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Student Competition for President's Prize, SVPHS: Veterinary and Stored Product Pests

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM
Room 207, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Michelle S. Smith
Bradley A. Mullens


8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:12 AM
0223
Using habitat and meterological cues to improve sand fly sampling methods
Logan M. Minter, University of Kentucky ; Grayson C. Brown, University of Kentucky ; Douglas W. Johnson, University of Kentucky
8:24 AM
0224
The biological and biochemical analysis of a tick-encoded serine protease inhibitor (S6) and its role in the feeding cycle of Amblyomma americanum
Katelyn Chalaire, Texas A&M University ; Albert Mulenga, Texas A&M University
8:36 AM
0225
Chemical ecology and management of lesser mealworm Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Narinderpal Singh, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; D. T. Johnson, University of Arkansas ; CD. Steelman, University of Arkansas ; Robert J. Bartelt, USDA-ARS
8:48 AM
0226
House fly, Musca domestica, (Diptera: Muscidae) dispersal from and Escherichia coli O157:H7 prevalence on dairy farms in North Central Florida
Roxanne G. Burrus, University of Florida ; Jerome A. Hogsette, USDA-ARS-CMAVE ; Phillip E. Kaufman, University of Florida ; James E. Maruniak, University of Florida ; Volker Mai, University of Florida ; Amy H. Simonne, University of Florida
9:00 AM
0227
Factors affecting the on-host distribution of northern fowl mites, Ornithonyssus sylviarum
Dale Allen Halbritter, University of Florida ; Bradley A. Mullens, University of California-Riverside
9:12 AM
0228
Role of the house fly, Musca domestica L., in dissemination of antibiotic resistant and virulent enterococci from wastewater treatment facilities
Carl W. Doud, Kansas State University ; Ludek Zurek, Kansas State University
9:24 AM
Break
9:36 AM
0229
An evaluation of associated bacteria and methicillin-resistant Staphalococcus aureus (MRSA) pathogen transfer capabilities of Tegenaria agrestis (Agelenidae), with hemolytic venom analysis
Melissa M. Gaver-Wainwright, Washington State University ; Richard S. Zack, Washington State University ; Matthew J. Foradori, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania ; Laura S. Lavine, Washington State University
9:48 AM
0230
Bloodmeals from ivermectin-treated cattle reduce survivorship and fecundity of the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.s.
Megan L. Fritz, Michigan State University ; Piera Siegert, Michigan State University ; Edward Walker, Michigan State University ; James R. Miller, Michigan State University
10:00 AM
0231
The effect of relative humidity on black soldier fly development: a study using two dietary resources
Leslie Holmes, University of Windsor ; Sherah L. VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor ; Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Texas A&M University
10:12 AM
0232
Hymenopteran pupal parasitoids attacking filth flies in Florida
J.B. Pitzer, University of Florida ; P.E. Kaufman, University of Florida ; Cj. Geden, USDA-ARS-CMAVE
10:24 AM
0233
Gene duplication and genome evolution in the Ixodidae
Janice Pagel Van Zee, Purdue University ; Jason Meyer, Purdue University ; Shannon Schlueter, Purdue University ; Jessica Schlueter, Purdue University ; Catherine Hill, Purdue University ; Phil Dixon, Iowa State University
10:36 AM
0234
Horizontal transfer of methoprene by contact and/or cannibalization in Tribolium castaneum
Angela M. Tucker, Kansas State University ; James Campbell, USDA - ARS ; Frank H. Arthur, USDA-ARS ; Kun Yan Zhu, Kansas State University
10:48 AM
0235
Genetic diversity and differentiation among populations of Tribolium castaneum
Altair A. Semeao, Kansas State University ; James F. Campbell, USDA-ARS-GMPRC ; Richard W. Beeman, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research ARS-USDA ; Robert J. Whitworth, Kansas State University ; Phillip E. Sloderbeck, Kansas State University
11:00 AM
Concluding Remarks
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