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Phillip  Shults
                        Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research

                        




                        
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                            ProjectsBiology and Management of Dipteran Pests of Livestock and Other Animals
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 436363Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in North America
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                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 441383Ecology of Hemorrhagic Orbiviruses in North America
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                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 441386**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Assessing the feasibility, safety, and nutritional quality of using wild-caught pest flies in animal feed

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Immigration and seasonal bottlenecks: High inbreeding despite high genetic diversity in an oscillating population of Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Shults, P.T., Cohnstaedt, L.W., Zhang, X., Gerry, A., Eyer, P., Vargo, E. 2023. Immigration and seasonal bottlenecks: High inbreeding despite high genetic diversity in an oscillating population of Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad068.Comparative genetic study of the colony structure and colony spatial distribution between the higher termite Amitermes parvulus and the lower, subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes in an urban environment
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Shults, P.T., Eyer, P., Moran, M., Richardson, S., Liu, K., Blumenfeld, A., Davis, R., Vargo, E. 2023. Comparative genetic study of the colony structure and colony spatial distribution between the higher termite Amitermes parvulus and the lower, subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes in an urban environment. Insectes Sociaux. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-023-00919-2.Are you still using 6-volt batteries for your insect traps?
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ewing, R.D., Brokesh, B., Shults, P.T., Cohnstaedt, L.W. 2023. Are you still using 6-volt batteries for your insect traps? American Mosquito Control Association. 39(1):61-64. https://doi.org/10.2987/22-7061.A review of the vector status of North American Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for bluetongue virus, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, and other arboviruses of concern
                                                        

- (Review Article)McGregor, B.L., Shults, P.T., McDermott, E.G. 2022. A review of the vector status of North American Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for bluetongue virus, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, and other arboviruses of concern. Current Tropical Medicine Reports. eVol 9:130–139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-022-00263-8.


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