ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Culicoides Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Vectors Of Economically Important Arboviral Diseases Of Livestock: Vector Status, Biology And Control

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:15 PM
Room A6, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Eva Veronesi
Gert Venter
1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:40 PM
1064
The genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): review and recent issues on their identification
Bruno Mathieu, Universite' de Strasbourg
2:10 PM
1065
Withdrawn
1:55 PM
1066
Past, present and future of the monitoring of Culicoides spp. in Spain
Miguel Angel Miranda Chueca, University of the Balearic Islands
2:25 PM
1067
Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and bluetongue virus in India
Simon T. Carpenter, Institute for Animal Health
2:40 PM
1068
Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) surveillance in Australia
Glenn Bellis, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
2:55 PM
1069
Ecology and control of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) immatures: groping our way around the black box
Bradley Mullens, University of California
3:10 PM
Break
3:25 PM
1070
Comparison of bait animals and artificial lures for assessing Culicoides activity
Alec Gerry, University of California
3:40 PM
1071
Long distance dispersal of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Dr Christopher Sanders, Institute for Animal Health
3:55 PM
1072
Vector competence and evaluation of the trapping methods of livestock associated Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) midges in South Africa
Gert Venter, Agricultural Research Council
4:10 PM
1073
Variation in vectorial capacity for bluetongue in Alberta
Tim Lysyk, Lethbridge Research Centre
4:25 PM
1074
Comparison of Bluetongue virus dissemination among two Culicoides vectors: C. imicola and C. sonorensis
Eva Veronesi, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright laboratories
4:40 PM
1075
Host location and selection by British Culicoides species
Andrew Hope, Institute for Animal Health
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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