Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SVPHS1. Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

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

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

Moderators:

Tanja Mckay
Jeffery Tomberlin

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM

Microbial ecology of stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans L.): Effect of a microbial community in the natural developmental substrate on stable fly oviposition behavior

Thais Albuquerque, Kansas State University; Jerry Zhu, USDA - ARS; Alberto Broce, Kansas State University; Ludek Zurek, Kansas State University

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8:47 AM

0565

Effect of soil compaction on parasitism of Lucilia sericata puparia by Nasonia vitripennis

Jonathan A. Cammack, North Carolina State University; Peter H. Adler, Clemson University; Jeffery Tomberlin, Texas A&M University; Yuji Arai, Clemson University; William C. Bridges, Clemson University

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8:59 AM

0566

Stable fly host blood meal analysis using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction

Jimmy Pitzer, University of Florida; P.E. Kaufman, University of Florida; James E. Maruniak, University of Florida

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9:11 AM

0568

Polyphasic characterization of antibiotic resistant and virulent enterococci isolated from feed and stored-product insects

Lakshmikantha H Channaiah, Kansas State University; Subramanyam Bhadriraju, Kansas State University; Ludek Zurek, Kansas State University

9:23 AM

Break

9:35 AM

0569

Analyzing 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, University of California-Davis; Edwin E. Lewis, University of California; Harry K. Kaya, University of California Davis

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9:47 AM

0570

Vector potential of stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) for transmission of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)

Kateryn Rochon, North Carolina State University; D. Wes Watson, North Carolina State University; Rodney B. Baker, Iowa State University

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9:59 AM

0571

Factors influencing effectiveness of flameless infrared radiation in disinfesting stored wheat

Moses Khamis, Kansas State University; Subramanyam Bhadriraju, Kansas State University

10:11 AM

0572

Fly traps and toxicant treated cord for control of house flies

Joseph Diclaro, Navy Entomology Center of Excellence; Philip G. Koehler, University of Florida; Roberto M. Pereira, University of Florida

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10:23 AM

0573

Seasonal 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, Arkansas State University; Tanja Mckay, Arkansas State University

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