Committee on Parasitic Diseases

The purpose of the Committee on Parasitic Diseases and Parasiticides is to encourage investigation of, and research on, the epidemiology of new and ongoing parasitic diseases that threaten the health of the animal industry of the United States, including foreign parasitic diseases; to encourage the development of new parasiticides to control parasitic diseases; to promote the cooperation of the agencies of the United States government, including USDA, EPA, and FDA, as well as academic institutions and private industry (through the Animal Health Institute); to develop safe and cost effective preventive measures and/or treatments to control identified parasitic diseases; and to encourage regulatory agencies to restrict entry into the United States of potentially health threatening, parasitic diseases.

Committee Members

Committee Member Directory

Reports

Resolutions

2009: Resolution 21: CONTINUED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SUPPORT FOR SCREWWORM ERADICATION ACTIVITIES
2008: Resolution 29: Tropical Bont Tick
2007: Resolution 59: Import Reptile Tick Control
2005: Resolution 49: Tropical Bont Tick Eradication Programs in the Caribbean; Resolution 50: Preventing Exotic Ticks and Hemoparasitic Disease Establishment in the USA; Resolution 51: Support for the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program; Resolution 52: Control of Ticks on Imported Reptiles
2004: Resolution 37: Tropical Bont Tick Eradication Programs in the Caribbean; Resolution 38: Replacement of the USDA-ARS Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory