W 1870 W P A D yl M ougl i i l l e m m CO Ce i Q i a ngt ngt s u P n a B t S o o k e . th n, n e r e W c r The 60 Bo C / O W T ood ol H x r ANNUAL MIDWESTERN CONFERENCE a e l e y 1 s 4 m g 263 5177 OF PARASITOLOGISTS e a ns e e Program and Information Norman D. Levine 1912 ­ 1999 The University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign June 5­7, 2008 Papers and Posters by Students and Faculty Th Co e v Un e r Il iv lu Symposium – Parasitic Protists e stra rsity ti of Ill o n Banquet Address – P.C. (Post Cable) : in Parasitology at Purdue. o is MAPS AMCOP 60, June 5­7, 2008 The University of Illinois at Urbana ­ Champaign. Contents AMCOP­60 Officers ………………………….……..….. 1 Acknowledgements ………………………... 2 Schedule in Brief ... …………………..……. 3 Detailed Schedule……………………..…….4 Abstracts ………………………….……….. 10 AMCOP­59 Meeting Summary ……….……………….. 30 Resolutions ………………………………... 31 Financial Report ……………………………34 ORGANIZATION INFORMATION ………….. 35 SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS ……….38 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ……………… 43 EMAIL AND PHONE DIRECTORY ……………. 45 AMCOP 60 REGISTRATION INFORMATION….48 DUES NOTICE ……………………...………….… 49 MAPS ………………………………………………50 Officers for 2008 Presiding Officer ………………Dr. Robert Sorensen Minnesota State University – Mankato Program Officer ……………… Dr. Milton McAllister University of Illinois at Urbana ­ Champaign Secretary/ Treasurer ……………Dr. Douglas Woodmansee Wilmington College Directions to Jupiter’s at the Crossing, 2511 Village Green Pl., Champaign. 52 1 MAPS Acknowledgements THE DR. NORMAN D. LEVINE AND DR. JORGE AND MARY ANNE GUERRERO LECTURE SERIES IN VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY. For providing an invited public lecture and an afternoon reception. ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH A Division of Eli Lilly and Company For support of the Herrick Award. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PARASITOLOGISTS For support of speakers’ travel expenses. THE MEMBERSHIP OF AMCOP For support of the LaRue, Cable, and Honorable Mention Awards and other expenses. A: Sherman Hall, 909 S. 5 th St., Champaign. THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF B: Basic Sciences Building, 2001 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana. VETERINARY MEDICINE For providing electronic registration and management services C: Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano, 2235 S. Neil St, to the conference. Champaign. 2 51 MAPS Schedule In Brief THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008 After 2:00 pm Arrival and Check­in. 6:00 ­9:00 pm Opening Mixer. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008 8:00am Continental Breakfast & Silent Auction Setup. 8:30 Opening Remarks and Welcome • Dr. Milton McAllister, Program Officer • Dr. Herbert Whiteley, Dean, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine 8:45 Platform Presentations 10:15 Break & Silent Auction Bidding 10:30 Platform Presentations 12:00 Lunch 1:15 Platform Presentations 2:00 Break & Silent Auction Bidding 2:30 The AMCOP Symposium: Parasitic Protists • Invited Speaker: Dr. Laura J Knoll • Invited Speaker: Dr. Alexa C. Rosypal* 4:45 Poster Session & Reception* 7:30 Banquet. • Invited Speaker: Dr. Dennis Minchella. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2008 8:00am Continental Breakfast 8:30 Committee Time 9:00 Silent Auction Bidding Closes 9:00 Business Meeting • Dr. Robert Sorensen, Presiding * Sponsored by the Dr. Norman D. Levine and Dr. Jorge and Mary Anne Guerrero Lecture Series in Veterinary Parasitology. 50 3 Detailed Schedule 2008 AMCOP DUES THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008 Name After 2:00 pm Arrival and Check­in at Sherman Hall, 909 S. 5 th St., Champaign. Address 6:00 ­9:00 pm Opening Mixer at Jupiter’s at the Crossing, 2511 Village Green Pl., Champaign. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008 Veterinary Medicine Basic Science Building, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, 2001 S. Lincoln Ave., Phone # Urbana. Email 8:00am Continental Breakfast & Silent Auction Setup. DUES 8:30 Opening Remarks and Welcome Faculty & Emeriti ($10), Student ($5): $ • Dr. Milton McAllister, Program Officer • Dr. Herbert Whiteley, Dean, University of Illinois College CONTRIBUTION to student awards: of Veterinary Medicine $ 8:45 1. Risk Factors for Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Wisconsin TOTAL $ dairy calves. Matt Brewer (UG), Nathan Butler (UG), Julie Anderson, and Darwin Wittrock. Department of Biology, ************************************************ University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54701. Please make checks payable to AMCOP. ************************************************ 9:00 2. Population dynamics of Crepidostomum cornutum in its crayfish second intermediate host. Kyle Luth (UG), and Eric Send this form and your check via US Mail to: Wetzel, Dept. of Biology, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933. Dr. Douglas Woodmansee AMCOP Secretary/Treasurer 9:15 3. Characterization of the Sarcocystis neurona merozoite Pyle Center Box 1263 1 surface antigen SnSAG5. Carolyn A. Crowdus (UG) , Wilmington College 2 1 1 Antoinette Marsh and Daniel K. Howe . Department of 1870 Quaker Way Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Wilmington, OH 45177 40546­0099 and 2D epartment of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210­1092. 9:30 4. Analysis of genetic variation between strains of Isospora sp This form also available at from two isolated populations of Dendrocincla mercula http://plato.wilmington.edu/faculty/dwoodman/amcop.htm 4 49 Announcement of AMCOP 60 (Passeriformes) native to South America. Frederik Rebling (UG),1 Thomas McQuistion,1 and Samuel Galewsky. 1 ANNUAL MIDWESTERN CONFERENCE OF PARASITOLOGISTS 1D epartment of Biology, Millikin University, Decatur, IL 62522. JUNE 5­7, 2008 at 9:45 5. Endoparasites in bobcats (Felis rufus) from southern Ohio. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA­CHAMPAIGN, IL Rachel E. Shanks, (UG) 1, Suzie Prange2 , and Ramon A. Carreno 1, 1D epartment of Zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH 43015, USA. 2O hio Division of Registration for AMCOP 60 is electronic. Please see Wildlife, Waterloo Wildlife Research Station, Athens, Ohio http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/amcop/index.html for details. 45701. 10:00 6. Babesia spp., a causative agent for an emerging tick­borne disease, was amplified from tick DNA to determine prevalence in sample area along with co­infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. Hannah Wilder (UG), Kimberly Bates and David Essar. Department of Biological Sciences, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987. 10:15 Break & Silent Auction Bidding. 10:30 7. Parasites of the northern river otter, Lontra canadensis, in Ohio with comments on the systematics of Baschkirovitrema incrassatum (Diesing, 1850) Skrjabin, 1944. Sam Valerius (UG) and Ramon A. Carreno, Department of Zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio 43015. 10:45 8. Identification of genes involved in mosquito infectivity for Brugia pahangi. Kathryn Griffiths (GS) 1, Sara Erickson 2, Jeremy Fuchs 2, Bruce Christensen 2 and Shelly Michalski 1. 1B iology and Microbiology Department, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901 and 2D epartment of Pathobiology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706. 11:00 9. Amblyomma & Borrelia: Combining field surveys and molecular diagnostics in the study of Borrelia lonestari in Illinois. Brandon Jutras (GS), 1 Jeffrey Laursen,1 Zhiwei Liu. 1 1D epartment of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920. 11:15 10. Describing the spatial distribution of parasites on Peromyscus species in southern Michigan. Erica L. Mize (GS) 1, Brian A. Maurer 1, Jean I. Tsao 1,2, and Barbara L. 48 5 3,4 1 Lundrigan. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Shanks Rachel 740­368­3893 [email protected] Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, Shea John 733­508­2035 [email protected] 2D epartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan 3 Snyder Daniel 317­277­4439 [email protected] State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, Department of [email protected] Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Snyder Scott u 4 and Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI Sorensen Robert 507­389­1280 [email protected] 48824. Sterner Skip 608­270­2449 [email protected] Stillson Lindsay 574­284­4669 [email protected] 11:30 11. Comparing patterns of schistosome genetic diversity and Suskovic Sarah 507­625­8616 [email protected] population structuring in two Brazilian villages. Elizabeth A. Thiele (GS)1 , Robert E. Sorensen 2, Andrea Gazzinelli3 , Thiele Elizabeth 765­494­9130 [email protected] Dennis J. Minchella 1. 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Tkach Vasyl 701­777­4675 [email protected] Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA, 2 Twining Lin 660­785­4634 [email protected] Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State Valerius Sam 740­368­3893 [email protected] University Mankato, Mankato, MN 56001, USA, 3 Escola de [email protected] Vaughan Jefferson 701­777­2199 ak.edu Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Vitta Apichat 608­263­6003 [email protected] Vodkin Michael 217­244­7362 m­[email protected] 11:45 12. Distribution of the snails associated with waterbird Weil Gary 314­454­7782 [email protected] mortality in Lake Onalaska, Wisconsin. Emily M. Koppel Wetzel Eric 765­361­6074 [email protected] (GS), and Robert E. Sorensen, Department of Biological Wijayathilake Shalini 217­244­2872 [email protected] Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Mankato, MN Wilder Hannah 507­457­5458 [email protected] 56001. Williams David 309­438­2608 [email protected] Winters Krista 309­734­0811 [email protected] 12:00 Lunch Wittrock Darwin 715­836­4166 [email protected] doug_woodmansee@wilming 1:15 13. Phylogenetic analyses of globally distributed echinostome Woodmansee Douglas 937­382­6661 ton.edu parasites and comparative population genetics of North Yeargan Michelle 859­257­4757 [email protected] American species. Jillian Detwiler (GS), 1 David H. [email protected] Bos, 1. Dennis J. Minchella. 1 1D epartment of Biological Yoshino Tim 608­263­6002 du Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Zink Rebecca 920­379­5021 [email protected] 1:30 14. An unusually severe infection of Collyriclum fara in an American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos. Mauritz C. Sterner, David E.