23rd VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE

 

 

Topics and Speakers

 

Keynote Address

“Progress in Sensory Biology:  Implications for Vertebrate Pest Control”

Dr. Gary Beauchamp, Director and President, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA

 

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 School of Veterinary Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences, of the University of Pennsylvania. 

 

 

Topics

Special Symposium I: Wildlife and Food Safety

Special Symposium II: Marine Mammals and Birds

Public Health

Predator Management

Bird Management

Mammals

Rodents

Wildlife Contraceptives

Other

 

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Special Symposium I: Wildlife and Food Safety [back to topics]

 

The Implications of Wildlife in E. coli Outbreaks in Fresh Vegetables

Rob Atwill, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA

 

The Political Realities of Managing Wildlife to Reduce Crop Contamination 

Eric Lauritzen, Agricultural Commissioner–Monterey County, Salinas, CA

 

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
Michele T. Jay, California Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Laboratory Branch, Richmond, CA

 

Resolving Conflicting Priorities Concerning Food Safety Issues in Leafy Green Vegetables

Mary Bianchi, UC Coop. Extension, San Luis Obispo Co., San Luis Obispo, CA

 

Managing Gulls to Reduce Fecal Coliform Bacteria in a Municipal Drinking Water Source

Benjamin Nugent, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Lewiston, ME

 

European Starlings as Vectors of E. coli O157:H7

Jeffery LeJuene, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

 

 

Special Symposium II: Marine Mammals and Birds [back to topics]

 

Marine Mammals and Fishery Sustainability

Mark Helvey, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Long Beach, CA

 

Managing Seabird Impacts on a Mussel Farm          

John Davis, Carlsbad AquaFarm, Carlsbad, CA

 

Sea Lion Impacts on the California Commercial-Passenger Fishing Industry

Robert Fletcher, Sportfishing Association of California, San Diego, CA

 

Non-lethal Deterrence of California Sea Lions and Pacific Harbor Seals (Pinnipeds and Interactions with Humans)

Monica DeAngelis, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Long Beach, CA

 

 

Public Health [back to topics]

 

Synergistic Agreement: How the California Department of Public Health and U.S. Forest Service Region 5 Challenge Cost-Share Agreement Saves Lives and Money

Joseph Burns, California Department of Public Health, Vector-borne Disease Section, Ontario, CA

 

Potential Food Item Distractions During Raccoon ORV Baiting Campaigns on Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Would You Like Fries with That ORV Bait?

Brian M. Bjorklund, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, West Boylston, MA

 

Anatomy of the Cape Cod Oral Rabies Vaccination Program:  What Happened, and Where-to Now?

Timothy P. Algeo, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Rabies Management Program, Concord, NH

 

Synopsis of the Shoshone River Skunk Rabies Epizootic in Northwestern Wyoming

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 Long Beach, California

Laura Krueger, California Department of Public Health, Ontario, CA

 

 

Predator Management [back to topics]

 

Relative Risks of Predation on Livestock Posed by Individual Wolves, Black Bears, Mountain Lions, and Coyotes in Idaho

Mark Collinge, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Boise, ID

 

Coyotebytes.Org – A Website to Inform Urban Coyote Management

Robert M. Timm, Hopland Research & Extension Center, University of California, Hopland, CA

 

Live Trapping and Monitoring Mountain Lion Movements within a Feral Horse Population in Storey County, Nevada, 2005-2007

Meeghan Gray, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

 

Bird Management [back to topics]

 

Effigies for Dispersing Urban Crow Roosts

Michael L. Avery, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Gainesville, FL

 

Pest Bird Control in California Strawberry Production with Falconry

Oleg Daugovish, University of California Cooperative Extension, Ventura, CA

 

Does Non-Lethal Management to Reduce Urban Crow Conflicts Work?  Case Histories from Five Cities in New York (2002-2007)

Richard B. Chipman, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Castleton, NY

 

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, National Wildlife Research Center, Bismarck, ND

 

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, University of California-Berkeley, Riverside, CA

 

Methodology to Quantify the Economic Impact of the Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) to Oneida Lake, New York

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, National Wildlife Research Center, Olympia, WA

 

Israel-Ukraine Cooperation for the Management of a Shared Overabundant Population of Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinsensis)

Simon C. Nemtzov, Science and Conservation Division, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Jerusalem, Israel

 

Evaluation of an Integrated Non-Lethal Canada Goose Management Program in New York (2004-2006)

Stacy E. Pecor, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Castleton, NY

 

 

Mammals [back to topics]

 

Carnivore Odours as Repellents: Evolutionary and Dietary Effects

Tarnya Cox, School of Animal Studies, University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia

 

The Effects of Ultrasonic Repellents in Deterring White-Tailed Deer

Karleen T. Ami, Nature Technologies, Inc., Department of Research and Development, Pleasantville, NY

 

Evaluation of an Electrified Mat as a White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Barrier

Thomas W. Seamans, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Sandusky, OH

 

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, Kingsville, TX

 

Controlling Mouflon Sheep at the Kahuku Unit of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park

Robert M. Stephens, Hawai`i Cooperative Studies Unit, PACRC, University of Hawai`i, Hilo, HI

 

 

Rodents [back to topics]

 

Rodenticide Misconceptions

Richard M. Poché, Genesis Laboratories, Inc., Wellington, CO

 

Concerns Regarding Proposed Restrictions in the Use of Second-Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides for Commensal Rodent Control

Dale E. Kaukeinen, Kaukeinen Consulting Services, Wilmington, DE

 

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 Colorado

Jeff N. Borchert, Genesis Laboratories, Inc., Wellington, CO

 

Comparative Efficacy of Several Rodenticides in the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog

Thomas Schmit, Liphatech, Inc., Milwaukee, WI

 

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., Wellington, CO

 

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., Wellington, CO

 

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 Opportunity to Remove More Invasive Species

Craig Morley, School of Biological, Chemical and Environmental Science, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji Islands

 

Efficacy of Concussion Blast Equipment for the Elimination of Ground Hogs in the Burrow System

Richard A. Shadel, S & S Wildlife Control Services Inc, Harrisburg, PA

 

Reproductive Potential in Mountain Beavers (Aplodontia rufa rufa) in Western Washington

Wendy M. Arjo, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Olympia WA

 

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, Christopher Newport University, Portsmouth, VA

 

If You Build It, They Will Come: Management Planning for a Suburban Beaver Population in Arizona

Jimmy Taylor, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Olympia, WA

 

 

Wildlife Contraceptives [back to topics]

 

Wildlife Contraception, Individuals, and Populations: How Much Fertility Control is Enough?

Dave Cowan, Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, UK

 

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, Deer Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University

 

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, National Wildlife Research Center, Olympia, WA

 

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

 

 

Other [back to topics]

 

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, Rancho Cordova, CA

 

Evaluating the Benefits of Vertebrate Pest Control in Conservation Settings

David Choquenot, Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand

 

A Distribution of Trap Monitors to the Wildlife Services’ Operational Program

Patrick A. Darrow, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Logan, UT

 

Smarter Pest Control: Tools and Strategies

Charles Eason, Connovation Research, Auckland, New Zealand

 

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, Lincoln, NE

 

Developing Standard Operating Procedures for Wildlife Damage Management Activities in Urban and Suburban Areas in Southern Nevada

Jack W. Sengl, USDA/APHIS, Wildlife Services, Las Vegas, NV

 

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 California

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, Tucson, AZ

 

Wildlife Forensics: Non-Invasive DNA Methods for Monitoring Vertebrate Pests in New Zealand

Dianne M. Gleeson, Ecological Genetics Laboratory, Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand

 

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