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Sunday: | ||
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11:00 – 5:00 | Registration | Cumberland Foyer |
1:00 – 5:00 | Opening Session | Cumberland Room |
1:00 – 1:15 | Nancy Hinkle | Welcome to the 61st LIWC in Savannah |
1:15 – 2:00 | John Welch | Screwworm Outbreak: Florida 2016 – 2017 |
2:00 – 3:15 | Wes Watson and Phil Kaufman | Tribute to John “Jack” Lloyd |
3:15 – 3:45 | Break | Cumberland Foyer |
3:45 – 5:00 | Don Rutz | Tribute to Richard “Dick” Axtell |
5:00 – 7:00 | Reception | Pulaski Room |
9:00 – Midnight | Hospitality Suite | State Suite (Room 1310) |
Monday: Cumberland Room |
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8:30 – 9:00 | Roger Drummond | Origin and Early Years of the Livestock Insect Workers Conference |
Beef | ||
9:00 – 9:15 | Charluz M. Arocho Rosario, Robert J. Miller, Pete Teel, Felix Guerrero, and Adalberto A. Pérez de León | Interaction of systemic acaricide with immunological control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus |
9:15 – 9:30 | Shaun Dergousoff, Kateryn Rochon, and Neil Chilton | Genetic diversity and geographic distribution ofDermacentor andersoni 16S and COX1 haplotypes in Western Canada |
9:30 – 9:45 | Adalberto Pérez de León | USDA-ARS Livestock Arthropod Pest Research Unit at the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory |
9:45 – 10:00 | Trisha R. Dubie, Bruce H. Noden, and Justin L. Talley | Ecology, Phenology, and Behavior of Ixodid Ticks in Oklahoma Pastures |
10:00 – 10:30 | Break | Cumberland Foyer |
10:30 – 10:45 | Fallon Fowler | The Dung Diaries: How Different Beetle Groups Affect Dung-Mediated Greenhouse Gas Production |
10:45 – 11:00 | Brenda Leal | Efficacy of Moxidectin on Fever, Cajun, and Gulf Coast ticks in a south Texas cattle and hunting ranch. |
11:00 – 11:15 | Donald B. Thomas | Cattle fever tick pasture control with a long acting acaricide |
11:30 – 1:30 | Lunch | On your own |
DeSoto Concierge Available for Dining Recommendations | ||
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Monday: Beef (Continued) | ||
1:30 – 1:45 | Kylie Sherrill, Justin Talley, Bruce Noden, and Laura Goodman | The Influence of Eastern Red Cedar on Tabanidae Populations in Oklahoma |
1:45 – 2:00 | Bradley A. Mullens and Rebecca Trout Fryxell | Searching for Sulcifrons |
2:00 – 2:15 | S.S. Trehal, J.L. Talley, K.D. Sherrill, T.J. Spore, R.N. Wahl, W.R. Hollenbeck and D.A. Blasi | Comparison of LongRange® injectable to an insecticidal ear tag for horn fly control and determine the impact of fly control technologies along with implant application on growth performance of crossbred stockers |
2:15 – 2:30 | David Taylor | Area-wide management of Stable Flies |
2:30 – 2:45 | Kimberly H. Lohmeyer | Role and movement of nilgai antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, in the epizootiology of cattle fever ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in re-infestations along the Texas/Mexico border in south Texas. |
2:45 – 3:00 | Annie Rich, Nancy C. Hinkle, Seth Irish | Killer Cows: Zooprophylaxis and Eprinomectin Effects on Malaria Vector Anopheles quadrimaculatus |
3:00 – 3:30 | Break | Cumberland Foyer |
Dairy | ||
3:30 – 3:45 | Sonja L. Swiger | Field Testing Updates and Comparisons of D-Terrence on Dairies in Central Texas |
3:45 – 4:00 | Caleb Hubbard | Evaluation of the feeding preference of house flies selected for behavioral resistance to the Neonicotinoid: Imidacloprid |
4:00 – 4:15 | Levi Zahn, Alec C. Gerry, Caleb Hubbard | Survival Time of House Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) Exposed to a Novel Granular Bait |
4:15 – 4:30 | Christopher J. Geden, Dana Johnson, and Edwin Burgess | Beauveria bassiana and house fly – attempted synergy with other pathogens and incorporation into baits with sugar alcohols |
4:30 – 4:45 | Klara Zurek | Factors Affecting Excretion of Salmonella Typhimurium by Adult House Flies |
4:45 – 5:00 | Natalie D. Wong, Emily McDermott, and Bradley A. Mullens | Field Distribution and Density ofCulicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Eggs in Dairy Wastewater Habitats |
Dinner on Your Own | ||
9:00 – Midnight | Hospitality Suite | State Suite (Room 1310) |
Room | |||
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Poultry | |||
8:30 – 8:50 | Alec C. Gerry, Diane Zhang, Jennifer Williams | Pesticide susceptibility of two field populations of the lesser mealworm beetle (Alphitobius diaperinus) | |
8:50 – 9:10 | Amy C. Murillo and Alec C. Gerry | Using Technology to Assess Ectoparasite Effects on Chicken Behaviors | |
Wildlife/Exotics | |||
9:10 – 9:30 | M.K. Mills, K. Michel, and B. Drolet | Characterization of EHDV-2 infection within the vector,Culicoides sonorensis | |
9:30 – 9:50 | Daniel L. Kline | Observations on the Seasonal Abundance and Trapping Methods for Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann | |
9:50 – 10:10 | Jerome A. Hogsette | Knight Stick sticky fly traps protected by electric fence inside animal exhibit yards captured more flies than traps placed along exhibit perimeters at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park | |
10:10 – 10:30 | Lance A. Durden, Suzanne L. Nelson and Jon D. Reuter | Ticks of veterinary importance parasitizing introduced white-tailed deer on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands | |
10:30 – 11:00 | Break | Cumberland Foyer | |
11:00 – Noon | Industry Session | ||
Free Afternoon | |||
6:00 – 7:00 | Social Hour | DeSoto Harborview Room (Cash Bar) | |
7:00 – 10:00 | Awards Banquet | DeSoto Harborview Room | |
9:00 – Midnight | Hospitality Suite | State Suite (Room 1310) | |
Wednesday: Cumberland Room |
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Companion Animals | |||
8:30 – 8:50 | Nicholas S. G. Tucker, Phillip E. Kaufman and Emma N. I. Weeks | Detection of a sodium channel mutation conferring permethrin resistance and presence of Ehrlichia, Rickettsia and Hepatozoon spp. in the brown dog tick. | |
Flies General | |||
8:50 – 9:10 | Dana Nayduch, Klara Zurek, Jessica Thomson | House fly-bacteria interactions: research updates and ongoing projects | |
9:10 – 9:30 | Jessica Thomson | Cantaloupe facilitates transmission of Salmonella Typhimurium between adult house flies | |
9:30 – 9:50 | Wes Watson, Kim Hung, Ann Carr, Steve Denning and Michael Reiskind | Fly Traps: Which is most attractive to filth flies? | |
Miscellaneous | |||
9:50 – 10:10 | Teung F. Chin, Ph.D. | Pesticide Use and Benefits Information for EPA Registration Review of Livestock, Aquaculture, and Poultry Products | |
10:10 – 10:30 | Phillip E. Kaufman and Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman | Insects in Italy – Introducing Non-Majors to Entomology through Study Abroad | |
10:30 – 11:30 | Business Meeting | ||