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TMP's, MUVE Section: Tick and Tick Borne Disease

Sunday, November 16, 2014: 1:15 PM-5:15 PM
B117-119 (Oregon Convention Center)
Moderator:
Glen Scoles


1:15 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:27 PM
Exploring 24 to 48h fed female Amblyomma americanum tick saliva immunogenic proteins
Zeljko Radulovic, Texas A&M University ; Tae Kim, Texas A&M University ; Lindsay Porter, Texas A&M University ; Sing-Hoi Sze, Texas A&M University ; Lauren Lewis, Texas A&M University ; Albert Mulenga, Texas A&M University
1:39 PM
Isolation of Rickettsia slovaca from the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis
Lindsay Killmaster, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Galina E. Zemtsova, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Lauren Schumacher, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Merrill Montgomery, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Matthew Burrows, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Michael L. Levin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1:51 PM
Challenges with the southern cattle fever tick in Puerto Rico: Then and now
Adalberto A. Pérez de León, USDA - ARS ; Fred Soltero, USDA - APHIS ; Felix Guerrero, USDA - ARS ; Carmen Oliver Canabal, Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture ; Matthew Messenger, USDA - APHIS ; Patricia Holman, Texas A&M University ; Ivan Castro Arellano, Texas State University ; Pete Teel, Texas A&M University ; Jose Urdaz, USDA - APHIS ; Robert J. Miller, USDA - ARS
2:03 PM
Natural prevalence of an Ehrlichia species previously unknown to the U.S. in cattle on northwestern range lands
Glen Scoles, USDA - ARS ; Sara Davis, USDA - ARS ; Kathy Mason, USDA - ARS
2:15 PM
Break
2:27 PM
Diet and the demands of defense: Testing resource tradeoffs with deer mice and Rocky Mountain wood ticks
Cami R. Jones, Washington State University ; Jeb Owen, Washington State University
2:39 PM
The expanding distribution of Ixodes scapularis and associated pathogens in the Chicago, IL metropolitan area
Tyler Hedlund, University of Illinois ; Lisa Fredericks, University of Illinois ; Seth Magle, Lincoln Park Zoo Urban Wildlife Institute ; James Miller, University of Illinois ; Brian F. Allan, University of Illinois
2:51 PM
One Health initiatives in tick-borne diseases
Eric J. Dotseth, West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources ; Miguella Mark-Carew, West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources
3:03 PM
Is tick-borne disease risk altered by the red imported fire ant?
Sarah Hamer, Texas A&M University ; Adrian Castellanos, Texas A&M University ; Gabriel Hamer, Texas A&M University ; Mike Morrow, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge ; Pete Teel, Texas A&M University ; Micky Eubanks, Texas A&M University ; Jessica E. Light, Texas A&M University
3:15 PM
Ticks as natural booster shots
Tae Kim, Texas A&M University ; Albert Mulenga, Texas A&M University