Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Room D9, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SVPHS1. Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems

Moderator(s): Tanja McKay
Jeffery K. Tomberlin
8:30 AM Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM0564Microbial ecology of stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans L.): Effect of a microbial community in the natural developmental substrate on stable fly oviposition behavior
Thais Albuquerque, Jerry Zhu, Alberto Broce, Ludek Zurek
8:47 AM0565Effect of soil compaction on parasitism of Lucilia sericata puparia by Nasonia vitripennis
Jonathan A. Cammack, Peter H. Adler, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Yuji Arai, William C. Bridges
8:59 AM0566Stable fly host blood meal analysis using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction
J. B. Pitzer, P. E. Kaufman, J. E. Maruniak
9:23 AM 0568Polyphasic characterization of antibiotic resistant and virulent enterococci isolated from feed and stored-product insects
Lakshmikantha H Channaiah, Subramanyam Bhadriraju, Ludek Zurek
9:35 AM Break
9:47 AM0569Analyzing the link between the physiological impact of Paraiotonchium autumnale (Nickle) and spatial distribution of parasitized and un-parasitized Musca autumnalis DeGeer in Northern California fields
Hanayo Arimoto, Edwin E. Lewis, Harry K. Kaya
9:59 AM0570Vector potential of stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) for transmission of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)
Kateryn Rochon, Wes Watson, Rodney B. Baker
10:11 AM 0571Factors influencing effectiveness of flameless infrared radiation in disinfesting stored wheat
Moses Khamis, Subramanyam Bhadriraju
10:23 AM0572Fly traps and toxicant treated cord for control of house flies
Joseph Diclaro, Phil Koehler, Roberto Pereira
10:35 AM0573Seasonal activity and species composition of dung beetles inhabiting cattle pastures in Arkansas with notes on the mass occurrence of Labarrus pseudolividus Balthasar
Justin G. Fiene, Tanja McKay

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