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“Pest Management: Meeting Force Health Protection Challenges and Supporting the Global Security Mission”

 

2007 DoD Pest Management Workshop

 

 

Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida

February 12 - 16, 2007

 

Sponsored by the

Armed Forces Pest Management Board

Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

(Installations and Environment)

Washington, D.C.

 

Click here to download all abstracts and presentations
or click on the individual presentations linked in the proceedings below.

 

Sunday, February 11

 

1330               Board Certified Entomologist Examination (must have pre-registered with the

                       Entomological Society of America) – LTC (P) Mustapha Debboun

 

1900-2100     No Host Social – Mulligan’s, Building 809, Mustin Road, NAS JAX

 

Monday, February 12

MORNING Session

 

River Cove Officers’ Club, Main Ballroom, Building 10, Mustin Road

 

0830-1130       Plenary Session, Moderator: CAPT S.E. Cope

 

0830-0835       Announcements                                                                        CAPT Cope

 

0835-0840      Welcome, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville                                  CAPT Chip Dobson

                                                                                                                        Commander, NAS JAX

 

0840-0845      Welcome and Keynote Introduction                                             COL Richard Johnson
            Executive Director, AFPMB                

                       

0845-0920      Keynote Speaker                                                                      Mr. Alex Beehler

                                                                                                                        ADUSD (ES&OH)

 

0920-0950      President’s Malaria Initiative                                                      Mr. Tim Ziemer

                                                                                                                        RADM (Ret)

                                                                                                                       

0950-1015      Dengue: An emerging arboviral disease                          Dr. Gary Clark

                       [ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

                       

 

 

1015-1030       BREAK

 

1030                AFPMB Chair Remarks and Committee Chairs Brief (2-minute briefs),

Moderator:  Ms. S. Alvey, Chair, AFPMB

Contingency Advisory Committee –  LCDR E. Hoffman

Education and Training Committee –  MSgt (S) D. Willett

Equipment Committee –  CDR D. Szumlas

Information Management Committee –  Ms. C. Convery

Medical Entomology Committee –  LTC W. Sames

Diagnostics Subcommittee –  LTC M. O’Guinn

Natural Resources Committee –  Lt. Col. D. Burkett

Pesticides Committee –  Mr. C. Myers

Quarantine/Commodity Protection Committee –  Mr. G. Walker

Real Property Protection Committee – Mr. J. Harrison

Repellents Committee –  LTC(P) . M. Debboun

Research Committee – LTC. R. Coleman

 

1145                Lunch

Monday, February 12

Afternoon SessionS

 

River Cove Officers’ Club, Main Ball Room, Building 10, Mustin Road

 

 

1300-1450      Concurrent Session: Medical Entomology, Moderator: LTC E. Milstrey

 

1300-1305       Administrative   Announcements                                                LTC E. Milstrey

 

1305-1320       Rift Valley Fever, a Potential Emerging U.S. Disease     Dr S.C. Britch, et al.

Threat, and the Unique Contribution of CHPPM Mosquito

Surveillance Data to a GIS Early-warning System

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1320-1335       The Evolution of OIF Contingency Pest Control to                    LTC J. Blow

Enduring Pest Control: The Issues and Challenges

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1335-1350       DOEHS Vector Surveillance 2006, Sand Fly and                      Mr. R. Wells

                        and Mosquito Surveillance in CENTCOM

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1350-1405       Malaria Surveillance in Korea                                       Dr. T. Klein, et al.

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1405-1435       An Overview of Current CDC Entomology Branch                   Dr. R. Wirtz

                        Activities

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1435-1455       Operational Entomology in Afghanistan: Leishmaniasis-  Dr. M. Faulde

                                Malaria-Seroepidemiology

 [PRESENTATION]

 

 

BOQ Conference Center, Bldg 11, Mustin Road

 

1300-1450      Concurrent Session: Installation Pest Management, Moderator: Dr. H. Harlan

 

1300-1305       Administrative                                                                           Dr. H. Harlan

 

1305-1320       Use of Customized GIS for Recording Pesticide                        Mr. B. Zeichner

Application Data

           

1320-1340       Skin Lesions in Barracks: Consider Community-acquired          Mr. B. Pagac

Methicillin-reisistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections

instead of Spider Bites

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1340-1430       Bed Bugs: A Pest Control Challenge                                         Dr. H. Harlan

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1430-1455       Urban Area Mosquito Control                                      Dr. G. Brown

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

Committee Meetings, Session I

 

