ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Pinpointing the Problem: Assessing the Impact of White-tailed Deer on the Spread of Cattle Fever Ticks (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and R. (B.) annulatus) in South Texas

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:45 AM
Room D8, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Kimberly H. Lohmeyer
Pia Olafson
8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:05 AM
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Overview of the U.S. cattle fever tick eradication program: history and challenges
Ronald B. Davey, USDA - ARS; J. Mat Pound, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; K. H. Lohmeyer, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; Pia Olafson, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory
8:30 AM
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Impact of white-tailed deer and exotic ungulate populations on cattle fever tick outbreaks in South Texas
K. H. Lohmeyer, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; J. Mat Pound, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; Ronald B. Davey, USDA - ARS; Pia Olafson, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; D. M. Kammlah, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; MA. May, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory
8:55 AM
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Novel technologies developed to control cattle fever ticks feeding on free-ranging white-tailed deer along the Rio Grande in South Texas
J. Mat Pound, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; Ronald B. Davey, USDA - ARS; K. H. Lohmeyer, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; D. M. Kammlah, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; Pia Olafson, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory
9:20 AM
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Using remote sensing to identify favorable white-tailed deer habitat and correlate to field sampling of southern cattle fever tick larvae
Pamela Phillips, USDA - ARS; J. Welch, USDA - APHIS; Matthew Kramer, USDA
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
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Integration of ecologically-based approaches to re-eradicate cattle fever ticks from the U.S
G. Schuster, Texas A&M University; DG. Hewitt, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; A. Ortega-Santos, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; TA. Campbell, USDA - APHIS; M. Messenger, USDA - APHIS; Ej. Bowers, USDA - APHIS; K. H. Lohmeyer, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; J. Mat Pound, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; Ronald B. Davey, USDA - ARS; Adalberto A. Pérez de León, Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory; CR. Currie, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; N. Perry, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
10:25 AM
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Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus ticks collected from Texas deer and cattle share gene pools
Joseph D. Busch, Northern Arizona University; Nathan E. Stone, Northern Arizona University; Roxanne D. Nera, Northern Arizona University; Greta Buckmeier, USDA - ARS; Deanna M. Bodine, USDA - ARS; Ronald B. Davey, USDA - ARS; Jeanne M. Freeman, USDA - ARS; Glen A. Scoles, USDA - ARS; Pia Olafson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; David M. Wagner, Northern Arizona University
10:50 AM
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Biological differences between populations of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from white-tailed deer and from cattle
Glen A. Scoles, USDA - ARS; Ronald B. Davey, USDA - ARS; Pia Olafson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Joseph D. Busch, Northern Arizona University; David M. Wagner, Northern Arizona University
11:15 AM
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Immune response of white-tailed deer to infestation by a one-host tick
Pia Olafson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Jeanne M. Freeman, USDA - ARS; Kimberly H. Lohmeyer, USDA - ARS; J. Mat Pound, USDA - ARS; D. Knowles, USDA - ARS
11:40 AM
Concluding Remarks
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