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Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Member Symposium

All Things Gross: 'Nasty' Women Daring to Advance and Transform Entomology On-Demand Presentations

Embracing the "nasty" parasites of wildlife to improve animal welfare and human health

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Wildlife and human health are connected to the environment. With this in mind, exception female scientists are leading the way to learn about how ectoparasites in the Northeast interact with their wildlife hosts. In this presentation, three female scientists will be highlighted along with their work on Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged ticks) and their relationship with Eastern grey squirrels, how Sarcoptes scabiei mites cause mange in American black bears and how bears recover from infestation, and how ticks and deer keds (Lipoptena cervi) interact on the landscape of a white-tailed deer host. Their journey and the challenges and discoveries made will be showcased demonstrating how 'nasty' women can make big changes in parasitology.