1500    Contingency Advisory Committee – River Cove Officers’ Club Main Ball Room – LCDR Hoffman

            Diagnostics Subcommittee – BOQ Conference Center – LTC O’Guinn

Education and Training Committee – River Cove Officers’ Club St John’s Room – MSgt(S) Willett

 

1700                Committee Session I adjourns

 

1900-2100      DoD Pesticide Applicator Certification/Re-certification Examinations - Must be enrolled in the AMEDD C&S Correspondence Course – Location BOQ Conference Room

 

1930-2130      AFPMB Executive Committee Meeting – Location BLDG 844, 1st Floor Conference Room

Tuesday, February 13

Morning SessionS

 

River Cove Officers’ Club, St John’s Room, Bldg 10, Mustin Road

 

0800-1145      Concurrent Session: Diagnostic Session, Moderator, LTC R. Coleman

 

0800-0805      Administrative                                                                           LTC R. Coleman

 

0805-0825      What do Vector Diagnostics do for the Deployed                      LTC R. Coleman

               [PRESENTATION]

 

0825-0900       Demonstration of Hand-held VecTest Assays/Real-time            LTC M. O’Guinn, et al.

                        PCR Assays

               [PRESENTATION]

 

0900-0945       Demonstration of Hand-held VecTest Assays/Real-time, CONT.

                       

0945-1000       BREAK

 

1000-1020       Military West Nile Virus Surveillance: What have                      Mr. B. Pagac, et al.

                        We Learned?

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

1020-1040       Lessons Learned: Sand fly Surveillance during               LTC R. Coleman, et al.

                        OIF/OEF (2003-2005)

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

           

1040-1100       Field Evaluation of Real-time PCR Assays                                LTC M. O’Guinn, et al.

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1100-1120       Scrub Typhus Diagnostics: What Works Best?              Dr. L. Kriangkrai, et al.

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1120-1140       Diagnostic Round Table Facilitated Discussions             LTC R. Coleman

 

Tuesday, February 13

Morning SessionS

 

BOQ Conference Center, Bldg 11, Mustin Road

 

0800-1145       Concurrent Session:  Medical Entomology Session, Moderator: LTC(P) Debboun

 

0800                Administrative   Announcements                                                          LTC(P) Debboun

 

0800-0815       Response of Phlebotomine Sand Flies to Light               LCDR D.F. Hoel, et al.

Emitting Diode-Modified Light Traps in Southern Egypt

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

0815-0830       Carbon Dioxide Generation Using Limestone and Acid  LCDR B. Prendergast

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

0830-0845       Evaluation of Dry Ice Substitutes for Mosquito Trapping            Mr. B. Zeichner, et. al

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

0845-0900       Comparison of Three Sources of CO2 (Electrochemical            Dr. D. Kline

Generation, Propane Combustion and Compressed Gas

Cylinder) for Mosquito Surveillance

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

0900- 0915      First Look at 4-Poster Tick Control Effectiveness on     Mr. K. Neidhardt, et al.

Two DoD Facilities

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

0915-0930       WRBU Resources: Know the Vector, Know the Threat            Dr. L. Rueda, et al.

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

0930-0945       Database Resources of the Defense Pest Management Dr. R. G. Robbins

Information Analysis Center     

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]   [SCRIPT]

 

0945-1000       BREAK

 

1000-1015       Mosquito Barriers and Repellent Usage at Marine                     LCDR B. Prendergast

Corps Recruit Depot, Paris Island

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1015-1030       Design, Laboratory and Field Testing of a                                 LCDR C. Stoops

Self-Supporting, Exposure-Free Bednet Trap               

for Sampling Adult Arthropod Vectors

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1030-1045       High Throughput Testing for Toxic and Behavior                       Dr. G. Zollner, et al.

Modifying Chemicals against Phlebotomine Sand Flies

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1045-1100       Distribution of Ticks and the Potential Impact of                        LTC W. Sames, et al.

                        Tick-borne Diseases on United States Forces in Korea

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1100-1115       Surveillance and Risk Assessment of Rodent-Borne                  Dr. T. Klein, et al.

