Into the Wild: Investigating Wildlife-Arthropod Vector Interactions and Implications for One Health

Organizer(s)

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  Karen Poh (she/her/hers)

  Research Entomologist
  Animal Disease Research Unit
  USDA-ARS
  Pullman, Washington
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  Erika Machtinger (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Department of Entomology
  The Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, Pennsylvania
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  Risa Pesapane, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Veterinary Preventive Medicine
  The Ohio State University
  Columbus, Ohio
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  Danielle Tufts (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
  University of Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Our symposium highlights the diversity of arthropod vectors that can infest wildlife, leading to ecological implications for pathogen transmission and ecosystem health. Our symposium brings together entomologists and wildlife scientists under the One Health concept to discuss the relationships between entomology and wildlife with consequences for human and animal health.

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM – 9:32 AM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Karen C. Poh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 9:32 AM – 9:37 AM MST

  An integrative framework for tick management: The need to connect wildlife science, One Health, and interdisciplinary perspectives
  

  Presenting Author: Karen C. Poh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Erika T. Machtinger (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University

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

  Co-Author: Danielle Tufts (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
• 9:37 AM – 9:42 AM MST

  Ecological epidemiology of bovine babesiosis in south Texas
  

  Presenting Author: Tammi Johnson – Texas A&M University
• 9:42 AM – 9:47 AM MST

  Effectiveness of wildlife fences as a tool for controlling cattle fever ticks by mitigating movement of free ranging nilgai
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren Maestas – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Manuel Zavala – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: John Goolsby – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Reyes Garcia – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: John Picanso – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Douglas Anderson – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Denise Bonilla – USDA-APHIS
• 9:47 AM – 9:52 AM MST

  The effects of latitudinal environmental variables on the seasonality of host-attached juvenile ticks in California
  

  Presenting Author: Samantha Sambado – University of California

  Co-Author: Andrew MacDonald – University of California

  Co-Author: Cheryl Briggs – University of California
• 9:52 AM – 9:57 AM MST

  Systemic acaricidal treatment of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) against juvenile blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in Connecticut
  

  Presenting Author: Megan Linske – Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

  Co-Author: Scott C. Williams – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• 9:57 AM – 10:02 AM MST

  Host abundance, distribution, and infection with two tickborne pathogens, Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in small mammals in western Pennsylvania
  

  Presenting Author: Emily G. Bache (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Josee Kahambwe – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Katerina Bryan – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Danielle Tufts (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
• 10:02 AM – 10:07 AM MST

  Identifying host intrinsic and extrinsic variables affecting tick infestation on passerine birds (Order: Passeriformes)
  

  Presenting Author: Ningzhu Bai – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Christopher Tonra – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Thomas Bartlett – Cleveland Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Risa Pesapane, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University
• 10:07 AM – 10:12 AM MST

  An ounce of prevention: Understanding ticks and tick-borne pathogens in agroforestry systems in Belize
  

  Presenting Author: Erika T. Machtinger (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Hannah Tiffin – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jessica Brown – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Kylie Green – The Pennsylvania State University
• 10:12 AM – 10:17 AM MST

  Using insect-derived DNA and RNA to describe vector, host, and pathogen communities across a gradient of anthropogenic impact and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
  

  Presenting Author: Aimee Massey – Oregon State University

  Co-author: David Jose Ferreira da Silva – Ministry of Health of Brasilia

  Co-author: Joao Campos-Silva – Instituto Jurua

  Co-author: Carlos Peres – Instituto Jurua

  Co-author: Taal Levi – Oregon State University
• 10:17 AM – 10:22 AM MST

  Impacts of the Burmese python on the transmission ecology of a mosquito borne pathogen in southern Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Lindsay Campbell – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Maureen Long – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Robert McCleery – University of Florida
• 10:22 AM – 10:27 AM MST

  The ecology and control of sarcoptic mange in wombats
  

  Presenting Author: Scott Carver – University of Georgia
• 10:27 AM – 10:32 AM MST

  Recent research on deer keds, understudied ectoparasites of deer
  

  Presenting Author: Michael J. Skvarla – The Pennsylvania State University
• 10:32 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Break
• 10:42 AM – 12:27 PM MST

  Poster session
• 12:27 PM – 12:30 PM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Karen C. Poh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS