Parasitic and Vector Borne Diseases
The purpose of the Committee on Parasitic Diseases 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.
Members
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Reports
Presentations
2018
- Update on SCWDS Arthropod Survey – Mark Ruder, SCWDS, University of Georgia
- Updates on Equine Piroplasmosis, Equine Infectious Anemia, and Equine Arboviruses – Angela Pelzel-McCluskey - USDA-APHIS-VS
- Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program 2018 - Hallie Hasel, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Texas Cattle Fever Tick Update - T.R. Lansford, III, TX Animal Health Commission
- Cattle Fever Tick Research Initiatives at Texas A&M University College Station – Dee Ellis, Texas A&M
- Orbivirus Activities at NVSL – Sabrina Swenson, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit 2018 Update - Leela Noronha, USDA–ARS
- Livestock Arthropod Pest Research Unit Activity Report - Adalberto Pérez de León, USDA-ARS
- Status of Haemaphysalis Longicornis in the United States - Denise Bonilla, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Haemaphysalis longicornis tick New Jersey’s Response – Manuel Tamassia, NJ Dept of Agriculture
- Longhorned Ticks in New York – David Smith, NY Dept of Agriculture
2017
- Update on SCWDS Arthropod Surveys - Mark Ruder, SCWDS, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
- Updates on Equine Piroplasmosis, Equine Infectious Anemia, and Equine Arboviruses - Angela Pelzel-McCluskey, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Screwworm Outbreak: Florida 2016 – 2017 - John B. Welch, USDA-APHIS-IS
- Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program 2017 - Hallie Hasel, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Texas Cattle Fever Tick Update - T.R. Lansford, III, Texas Animal Health Commission
- Orbivirus Activities at NVSL - Tracy Sturgill, USDA-APHIS-VS
- U.S. Bluetongue Surveillance Strategy: Pilot Study Update - David Hsi, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit - William C. Wilson, USDA-ARS-Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit (ABADRU)
- Progress Update by the Livestock Arthropod Pests Research Unit – John Goolsby, USDA-ARS
- Determining Competent Vectors of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in Florida – Samantha M. Wisely, University of Florida
- Advances in Sylvatic Plague Management: not just for prairie dogs? - Anne Justice-Allen, Arizona Game and Fish Department
2016
- SCWDS Arthropod Surveillance - Joseph Corn and Ms. Stacey Vigil, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia
- Update on SCWDS Culicoides Surveys in the Southeast - Stacey Vigil, Mark Ruder and Joseph Corn
- Equine Piroplasmosis, Vesicular Stomatitis, and Equine Arbovirus Updates - Angela Pelzel-McCluskey, USDA-APHIS-VS
- USDA ARS Knipling-Bushland Livestock Insects Research Laboratory: Research Update - Robert J. Miller, USDA-ARS Cattle Fever Tick Laboratory
- New World Screwworm in the Florida Keys – Diane Kitchen, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Overview of the Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Unit - David Scott McVey, USDA, ARS, Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit (ABADRU)
- Bluetongue Virus Surveillance Update - David Hsi, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Zika Virus in the Americas - Stephen Higgs, Scott Huang and Dana Vanlandingham, Biosecurity Research Institute, Diagnostic Medicine & Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
- Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program Update - Hallie Hasel, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Cattle Fever Tick Update - T.R. Lansford, Texas Animal Health Commission
- Orbivirus Activities at NVSL - Tracy Sturgill Samayoa, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Cervidae Health Research Initiative - Samantha Wisely, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida
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