Rising to the Grand Challenge: Building Collaborations for Innovative Cattle Fever Tick Research

Organizer(s)

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  Glen Scoles (he/him/his)

  Research Entomologist
  Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Lab
  USDA
  Beltsville, Maryland
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  Pia Olafson

  Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insects Research Laboratory- ARS
  USDA
  Kerrville, Texas
• KL

  Kimberly Lohmeyer

  Laboratory Director
  Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory- ARS
  USDA
  Kerrville, Texas

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM ET

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Glen A. Scoles (he/him/his) – USDA
• 1:35 PM – 1:55 PM ET

  The Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program: Past and present
  

  Presenting Author: Kimberly H. Lohmeyer – USDA
• 1:55 PM – 2:15 PM ET

  Pleading for a cross-disciplinary conversation: Range expansion of native and invasive ticks and ensuing public health and veterinary challenges
  

  Presenting Author: Goudarz Molaei – Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM ET

  Building collaborations for research on cattle fever tick in Mexico
  

  Presenting Author: Juan Mosqueda – Autonomous University of Queretaro
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM ET

  Questing activity of larval cattle fever ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and R. (Boophilus) annulatus, in relation to photoperiod in south Texas
  

  Presenting Author: Donald B. Thomas – USDA

  Co-author: Brenda Leal-Galvan – Texas A&M University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM ET

  Infection with Babesia bovis increases Rhipicephalus microplus metabolic rates
  

  Presenting Author: Kayla N. Earls (she/her/hers) – Washington State University

  Co-author: Karen C. Poh (she/her/hers) – USDA

  Co-author: Massaro Ueti – USDA

  Co-author: Kennan Oyen – USDA
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Role of nilgai antelope in Babesia sp. transmission cycle
  

  Presenting Author: Tammi Johnson (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Kelly Persinger – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Massaro Ueti – USDA

  Co-author: Pia Olafson – USDA
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET

  Break
• 3:30 PM – 3:50 PM ET

  Cattle fever ticks 2023: Strategizing for more effective policy for the next 5, 10, 100 years?
  

  Presenting Author: Denise Bonilla (she/her/hers) – USDA
• 4:05 PM – 4:20 PM ET

  Can native tick fauna be used as an indicator of cattle fever tick habitat suitability and seasonal activity in Southern Texas?
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren Maestas – USDA

  Co-author: John A. Goolsby (he/him/his) – Agricultural Research Service

  Co-author: Reyes Garcia – USDA

  Co-author: Manuel Zavala – USDA
• 4:20 PM – 4:35 PM ET

  Introduced nilgai (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) intensifies cattle fever tick (Acari: Ixodidae) exposure risk for cattle in the southeast United States
  

  Presenting Author: Vera Pfeiffer – University of Wisconsin

  Co-author: Javier Gutierrez Illán – Washington State University

  Co-author: Massaro Ueti – USDA

  Co-author: Karen C. Poh (she/her/hers) – USDA
• 4:35 PM – 4:50 PM ET

  From field data to simulation models and applications: A collaborative approach to enhance predictive models for the elimination of cattle fever ticks
  

  Presenting Author: Taylor G. Donaldson (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Hsiao-Hsuan Wang – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Brian T. Rich – Old Dominion University

  Co-author: Miranda Peterson – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Zak Derouen – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Kimberly H. Lohmeyer – USDA

  Co-author: Donald B. Thomas – USDA

  Co-Author: Adalberto A. Perez de Leon – USDA

  Co-author: William E. Grant – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Pete D. Teel – Texas A&M University
• 4:50 PM – 5:00 PM ET

  Late-breaking topics
  

  Presenting Author: Pia Olafson – USDA
• 5:00 PM – 5:05 PM ET

  Break
• 5:05 PM – 5:25 PM ET

  Panel discussion
• 5:25 PM – 5:30 PM ET

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Glen A. Scoles (he/him/his) – USDA