Diseases in Korea

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1115-1130       Development of Integrated Control Methods for Sand   MAJ. J. Richardson

                        Fly Populations in Kenya

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1130-1145       Session Conclusion                                                                   Moderator

 

1145                Lunch

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 13

Afternoon Sessions

 

River Cove Officers’ Club, Manatee Room, Bldg 10, Mustin Road

 

1200-1700       Vendor Displays

                        Note: Vendor Displays will remain open on Wed. from 0800 to 1700 hrs

 

NAX JAX Flight Line

 

1200-1600       USAF C-130 Spray System Static Display

 

Committee Meetings, Session II

 

1500                Quarantine/Commodity Protection Committee – Officers’ Club, St John’s Room – Mr. Walker

Real Property Protection Committee – BOQ Conference Center – Mr. Harrison

Repellents Committee – Officers’ Club, Main Ball Room – LTC(P) Debboun

 

1700                Afternoon Sessions adjourn

 

1800                U.S. Army Reserve Entomology Meeting - Discussions over Dinner            LTC J. Haliscak

Dress is casual.  Meet in the BOQ Conference Room, Bldg 11.

 

 

Wednesday, February 14

Morning Sessions

 

BOQ Conference Center, Bldg 11, Mustin Road

 

0800-1145      Concurrent Session: Deployed Warfighter Protection (DWFP) Research Program

Session, Moderator: Dr. G. B. White

 

0800-0805       DWFP Introduction                                                                  CAPT S.E. Cope

                                                                                                                        [PRESENTATION]                                                                                                                                                                                      DWFP Program Manager

 

0805-0815       USDA/ARS Overview                                                 Dr. D. A. Strickman

 [PRESENTATION]                                                                                    NPL-104 Program Leader

 

0815-0845       CAIBL Activities                                                                      Dr. M. F. Feldlaufer

 [PRESENTATION]                                                                                    Research Leader 

 

0845-0905       APMRU Activities                                                                    Dr. W. C. Hoffmann

 [PRESENTATION]

 

0905-0945       Competitive Grants: Status Report                                            Dr. G. B. White

 [Presentation link coming soon]

 

0945-1000       BREAK

 

1000-1135       CMAVE Activities                                                                   Dr. G.G. Clark

                                                                                                                                Research Leader, et al.

 

Ken Linthicum - Review USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agriculture and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) in the Deployed War-Fighter Protection (DWFP) Program

 [PRESENTATION]

 

Julia Pridgeon - DWFP Toxicology Research to Develop Insecticides for Vector Control

 [PRESENTATION]

 

Miriam Cooperband – Behavioral responses of mosquitoes to toxicants

 [PRESENTATION]

 

Brian Quinn - Protecting Military Personnelby Controlling Host-Seeking Arthropods

 [PRESENTATION]

 

Ulrich Bernier – Progress in DWFP and related research

 [PRESENTATION]

 

Daniel Kline – Alternative Application Technology

 [PRESENTATION]

 

Christopher Geden - Evaluation of insecticide-treated visual targets for flies

 [PRESENTATION]

 

1135-1145       DWFP Wrap-Up                                                                     CAPT S.E. Cope

 

 

Wednesday, February 14

Morning Sessions

 

River Cove Officers’ Club, St John’s Room, Bldg 10, Mustin Road

 

0800-1145      Concurrent Session:  Non-Native Invasive Species, Moderator: Dr. P. Egan

 

0800                Administrative   Announcements                                               Dr. P. Egan

 

0800-0845       Crop Biosecurity and Emergency Management              Dr. O. El-Lissy

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

0845-0930       An Invasive Species Early Detection Rapid Assessment             Ms A. Simpson

and Response National Framework

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

0930-0945       Developing Bid Specifications for Invasive Plant Control            Mr. S. Manning

Programs on Military Installations

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

0945-1000       BREAK

 

1000-1025       Legacy Resource Management Program                                   Mr. P. Morales

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]               

 

1025-1050       DoD’s Corporate R&D Program Tackles Invasive Species       Ms A. Dalsimer

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1050-1110       Innovative Tools for the Transfer of Invasive Plant                     Mr. M.J. Grodowitz, et al.

                        Management Technology

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

                                               

1110-1125       Use of Remote Sensing with Geographic Information     Dr. J. Bean, et al.

Systems to Optimize Management Strategies for Invasive

Plant Control

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

11125-1140     Review of Clearcast® (imazamox): A Reduced Risk     Mr. A. Burns, et al.

Herbicide for Control of Aquatic and Wetland Invasive

Plants

[ABSTRACT]

 

1145                Lunch

 

Wednesday, February 14

Afternoon Sessions

 

BOQ Conference Center, Bldg 11, Mustin Road

 

1300-1450      Concurrent Session: Filth Fly Session, Moderators: CDR D. Szumlas/Dr.J. Hogsette

 

1300-1305       Administrative   Announcements                                   CDR D. Szumlas

 

1305-1320       Carrion Fly and Disease Vector Activity Associated with           LTJG D. England

a Decomposing Corpse

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1320-1335       Preliminary Field Evaluations of Commercially Available            CDR D. Szumlas

Filth Fly Traps

 [PRESENTATION]

 

1335-1350       Fly Trapping and Control in Arid Environments             Dr. J. Hogsette

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1350-1410       Techniques for Evaluating Insecticide Resistance in Filth Dr. P. Kauffman

                        Flies

 [PRESENTATION]

 

1410-1430       New Attractants in Fly Trapping and Control                Dr. C. Geden

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1430-1450       New Fly Control Technologies                                      Dr. P. Koehler

 [PRESENTATION]

 

1450-1452       Concluding Remarks                                                                 Moderators

                       

 

River Cove Officers’ Club, St John’s Room, Bldg 10, Mustin Road

 

1300-1450      Concurrent Session: Natural Resources, Moderator: Lt. Col. D.  Burkett

 

1300-1305       Administrative   Announcements                                    Lt. Col. D. Burkett

 

1300-1315       Computer Based Pest Management Activity Reporting  Mr. J. Bresnahan

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1315-1330             Evaluation of Advion, a New Indoxacarb-based Bait     LT. B. Furman

Developed for Control of the Red Imported Fire Ant

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1330-1345       Introduction of a New Dupont Bare Ground Herbicide.             Mr. J. D. Cantlon, et al.

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1345-1400             Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum) and Medusahead                Mr. R.G. Turner, et al.

(Taeniatherum caput-meduseae) Control with different

Dupont Herbicides

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1400-1415             Salt Cedar (Tamarix ramosissima) Control and                       Mr. J. Pitts, et al.

Management with different DuPont Herbicide

Combinations

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1415-1430       Aerial Application of Herbicides on DoD Ranges for     Capt K. Haagsma, et al.

Control of Invasive and Noxious weeds

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1430-1445       Agricultural Aerial Spraying in a Combat Zone: Control LTC J. Blow

                        of the Dubas Bug (Ommatissus lybicus) in Date Palms in

                        Iraq

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1445-1500       Concluding Remarks                                                                 Lt. Col. D. Burkett

 

Committee Meetings, Session III

1500

Equipment Committee – BOQ Conference Center – CDR Szumlas

 

Research Committee – Officers’ Club, Main Ball Room – LTC Coleman

 

Natural Resources Committee – Officers’ Club, St John’s Room – Lt Col Burkett

 

1700     Committees adjourn

Evening

River Cove Officers’ Club, Main Ballroom, Building 10, Mustin Road

 

1800-1900       No Host Social – Main Ball Room

1900                Banquet, Main Ballroom

 

Speaker:  Dr. G. Miller; “Bad Bread and Battlefield: An Epic Struggle with Insects during the American Civil War”

 

Menu:  Reef & Beef Buffet with a Chicken Twist - Salad w/house dressing – Crab Legs – Steamed Shrimp – Seafood Newberg – Roast Beef – Chicken Marsala – Garden Veggie – Rice or Potato – Rolls – Iced Tea – Coffee – and Desert Cake.

 

Thursday, February 15

Morning Sessions

 

0800-1145       Army Medical Entomology Session – River Cove Officers’ Club, Main Ballroom, Bldg 10, Mustin Road, Moderator: COL T. Logan

 

0800-0815       Session Opening                                                             COL T. Logan

           

0815-0915       HRC Update                                                                 MAJ K. LeFrancis

 [PRESENTATION]

 

0915-0935       BREAK (20 Minutes)

 

0935-1035       Update on Preventive Medicine Doctrine,                     LTC T. Delk/MAJ C. Miller

Organization, and Materiel Issues at the Directorate

of Combat Development

 [PRESENTATION]

 

1035-1050       Current Status and Impact of Army Transformation       LTC W. Sames

on Army Medical Entomology in Korea

[ABSTRACT]     [PRESENTATION]

 

1050-1145       Military Medical Entomology                                        COL Logan

                        Round Table Facilitated Discussion

 

0800-1145       Army Installation/Installation Support Session – BOQ Conference Center, Building 11, Mustin Road, Moderators: Dr. Edward S. Evans, Jr. Program Manager, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Entomological Sciences Program, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD and Ms. Sandra Alvey, USAEC Senior Pest Management Consultant, US Army Environmental Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground,  MD