Session: Student Competition for President's Prize, SVPHS: Veterinary and Stored Product Pests (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM

Room 207, Second Floor (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Michelle Smith
Bradley 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 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; 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 Mullens, University of California

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 Zack, Washington State University; Matthew J. Foradori, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; Laura C. 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 D. 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 Tomberlin, Texas A&M University

10:12 AM

0232

Hymenopteran pupal parasitoids attacking filth flies in Florida

Jimmy Pitzer, University of Florida; P.E. Kaufman, University of Florida; Christopher Geden, USDA - ARS

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 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 Campbell, USDA - ARS; Richard W. Beeman, USDA - ARS; R. Jeff Whitworth, Kansas State University; Phil Sloderbeck, Kansas State University

11:00 AM

Concluding Remarks

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