PROCEEDINGS

“Pest Management: Meeting Force Health Protection
Challenges and Supporting the Global Security
2007 DoD Pest Management Workshop
Naval Air
Station,
February 12 -
16, 2007
Sponsored by
the
Armed Forces
Office of the
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Installations
and Environment)
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here to download all abstracts and presentations
or click on the individual presentations linked in the proceedings below.
1330 Board Certified
Entomologist Examination (must have pre-registered with the
Entomological Society of
1900-2100 No Host Social – Mulligan’s, Building 809,
MORNING
Session
River Cove Officers’ Club, Main Ballroom,
Building 10,
0830-1130 Plenary
Session, Moderator: CAPT S.E. Cope
0830-0835 Announcements CAPT
Cope
0835-0840
Welcome, Naval Air Station,
Commander,
NAS JAX
0840-0845
Welcome and Keynote Introduction
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.
[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,
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
Enduring
[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
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1405-1435 An Overview of Current CDC Entomology
Branch Dr. R. Wirtz
Activities
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1435-1455 Operational Entomology in
Malaria-Seroepidemiology
1300-1450 Concurrent
Session: Installation
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 –
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
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
0825-0900 Demonstration of Hand-held VecTest Assays/Real-time LTC
M. O’Guinn, et al.
PCR Assays
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
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
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION] [SCRIPT]
0945-1000 BREAK
1000-1015 Mosquito Barriers and Repellent Usage at
Marine LCDR B.
Prendergast
Corps
Recruit Depot,
[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
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1100-1115 Surveillance and Risk Assessment of
Rodent-Borne Dr. T.
Klein, et al.
Diseases in
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1115-1130 Development of Integrated Control Methods
for Sand MAJ. J. Richardson
Fly Populations in
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1130-1145 Session Conclusion Moderator
1145 Lunch
Tuesday, February 13
Afternoon
Sessions
River Cove Officers’ Club, Manatee
Room, Bldg 10,
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 –
Repellents Committee – Officers’ Club, Main Ball Room
– LTC(P) Debboun
1700 Afternoon Sessions adjourn
1800
Dress is casual. Meet in the BOQ Conference Room, Bldg 11.
Wednesday, February 14
Morning
Sessions
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
[PRESENTATION] NPL-104 Program Leader
0815-0845 CAIBL
Activities Dr.
M. F. Feldlaufer
[PRESENTATION] Research Leader
0845-0905 APMRU
Activities Dr.
W. C. Hoffmann
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
Julia Pridgeon
- DWFP Toxicology Research to Develop Insecticides for Vector Control
Miriam Cooperband – Behavioral responses of mosquitoes to
toxicants
Brian Quinn - Protecting
Military Personnelby Controlling Host-Seeking
Arthropods
Ulrich Bernier –
Progress in DWFP and related research
Daniel Kline –
Alternative Application Technology
Christopher Geden - Evaluation of insecticide-treated visual targets
for flies
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
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
a Decomposing Corpse
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1320-1335 Preliminary Field Evaluations of
Commercially Available CDR D. Szumlas
Filth Fly Traps
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
1410-1430 New Attractants in Fly Trapping and
Control Dr. C. Geden
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1430-1450 New Fly Control Technologies Dr. P.
Koehler
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
[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
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
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1445-1500 Concluding Remarks Lt.
Col. D. Burkett
Committee Meetings, Session III
1500
Equipment
Committee –
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,
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,
0800-0815 Session
0815-0915 HRC Update MAJ K. LeFrancis
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
1035-1050 Current Status and Impact of Army
Transformation LTC W. Sames
on Army Medical Entomology in
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1050-1145 Military Medical
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
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
0815-0830 AMEDD C&S Training and Certification
Overview LTC(P) M. Debboun
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
0830-0845 ODEP Overview Mr.
J. Tarnopol
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
0845-0900 USAEC
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
0900-0915 IPM-in-CDC Initiative Mr.
T. Green
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
0915-0925 Fort Lewis IPM-in-CDC Initiative Mr.
F. Harrison
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
0925-0945 BREAK
0945-1000
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1000-1015 Performance Based Contracting Initiative Ms. C.E. Convery
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1015-1030 GIS/GPS Initiative Mr.
