Parasitic 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.

Reports

Presentations

2015

2014

Resolutions

2013

Resolution 7: EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS (EP) GENETIC STRAIN TYPING OF EP ORGANISMS

Resolution 27: CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILITIES FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE RESEARCH SERVICE, KNIPLING-BUSHLAND UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK INSECTS LABORATORY

2012

Resolution 31: STERILE SCREWWORM FLY PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

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