Tennessee is among the states home to the highest number of Lone Star ticks, which can spread a disease that causes a potentially life-threatening allergy to meats like pork, beef and lamb.

Tick season in Tennessee typically starts in the spring and continues through summer, but some species of ticks can remain active as long as the weather's above freezing.

Other types of ticks found in Tennessee can spread other potentially fatal diseases like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

If you’re a fan of including meat in your diet, you’d better take care not to run into the wrong tick.

That’s harder to avoid in Tennessee, which in the past decade or so has been among the U.S. states home to the highest number of Lone Star ticks. It’s their bite that’s most commonly associated with the disease ca

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