B. Zeichner
[ABSTRACT]
1030-1045 USDA Update & Range Sustainability Dr. H.
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1045-1100 EPA Program Overview Mr.
S. Hopkins
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1100-1145 Round Table Facilitated Discussions Dr. E.
Evans/Ms S. Alvey
Topics:
IMPAC/RCI Issues
Self Help Program Issues
Training & Certification (Food Service Sanitation?)
Issues
Repellents
in Child Development Centers (CDCs)
Aerial
Spray Procedures
NGB/IMA-AR Issues
OCONUS Issues
BRAC/Joint Basing
Program Funding (FOM, COLS, CLS)
Distance Learning Demonstration
0800-1145 Air
Force Entomology Session – Officers’ Club, St John’s Room
Moderators:
Col. J. Swaby/ Mr. W. Fordham
0800 Welcome and Introduction of
Attendees
0805-0820 EPA Update Mr.
S. Hopkins
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
0820-0830 AFPMB Update Lt.
Col. S. Spradling
0830-0840 HQ USAF Natural Resources Update Lt Col D.
Burkett
0840-0905 Future Role for 3E4X3s/Training Update MSgt
Delaney/TSgt Willett
0905-0920 Break and Photo Time
0920-0940 Invasive Species Control Opportunities in
SPACECOM Ms. M. Anderson
0940-1000 Air Force
1000-1145 Active Duty Career Field
1145 Adjourn
0800-1145 Navy
Entomology Session – NECE Class Room, Moderators: CAPT M.
Beavers/CDR
S. Rankin
Topics:
1.
Forward
Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit
2.
Marine Corps
Support
3.
Service Specific
Platforms/Capabilities/Equipment/Training
a.
Army (overview)
b.
Air Force
(overview)
4.
Navy Disease
Vector Capabilities Review Discussion (group)
5.
Navy Disease
Vector Equipment Review Discussion (group)
6.
Navy Disease
Vector Training Review Discussion (group)
0800-1145 Navy Applied Biology Session – Conference
Room, First Floor, Bldg 844, Mustin Road, Moderator:
Ms S. Bartku
1145 Lunch
Thursday, February 15
Afternoon
Sessions
River Cove Officers Club, St Johns
Room, Bldg 10,
1300-1500 Concurrent
Session: Bird/Feral Animal/Rodent Control Session
Moderator:
LTC S. Horosko
1300 Administrative
Announcements LTC
S. Horosko
1300-1320
Rodent Control: New Products/Pest Management Mr.
J. Ford
Industry Update
1320-1340 Use of GIS Software to Record
Trap/Bait Stations Mr.
B. Zeichner
Placement
and Servicing
[ABSTRACT]
1340-1440
Bird Control
United Bird & Bat Control LLC Bird Mr. T. Lafforthun,
et al.
Barrier
1440-1445 Feral Animal
Control Round Table Discussion Moderator
1445-1500 Session Conclusion
1300-1500 Concurrent
Session: Medical Entomology;
Moderator: Maj M. Pomerinke
1300-1305 Administrative Announcements Maj M. Pomerinke
1305-1320 Current Equipment Evaluation Projects at
the Navy Dr. T.W. Walker
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1320-1345 Rift Valley Fever,
2006/2007 Outbreak in
1345-1400 Effects of Scorpion Envenomation from Androctonus CPT S. Garvin
crassicauda: A Personal Experience
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1400-1415 IPM in a Medical Treatment Facility Mr. J.
Nelson
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1415-1430 Environmental Site Assessments of
Hospital
Management Programs as Part of a Humanitarian
Assistance
of
[ABSTRACT] [PRESENTATION]
1430-1455 Risk Assessments for Exposure of Deployed
Military Dr. R. K.D. Peterson, et al.
Personnel to Insecticides used for Personal
Protection
and Disease-vector Management
1455-1500 Session Conclusion Moderator
Committee Meetings, Session IV
1500
Information Management
Committee – Officers’ Club, St John’s Room – Ms. Convery
Medical Entomology Committee –
Pesticides Committee – Officers’ Club, Main Ball Room – Mr. Myers
1700
Committee Session IV adjourns
0830-1145
184th Meeting of the Armed Forces
Chair,
AFPMB and Mr. Don Teig, Vice Chair, AFPMB
1200 Adjourn