Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
J4, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 145 - Disease ecology: Lyme disease and other mammalain diseases
8:00 AMTransmission of canine rabies and implications for control
Katie Hampson, Princeton University, Jonathan Dushoff, Princeton University, Daniel T. Haydon, University of Glasgow, Sarah, C. Cleaveland, University of Edinburgh, Andy P. Dobson, Princeton University
8:20 AMHeterogeneity in disease transmission: Nematodes and tuberculosis in juvenile and adult African buffalo
Anna E. Jolles, Oregon State University, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, University of Montana
8:40 AMDevil of a disease: The impact of Devil Facial Tumour Disease on the demography and population dynamics of Tasmanian devils
Shelly Lachish, University of Queensland, Menna E. Jones, University of Tasmania, Hamish McCallum, University of Tasmania
9:00 AMManaging a fatal infectious cancer in a threatened species: Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease
Hamish I. McCallum, University of Tasmania, Menna E Jones, University of Tasmania
9:20 AMEffects of nematodes on Bovine Tuberculosis in free-ranging African buffalo: Implications for TB dynamics and microparasite invasion
Vanessa O. Ezenwa, University of Montana, Anna E. Jolles, Oregon State University, Rampal Etienne, University of Groningen
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMDisease establishment within and among deer social groups: A neighborhood-based modeling approach
Eric M. Schauber, Southern Illinois University, Lene J. Kjaer, Southern Illinois University
10:10 AMEffects of fire management on the abundance of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Missouri Ozarks
Brian F. Allan, Washington University
10:30 AMCommunity composition and Lyme disease risk: An update
Kathleen LoGiudice, Union College, Shannon T. Duerr, Institue of Ecosystem Studies, Michael J. Newhouse, Institue of Ecosystem Studies, Kenneth A. Schmidt, Texas Tech University, Richard S. Ostfeld, Institue of Ecosystem Studies
10:50 AMCommunity ecology and disease risk: Squirrels, lizards, and Lyme disease in california
Daniel J. Salkeld, University of California - Berkeley, Jeomhee Mun, University of California - Berkeley, Robert S Lane, University of California - Berkeley
11:10 AMImpact of community structure and composition on disease dynamics in wildlife
Benjamin Roche, Génétique & Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, Jean-Francois Guegan, Génétique & Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses

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