Tuesday, August 7, 2018: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
335-336, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
1:30 PM
Environmental and demographic drivers of Leptospira outbreaks in California sea lions
Benny Borremans, Hasselt University, University of California Los Angeles;
Kim M. Pepin, USDA;
Katherine C. Prager, University of California Los Angeles;
Denise J Greig, The Marine Mammal Center;
Sharon R Melin, National Marine Fisheries Service;
Jeffrey L Laake, National Marine Fisheries Service;
Mark Lowry, National Marine Fisheries Service;
Robert L DeLong, National Marine Fisheries Service;
Bryan T. Grenfell, Princeton University;
Frances M. D. Gulland, The Marine Mammal Center;
James O. Lloyd-Smith, University of California-Los Angeles
2:30 PM
What are the key research needs for white-nose syndrome mitigation?
Riley F. Bernard, Pennsylvania State University, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit, USGS S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center;
Jonathan D. Reichard, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
Jeremy T. H. Coleman, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
Julie C. Blackwood, Williams College;
Michelle L. Verant, National Park Service;
Jordi L. Segers, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative;
Amy M. Russell, Grand Valley State University;
John P. White, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources;
Marianne S. Moore, Arizona State University;
Rachel A. Katz, US Fish and Wildlife Service;
Daniel L. Lindner, USDA Forest Service, NRS, Center for Forest Mycology Research;
Rickard S. Toomey III, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning;
Gregory G. Turner, Pennsylvania Game Commission;
Winifred F. Frick, University of California, Santa Cruz, Bat Conservation International;
Jeffery M. Lorch, USGS;
Craig K. R. Willis, University of Winnipeg;
Maarten Vonhof, Western Michigan University;
Evan H. Campbell Grant, USGS
3:40 PM
Look what the cat dragged in: Correlates of an increased prevalence of cat-borne diseases on an island compared to the adjacent mainland
Patrick L. Taggart, University of Adelaide;
Bronwyn A. Fancourt, Biosecurity Queensland;
Mark A. Stevenson, University of Melbourne;
Andrew J. Bengsen, Department of Primary Industries;
David E. Peacock, Biosecurity South Australia;
Patrick Hodgens, Terrain Ecology;
John L. Read, University of Adelaide;
Simon M. Firestone, University of Melbourne;
Milton M McAllister, University of Adelaide;
Charles G. B. Caraguel, University of Adelaide
4:20 PM
Resistance across the urban to rural divide: What restricts or promotes the spread of viruses in puma (Puma concolor)
Nick M. Fountain-Jones, University of Minnesota;
Scott Carver, University of Tasmania;
Simona Kraberger, Arizona State University;
Roderick Gagne, Colorado State University;
Daryl R. Trumbo, Colorado State University;
Patricia Salerno, Colorado State University;
W. Chris Funk, Colorado State University;
Kevin R. Crooks, Colorado State University;
Roman Biek, University of Glasgow;
Mathew W. Alldredge, Colorado Parks & Wildlife;
Ken Logan, Colorado Parks and Wildlife;
Simon Dellicour, KU Leuven;
Holly B. Ernest, University of Wyoming;
Sue VandeWoude, Colorado State University;
Meggan E. Craft, University of Minnesota
