Susan Little, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasit.)

OSU parasitologists present at international meeting

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Several parasitologists from Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences and the National Center for Veterinary Parasitology, which is housed at the center, recently participated in the 27th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology held in Madison, Wisconsin.

Congratulations to the following individuals who presented their research:

Meriam Saleh, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow – Show Us Your Ticks: A Survey of Ticks Infesting Dogs and Cats Across the United States
Kathryn Duncan, DVM, NCVP resident and PhD student – Dermacentor spp. From Dogs and Cats in North America: Diversity and Geographic Distribution
Parna Ghosh, PhD student – Ixodes spp. From Pet Dogs and Cats in the United States: Geographic Distribution and Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi
Susan Little, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasit.) – Changing Parasite and Vector Distributions in a Changing World: Updates from the 2019 Companion Vector Borne Disease World Forum
Susan Little, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasit.) – Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in Pet Dogs in the United States, 2016-2018
Bhagya Kulasooriya, MS – Trends in Canine Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the Eastern United States: 2010-2017
Layna Tarpalechee, DVM student class of 2020 – Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Domestic Dogs and Kissing Bugs in Oklahoma
Kelly Allen, MS, PhD – Early Oral Sarolaner (Simparica TM, Zoetis) Acaricidal Activity Against Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum Adults After Monitored Attachment Intervals on Treated Dogs
Yoko Nagamori, DVM, MS, DACVM (Parasit.) – Retrospective Fecal Survey of Parasites in 2,323 Client-Owned Cats in North Central Oklahoma 2007-2017
Mason Reichard, PhD – Introduction to Veterinary Entomology: Outbreak and Advancements
Mason Reichard, PhD – Efficacy of a Topical Formulation of Selamectin Plus Sarolaner (Revolution® Plus) Against Induced Infestations of Amblyomma americanum on Cats and Prevention of Cytauxzoon Felis Transmission
Michelle Ientile, DVM student class of 2022 – Diversity and Geographic Distribution of Brown Dog Ticks in the United States
Megan Wohltjen, research technician and PhD student – Detection and Prevalence of Cercopithifilaria bainae Infection in Domestic Dogs and Ticks in Oklahoma
Ruth Scimeca, DVM, PhD, NCVP resident – Differential Gene Expression in Domestic Cats (Felis catus) Experimentally Infected with Cytauxzoon felis
Kellee Sundstrom, research specialist and MS student – Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Heartworm in North Eastern Oklahoma Shelter Dogs

If you would like more information about OSU’s veterinary parasitology program, please visit the Krull-Ewing Lab, Lab of Vector-Borne Infections, or NCVETP.org.

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