Browsing OSU Theses by Author "Talley, Justin"
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Carrion Beetles in Orchards and Ranches in Oklahoma and Investigation of Genes Associated with Antimicrobial Production
Farriester, Jacob William (2018-12-01)Family Silphidae, the carrion beetles, is a highly evolved family of Coleoptera that has members with unique social behaviors and physical abilities that allow them to utilize decaying vertebrate matter for sustenance and ... -
Comparison of various ectoparasite control strategies and viral vaccine regimens in feedlot cattle: Impacts on performance, health, parasite burden, acute phase proteins, and antibody titers
McNeff, Courtney (2021-07)Two experiments were conducted to compare various ectoparasite control strategies and viral vaccine regimens in feedlot cattle to determine the impacts on performance, health, parasite burden, acute phase proteins, and ... -
Detection of Tick-borne Pathogens in Lab Reared Tick Colonies and Wild Populations
Salazar, Jennifer Lisa (2015-07-01)Oklahoma State University has a Tick Rearing Facility that sells ticks worldwide. Ticks carry many pathogens that cause disease in animals. PCR protocols were developed in order to set up routine screening of the tick ... -
Distribution of Container-Breeding Mosquitoes in Urban Areas of Southern Oklahoma
Sanders, Jordan Dane'e (2018-12-01)Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is a significant arbovirus vector worldwide and one that has gained prominence recently in the US as a primary vector for Zika virus. In 2016, A. aegypti was discovered again in ... -
Distribution of Ticks of Medical and Veterinary Importance along the Chisholm Trail and Development of a Molecular Assay to Detect Rickettsia Spp. In Field-collected Ticks in Oklahoma
Martin, Jaclyn Elizabeth (2016-05-01)Cases of tick-borne rickettsial diseases are increasing in the Central United States, augmenting the need for updated distribution maps for primary tick vectors and the development of new surveillance tools to detect ... -
Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) expansion related to West Nile Virus transmission by Culex species in Oklahoma livestock operations
Maichak, Courtney (2021-07)Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) (ERC) is a native invader in the United States Great Plains. While native, it has expanded beyond its range and is rapidly invading pastures throughout the southern Great Plains. ... -
Effects of grazing management and targeted anthelmintic administration on the performance, parasite burden, and hematologic profiles of hair sheep
Faisal Lopez, Jocelyn (2020-12)The objective of this experiment was to determine if extensively managed rotational grazing would impact the performance, fecal egg counts, and hematologic profiles of hair sheep ewes and lambs. Crossbreed hair sheep ewes ... -
Efficacy of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Utilized for Control of Stable Flies (Stomoxys Calcitrans) at Round Bale Feeding Sites
Pierce, Lucas Ryan (Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)The stable fly is one of the most important livestock pests in the United States. The flies inhabit feedlots, high density livestock enclosures, dairies and hay bale feeding sites in cattle pastures. Accumulated organic ... -
Entomopathogenic Nematode (Epn) Prevalence and Diversity in Organic and Conventional Beef and Wheat Production Systems and Across a State Wide Precipitation Gradient in Oklahoma
Risser, Kyle Joseph (Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)Entomopathogenic nematodes in the families Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae are obligate parasites of arthropods, exist naturally in soils worldwide, and have been used to suppress soil-dwelling insect pests. Little ... -
Establishing age-based color changes for the American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Olivier)
McMurry, Robert Shane (2022-12)The American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Olivier) is the largest North American species of carrion beetle (Silphidae). Due to prey loss and 90% reduction in historic range is federally listed as threatened at ... -
Influence of an Urban Heat Island on Mosquito Development and Survey of Biting Midge Species Associated with White-tailed Deer Farms
Ward, Tyler Benjamin (Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)Little is known about the landscape ecology of Aedes albopictus with regards to urban heat islands or the distribution of Culicoides midges on Oklahoma White-tailed deer farms. The hypotheses were that higher temperatures ... -
Influence of Eastern Red Cedar on Tabanidae Populations in Oklahoma
Sherrill, Kylie Kay (2019-05-01)Horse flies (Tabanidae) are commonly associated with pastured beef systems in the southern United States and are one of the most difficult fly pests to control. Tabanids are strong visual predators with a painful bite and ... -
Insects associated with shallow-trench composting of swine carcasses from a simulated African Swine Fever Disease outbreak and potential for virus transmission
Turner, Justin (2021-07)African Swine Fever (ASF) Virus is a double-stranded DNA virus that causes a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease with almost 100% mortality in swine. Soft ticks (Argasidae), swine lice (Haematopinus suis), and stable ... -
Mosquito community interactions in eastern red cedar encroached areas in central and western Oklahoma
Henriquez, Brandon (2023-05)The most important mosquito-borne virus in the United States is West Nile Virus (WNV) with the highest incidence of neuroinvasive disease in the Central Plains region. While much is known regarding the epidemiology of WNV ... -
Phosphine Resistance in Stored-Product Insect Pests : Management and Fitness Cost
Bajracharya, Nisha Shakya (Oklahoma State University, 2013-07-01)Highly phosphine-resistant populations of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) have recently been found in Oklahoma grain storage facilities. ... -
Response of Silphidae to burned carcasses and use for breeding by burying beetles and flies
Rigsby, Sandra Nicole (2022-05)When an animal dies, the resources in its body are used by a range of organisms including bacteria, fungi, invertebrate and vertebrate necrophores. Among these organisms, burying beetles in the Genus Nicrophorus are ... -
Responses of the Gulf Coast Tick to Odorants to Enhance Field Collection and a Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Survey of Ticks with Oklahoma Beef Producers
Pike, Krista Danielle (2016-07-01)The Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, Koch, is an arthropod of emerging medical, veterinary, and economic importance. Dragging, flagging, and CO2 trapping produce low capture rates despite populations existing within ... -
Updated Ecology and Distribution of Tick Species in Oklahoma
Mitcham, Jessica Ryan (2015-12-01)Ticks are known vectors of many zoonotic diseases that affect humans and livestock. The incidence of tick-borne disease continues to increase in humans and companion animals in the U.S. yet distribution maps for several ...