10-min: MUVE, Tick Talks

Moderator(s)

• 

  Gillian Eastwood, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Entomology
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia
• 

  Ashley Kennedy, BCE (she/her/hers)

  Tick Biologist
  Mosquito Control Section
  Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control
  Wilmington, Delaware

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:12 PM MST

  Considerations for improved recommendations for the Cattle Fever Tick Control Program
  

  Presenting Author: Phillip Kaufman – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Brandon N. Lyons (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Donald B. Thomas – USDA-ARS
• 2:12 PM – 2:24 PM MST

  Molecular cloning and characterization of glutamate-gated chloride channels and implications of ivermectin resistance mechanisms in the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus
  

  Presenting Author: Xinyue Huang – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Phillip Kaufman – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Sarah Maestas – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Pia Olafson – USDA-ARS
• 2:24 PM – 2:36 PM MST

  Genotypic mutations indicative of pesticide resistance in temperate and tropical Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato ticks in a Rocky Mountain spotted fever endemic area of Arizona
  

  Presenting Author: Maureen Brophy (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: Nathan Stone – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Naomi Drexler – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: Christopher Paddock – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: Gilbert Kersh – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: Harty Bendle – San Carlos Apache Tribe

  Co-Author: David L. Wagner – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: William Nicholson – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: Johanna Salzer – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• 2:36 PM – 2:48 PM MST

  Laboratory and semi-field studies of biominerals to control the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis
  

  Presenting Author: Reuben Akwei Garshong, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Elise . A. Richardson, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Grayson L. Cave, Ph.D. – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Kaiying Chen, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Gissella M. Vasquez – U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH

  Co-Author: Ryan T. Larson, Ph.D. – U.S. Navy

  Co-Author: R. Michael Roe, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
• 2:48 PM – 3:00 PM MST

  Shelter dogs as patients and predictors of tick risks in Ohio
  

  Presenting Author: Risa Pesapane, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Colleen Shockling Dent – Gigi's

  Co-Author: Jed Henning – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Julia Beckett – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Ningzhu Bai – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Yiming Chu – The Ohio State University
• 3:00 PM – 3:12 PM MST

  Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting companion animals in Delaware: Results from a statewide passive surveillance program and molecular survey
  

  Presenting Author: Ashley C. Kennedy, BCE (she/her/hers) – Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control
• 3:12 PM – 3:24 PM MST

  Break
• 3:24 PM – 3:36 PM MST

  Beyond bites: Evaluating attitudes and beliefs related to ticks, Lyme disease, and a Lyme disease vaccine
  

  Presenting Author: Emily D. Struckhoff – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Shannon Cruz – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Yanitza A. Cruz Crespo – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Malu Tejada – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Erika T. Machtinger (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University
• 3:36 PM – 3:48 PM MST

  Alternative tick control methodology: A rodent and tick bait for controlling white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) and blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), the respective pathogen host and vector of Lyme disease spirochetes
  

  Presenting Author: David Poche – Genesis Laboratories, Inc.

  Co-Author: Richard Poche – Genesis Laboratories, Inc.
• 3:48 PM – 4:00 PM MST

  CRISPR/Cas12a DNA detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis)
  

  Presenting Author: William Landesman (he/him/his) – Vermont State University

  Co-Author: Maya Suarez – Vermont State University

  Co-Author: Taylor Hudson – Innovative Genomics Institute

  Co-Author: Samantha Bedore – Vermont State University

  Co-Author: Matthew Hayden – Dartmouth College
• 4:00 PM – 4:12 PM MST

  Sublethal pesticide exposure increases tick overwintering survival
  

  Presenting Author: Kennan Jeannet Oyen – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Thomas Arya – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Benjamin Davies – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Elise Didion – University of Cincinnati

  Co-Author: Joshua Benoit – University of Cincinnati
• 4:12 PM – 4:24 PM MST

  Characterization of carbon dioxide release rates for a novel tick trap (Acarina)
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Downs (he/him/his) – BanfieldBio, Inc.

  Co-Author: Alyssa S. Branca – BanfieldBio, Inc.

  Co-Author: Jillian Joiner (she/her/hers) – BanfieldBio, Inc.

  Co-Author: Daniel Marshall – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Christopher Wheeler – Chris Wheeler Consulting LLC

  Co-Author: Devin Rihtarshich – BanfieldBio, Inc.

  Co-Author: John H. Borden – JHB Consulting

  Co-Author: Michael Banfield – BanfieldBio, Inc.
• 4:24 PM – 4:36 PM MST

  Break
• 4:36 PM – 4:48 PM MST

  Combatting ticks: The power of prescribed burning in reducing tick numbers and preventing pathogen transmission to humans and animals
  

  Presenting Author: Andrea Salazar – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Herman A. Griese (he/him/his) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Victoria Pickens (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Cassandra Olds – Kansas State University
• 4:48 PM – 5:00 PM MST

  Defining the transmission risk profile of three Ehrlichia species using statewide surveillance of tick populations in South Carolina
  

  Presenting Author: Kayla Bramlett (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Lidia Gual-Gonzalez – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Emily Owens Pickle – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Kyndall Dye-Braumuller, BCE – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Melissa Nolan, Ph.D. – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Madeleine Meyer – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Kia Zellars – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Chris Evans – South Carolina Department of Public Health

  Co-Author: Lauren Rustin – South Carolina Department of Public Health
• 5:00 PM – 5:12 PM MST

  Park size and trail environment influence seasonal tick-borne pathogen transmission risk in Nashville metropolitan area parks, Tennessee
  

  Presenting Author: Abelardo C. Moncayo – Tennessee Department of Health

  Co-Author: Brent Newman – Tennessee Department of Health
• 5:12 PM – 5:24 PM MST

  Tick-borne arboviruses: Evidence and awareness of Heartland, Bourbon, and Powassan viruses circulating in Virginia
  

  Presenting Author: Gillian Eastwood, Ph.D. – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Ahmed Garba – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Jennifer Riley – Blue Ridge Wildlife Center

  Co-Author: Alexandra Cumbie – ECPI University
• 5:24 PM – 5:36 PM MST

  Ticks taking over Tennessee: A snapshot of the past five years
  

  Presenting Author: Vishvapali C. Kobbekaduwa, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee/Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

  Co-Author: Rebecca Butler – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Katy V. Smith (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee