Biology and Ecology of Dipteran Pests and Vectors Impacting Livestock

Organizer(s)

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  Bethany McGregor

  Research Entomologist
  Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit
  USDA-ARS
  Manhattan, Kansas
• 

  Dana Nayduch

  Research Leader
  Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit, ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Manhattan, Kansas
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  Barbara Drolet (she/her/hers)

  Research Microbiologist
  Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit-ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Manhattan, Kansas

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:05 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Bethany McGregor – USDA-ARS
• 2:20 PM – 2:35 PM PT

  Role of Dipteran vectors on interepidemic maintenance and emergence of vesicular stomatitis virus
  

  Presenting Author: Barbara S. Drolet (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Paula Rozo Lopez – University of Tennessee

  Co-author: Bethany McGregor – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Travis M. Davis – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Will K. Reeves – USDA-APHIS

  Co-author: Kristine E. Bennett – Colorado State University

  Co-author: Steven J. Pauszek – USDA-APHIS

  Co-author: Miranda R. Bertram – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Luis Rodriguez – USDA-ARS
• 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM PT

  Concentration-dependent detection of imidacloprid in behaviorally resistant house flies (Musca domestica L.)
  

  Presenting Author: Caleb Hubbard – University of California

  Co-Author: Amy C. Murillo – University of California
• 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM PT

  Break
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PT

  Characterizing multi-drug resistant coliforms carried by house flies collected from Kansas dairy and beef cattle operations
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University

  Co-author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University

  Co-author: Edward Bird – Kansas State University

  Co-author: Tanya Purvis – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Cassandra Olds – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Dana Nayduch – USDA-ARS
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PT

  Migration inflation: Effects of continuous immigration on the population structure of biting midges
  

  Presenting Author: Phillip Shults – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Xinmi Zhang – University of California

  Co-Author: Pierre-André Eyer – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Lee W. Cohnstaedt – USDA-ARS
• 3:45 PM – 3:55 PM PT

  Break
• 4:10 PM – 4:25 PM PT

  Entomological risk factors for potential transmission of Rift Valley fever virus to livestock in northern Colorado
  

  Presenting Author: Rebekah C. Kading – Colorado State University
• 4:25 PM – 4:40 PM PT

  Morphological and molecular identification of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the southern California desert
  

  Presenting Author: Xinmi Zhang – University of California

  Co-Author: Alec C. Gerry – University of California
• 4:40 PM – 4:45 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Bethany McGregor – USDA-ARS