn University are letting pet and livestock owners know to be on the lookout for a tick species newly spotted in Alabama that could raise health concerns.
The Asian longhorned tick was found in Alabama for the first time last month on a dog in DeKalb County.
The tick, which is believed to have arrived in the U.S. about nine years ago, can reproduce sexually and asexually, meaning only one organism is needed to produce offspring…