Ramsey Lecture Series, College of Veterinary Medicine

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Date/Time:Thursday, 09 Sep 2010 at 12:00 pm
Location:1226 Veterinary Medicine
Cost:Free
URL:http://vetmed.iastate.edu/news/four-scie...s-lectures
Contact:Tom Ligouri
Phone:515-294-4257
Channel:College of Veterinary Medicine
Categories:Lectures
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"Bluetongue and Orbivirus Emergence In the U.S.," David Stallknecht, department of population health, University of Georgia. A research poster session and lunch begin at 11:15 a.m.

An international leader in viral ecology, Stallknecht will discuss the impacts of diseases on wildlife populations and how these species may act as sentinels for livestock, poultry and human diseases. He is a member of the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study.
Stallknect's work is in the area of epidemiology of viral and vector-borne diseases, specifically bluetongue and the epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses, avian influenza viruses, vesicular stomatitis virus vector and contact transmission, West Nile virus and Ehrlichia chaffeensis.