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U.S. ranchers, especially in the South, are abandoning farms due to tickborne red meat allergy, causing widespread distress and economic strain.
Ranchers across the U.S., especially in the South, are increasingly diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome, a tickborne allergy to red meat, dairy, and possibly other animal products, forcing many to alter or abandon livestock operations.
A national survey of 201 affected farmers found 69% changed work tasks, 57% had daily symptoms, and high rates of depression and anxiety, with 78% distressed over farm productivity.
Some have hired help, retired early, or closed family farms.
While reactions to non-food animal materials remain uncertain, symptoms are real and severe.
Treatment is costly and hard to access, and advocacy groups warn of growing public health and agricultural impacts.
Los ganaderos estadounidenses, especialmente en el Sur, están abandonando las granjas debido a la alergia a la carne roja transmitida por garrapatas, causando angustia generalizada y tensión económica.