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 AMCOS 145-1Transmission 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 AMCOS 145-2Heterogeneity 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 AMCOS 145-3Devil 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 AMCOS 145-4Managing 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 AMCOS 145-5Effects 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 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 145-6Disease 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 AMCOS 145-7Effects of fire management on the abundance of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Missouri Ozarks
Brian F. Allan, Washington University
10:30 AMCOS 145-8Community 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 AMCOS 145-9Community 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 AMCOS 145-10Impact 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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