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
- SCWDS Arthropod Surveillance - Joseph Corn and Stacey Vigil, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia
- U.S. Negligible Risk Compartment for Trichinella - Dave Pyburn, National Pork Board
- 2015 Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak: A Modified Approach to Response - Angela Pelzel-McCluskey, USDA-APHIS-VS
- An Update on Vesicular Stomatitis in Wyoming – Jim Logan, Wyoming Livestock Board
- Nebraska Vesicular Stomatitis Sit Rep-2015 - Dennis Hughes, Nebraska Department of Agriculture
- 2015 Vesicular Stomatitis New Mexico – Ellen Mary Wilson, New Mexico Livestock Board
- Equine Piroplasmosis Update - T.R. Lansford, Texas Animal Health Commission
- Research on Screwworms: Male-only Strains, Cryopreservation and Reducing Ammonia in Mass Rearing - Steven R. Skoda, Muhammad Chaudhury, Pamela Phillips and Agustin Sagel, Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory
- USDA-ARS KBUSLIRL Tick Biting Fly Research - Adalberto A. Pérez de León, USDA-ARS
- Parasite Issues of the Virgin Islands - Bethany Bradford, Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture
- Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program - Hallie Hasel, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Texas Animal Health Commission Fever Tick Summary - Brodie Miller, Texas Animal Health Commission
2014
- Tropical Bont Tick Update St. Croix, USVI — Dr. Francisco Collazo, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Equine Piroplasmosis Update — Dr. Angela Pelzel-McCluskey, USDA-APHIS-VS
- Texas Equine Piroplasmosis Update — Dr. Andy Schwartz, Texas Animal Health Commission
- SCWDS Arthropod Surveillance — Dr. Joseph Corn, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study
- Sequencing the Genome of Rhipicephalus microplus — Dr. Felix D. Guerrero, USDA-APHIS-ARS
- Current and Potential Distribution of the Cayenne Tick, Amblyomma cajennense, in the Continental United States — Dr. Francisco Collazo-Mattei, USDA-APHIS-VS
- 2014 Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak in Colorado and Texas — Dr. Angela Pelzel-McCluskey, USDA-APHIS-VS
- 2014 Texas Vesicular Stomatitis Update — Dr. T.R. Lansford, III, Texas Animal Health Commission
- Colorado Vesicular Stomatitis Report — Dr. Keith A. Roehr, Colorado Department of Agriculture
- Tick & Biting Fly Research Unit Scientific Update — Dr. Adalberto A. Pérez de León, USDA-APHIS-ARS
- Texas Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program — Dr. Kevin Varner, USDA-APHIS-VS-SPRS
- Cameron County Fever Tick Response — Dr. Dee Ellis, Texas Animal Health Commission
- Update on Theileria equi genotyping at NVSL — Dr. Nita Grause, USDA-APHIS-VS
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
