23rd VERTEBRATE
Topics and Speakers
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“Progress in Sensory Biology: Implications for Vertebrate Dr. Gary Beauchamp,
Director and President, Dr. Beauchamp’s research
interests include genetics of chemosensation, development and aging of taste
and smell, taste interactions, and the role of smell and taste in food and
beverage choice and acceptance. While
now serving as this institute’s director, he is also Adjunct Professor of
Anatomy in the Special Symposium I:
Wildlife and Food Safety Special Symposium II:
Marine Mammals and Birds Special Symposium I: Wildlife and Food Safety [back to topics] The Implications of Wildlife in E. coli Outbreaks in Fresh Vegetables Rob Atwill, The Political Realities of Managing Wildlife to
Reduce Crop Contamination Eric Lauritzen,
Agricultural A Grower’s Perspective of the Interface between
Wildlife & Food Safety Speaker TBA Prioritizing Research for Wildlife – Food Safety
Issues Speaker TBA Food Safety Risks and Mitigation Strategies for
Feral Swine (Sus scrofa) near
Produce Fields Resolving Conflicting Priorities Concerning Food
Safety Issues in Leafy Green Vegetables Mary Bianchi, UC Coop.
Extension, San Luis Obispo Co., Managing Gulls to Reduce Fecal Coliform Bacteria in
a Municipal Drinking Water Source Benjamin Nugent,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, European Starlings as Vectors of E. coli O157:H7 Jeffery LeJuene, The Special Symposium II: Marine Mammals and Birds [back to topics] Marine Mammals and Fishery Sustainability Mark Helvey, NOAA/National
Marine Fisheries Service, Managing Seabird Impacts on a Mussel Farm John Davis, Sea Lion Impacts on the Robert Fletcher,
Sportfishing Association of Non-lethal Deterrence of Monica DeAngelis,
NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Public Health [back to topics] Synergistic Agreement: How the California
Department of Public Health and Joseph Burns, California
Department of Public Health, Vector-borne Disease Section, Potential Food Item Distractions During Raccoon ORV
Baiting Campaigns on Brian M. Bjorklund,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, West Anatomy of the Timothy P. Algeo,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Rabies Management Program, Synopsis of the Craig A. Ramey,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort
Collins, CO Spatial Analysis of Opossum Activity in Response to
an Outbreak of Typhus In and Around Laura Predator Management [back to topics] Relative Risks of Predation on Livestock Posed by
Individual Wolves, Black Bears, Mountain Lions, and Coyotes in Mark Collinge, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, Coyotebytes.Org – A Website to Inform Urban Coyote
Management Robert M. Timm, Live Trapping and Monitoring Mountain Lion
Movements within a Feral Horse Population in Storey County, Nevada, 2005-2007 Meeghan Gray, Bird Management [back to topics] Effigies for Dispersing Urban Crow Roosts Michael L. Avery,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Oleg Daugovish, Does Non-Lethal Management to Reduce Urban Crow
Conflicts Work? Case Histories from
Five Cities in Richard B. Chipman,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Computer
Simulations of Baiting Efficacy for Raven Management Using DRC-1339 Egg Baits Randal S. Stahl, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services,
National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO Nontarget Bird Hazards of Using Trays Baited with
DRC-1339-Treated Rice and Placed on Decoy Traps George M. Linz,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Seasonal Occurrence of Blackbird Species
(Icteridae) in Wild Rice (Zizania): A Response to Rice Stage or Breeding
Phenology? Thomas A. Scott,
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Methodology to Quantify the Economic Impact of the
Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax
auritus) to Stephanie A. Shwiff,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort
Collins CO Effects of Roost Shooting on Double-Crested
Cormorant Use of Catfish Ponds: Preliminary Results Jimmy Taylor, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, Israel-Ukraine Cooperation for the Management of a
Shared Overabundant Population of Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinsensis) Simon C. Nemtzov, Science
and Conservation Division, Evaluation of an Integrated Non-Lethal Canada Goose
Management Program in Stacy E. Pecor,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Carnivore Odours as Repellents: Evolutionary and
Dietary Effects Tarnya Cox, The Effects of Ultrasonic Repellents in Deterring
White-Tailed Deer Karleen T. Ami, Nature
Technologies, Inc., Department of Research and Development, Evaluation of an Electrified Mat as a White-Tailed
Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Barrier Thomas W. Seamans,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Tetracycline as a Biological Marker for
Mark-Recapture Analysis of Feral Pigs Matthew M. Reidy, Caesar
Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Department of Animal and Wildlife
Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Controlling Mouflon Sheep at the Kahuku Unit of Robert M. Stephens, Rodenticide Misconceptions Richard M. Poché, Genesis
Laboratories, Inc., Concerns Regarding Proposed Restrictions in the Use
of Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides for Commensal Rodent Control Dale E. Kaukeinen,
Kaukeinen Consulting Services, Field Efficacy of In-Burrow Applications of Kaput®
Bait Block Containing 250 mg/kg Warfarin for the Control of Black-Tailed
Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)
in Jeff N. Borchert, Genesis
Laboratories, Inc., Comparative Efficacy of Several Rodenticides in the
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Thomas Schmit, Liphatech,
Inc., Field Efficacy of a Diphacinone Grain Bait Using an
In-Burrow Baiting Method to Control the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog James J. Bruening, Genesis
Laboratories, Inc., Field Efficacy of Wilco Gopher Getter Restricted
Use Bait (1.8% Strychnine) and Wilco Gopher Getter Ag Bait (0.5% Strychnine) Jeff J. Mach, Genesis
Laboratories, Inc., An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Potential
Norway Rat Attractants Gary Witmer, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO Another Benefit of Rat Eradications: The Craig Morley, School of
Biological, Chemical and Environmental Science, The University of the South Efficacy of Concussion Blast Equipment for the
Elimination of Ground Hogs in the Burrow System Richard A. Shadel, S &
S Wildlife Control Services Inc, Reproductive Potential in Mountain Beavers (Aplodontia rufa rufa) in Wendy M. Arjo, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, An Analysis of the Efficacy and Comparative Costs
of Using Flow Devices to Resolve Conflicts with North American Beavers along
Roadways in the Coastal Plain of Virginia Stephanie L. Boyles,
Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science, If You Build It, They Will Come: Management
Planning for a Suburban Beaver Population in Jimmy Taylor, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, Wildlife
Contraceptives [back to topics] Wildlife Contraception, Individuals, and
Populations: How Much Fertility Control is Enough? Dave Cowan, Central
Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, Population Modeling of Wildlife Contraception as a
Management Tool Christi Yoder, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO Long-Term Efficacy and Reproductive Behavior
Associated with Gonacon™ Use in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Gary Killian, Field Test of Gonacon™ Immunocontraceptive Vaccine
in Free-Ranging Female Fallow Deer James P. Gionfriddo,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort
Collins, CO M. avium
Bacterium: Is it an Essential Ingredient for a Single-Injection GnRH
Immunocontraceptive Vaccine? Kelly R. Perry, USDA/APHIS
Wildlife Services, Immune Mechanisms and Characterization of
Injection-Site Reactions Involved in the Multi-Year Contraceptive Effect of
the GonaCon™ Vaccine Lowell Miller, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO Oral Vaccination and Immunocontraception of Feral
Swine Using Brucella suis and Utilizing Recombinant LHRH Gene Insert Jeffrey M. Kemp,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort
Collins, CO Anticoagulant Rodenticide Exposure in an Urban
Population of the San Joaquin Kit Fox Stella C. Borucki,
California Department of Fish and Game, Pesticide Investigations Unit, Evaluating the Benefits of Vertebrate Pest Control
in Conservation Settings David Choquenot, Landcare
Research, A Distribution of Trap Monitors to the Wildlife
Services’ Operational Program Patrick A. Darrow,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Smarter Pest Control: Tools and Strategies Charles Eason, Connovation
Research, The IPM Paradigm: Economics, Uncertainty, and
Vertebrates Ray Sterner, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO What is a Humane Wildlife Control Service? John Griffin, The Humane
Society of the United States, Washington, DC Ethics of Wildlife Control in Humanized Landscapes:
A Reply Stephen Vantassel,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Developing Standard Operating Procedures for
Wildlife Damage Management Activities in Urban and Suburban Areas in Southern
Nevada Jack W. Sengl, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, Economic Methodology to Quantify the Impacts of
Rodent and Bird Damage to Vulnerable Crop/Commodity-Producing Counties Stephanie A. Shwiff,
USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort
Collins, CO Transcontinental Introductions of Watersnakes (Nerodia) into Peter S. Balfour, ECORP
Consulting, Inc., Rocklin, CA When the Media Call: Knowing When to Talk and What
to Say Joanne Littlefield,
University of Arizona, Wildlife Forensics: Non-Invasive DNA Methods for
Monitoring Vertebrate Pests in Dianne M. Gleeson,
Ecological Genetics Laboratory, Landcare Research, The Changing Landscape of Animal Damage Management
Needs: Directions for the Future Larry Clark, USDA/APHIS,
Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO |