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03/11/2025

03/05/2025

1. Brown JE, Chuard P, Machtinger ET.Permission to bite: white-footed mice show no increased grooming response to tick infestation. J Zool. doi: 10.1111/jzo.70010.


2. Bird E, Pickens V, Olds C, Silver K, Nayduch D. BALROG-ISO: a high-throughput pipeline for Bacterial AntimicrobiaL Resistance annOtation of Genomes-ISOlate whole genome. MicroPubl Biol. 2025 Nov 5;2025:10.17912/micropub.biology.001719. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001719. PMID: 41268369; PMCID: PMC12628073


3. Butler RA, Muller L, Poh KC, Aguilar M, Hokkanen-Harmon KS, Chandler JG, Grove D, Trout Fryxell RT. In review. Retrospective discovery of Theileria orientalis Ikeda in Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann ticks on a cow-calf farm. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 1770304.


4. Butler RA, Chandler J, Paulsen DJ, Trout Fryxell RT. In review. Statewide passive surveillance confirms novel Theileria orientalis Ikeda and increased Anaplasmataceae bacteria in ticks collected from companion animals and livestock in Tennessee (USA). Journal of Medical Entomology. JME-2025-0365.


5. D'Arco S, Maistrello L, Hubbard CB, Murillo AC, Gerry AC. Use of the Proboscis Extension Response Assay to Evaluate the Mechanism of House Fly Behavioral Resistance to Imidacloprid. Insects. 2024 Mar 1;15(3):168. doi: 10.3390/insects15030168. PMID: 38535364; PMCID: PMC10971017.


6. ElAshmawy WR, Ferreira FC, Williams DR, Gerry AC, Aly SS. Daily Milk Losses Associated with Dairy Cow Bunching, Cattle's Protective Behavior Against Stable Flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) in California. Vet Sci. 2025 Oct 26;12(11):1035. doi: 10.3390/vetsci12111035. PMID: 41295673; PMCID: PMC12656969.


7. Foy PD, Loetzerich SR, Boxler D, Burgess IV ER, Trout Fryxell RT, Gerry AC, Hinkle NC, Machtinger ET, Olds C, Tarone AM, Watson W, Scott JG, Meisel RP. Frequencies of house fly proto-Y chromosomes across populations are predicted by temperature heterogeneity within populations. J Hered. 2025 Jun 2; 116(3):208-215. Doi: 10.1093/jhered/esae056. PMID 39403852; PMCID https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esae056 *Editor’s Choice


8. Gerry AC, Mullens BA, Zahn L, Jirjis F, Murillo AC, Hubbard CB, Wang Z. Efficacy of fluralaner solution administered to egg layer chickens through drinking water for control of northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum). Parasit Vectors. 2026 Jan 21. doi: 10.1186/s13071-025-07240-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41559731.


9. Griese H, Nayduch D, Silver K, Marshall J, Olds C. Impacts of agricultural antibiotic exposure on the development and gene expression of Musca domestica [dissertation]. 2025.


10. Grimenstein AE, Doyle MA,  King BH, Geden CJ. Longevity, Feeding Behavior, and Egg Production of Adult House Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) Provided with Potential Foods on Dairy Farms. J Insect Sci 2025 May 2025; 25(3): 1 org/10.1093/jisesa/ieaf045


11. Hogsette JA, Kline DL, Bowman A. 2025. Alternative sources of carbon dioxide for attracting stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans(L.), to traps. J. Fla. Mosq. Ctrl. Assn. 2025 Aug 14; 73(1);


12. Hubbard CB, Gerry AC, Murillo AC. Evaluation of the stability of physiological and behavioral resistance to imidacloprid in the house fly (Musca domestica L.) (Diptera: Muscidae). Pest Manag Sci. 2024 Mar;80(3):1361-1366. doi: 10.1002/ps.7866. Epub 2023 Nov 20. PMID: 37915306.


13. Lu S, Miller N, Wilson A, Geden CJ, Stoffolano JG, Ribiero J. A Deep Insight into the Sialome of the Housefly, Musca domestica, Infected with the Salivary Gland Hypertrophy Virus (MdSGHV). Sci Rep 2025 15: 8047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92569-6


14. Mazzatosta A, Cleveland CA, Yabsley MJ, Hayes E, Tiffin HS, Machtinger ET, Johnson JB, Ternent M, Carollo E, Brown JD.Prevalence of Dirofilariamicrofilaria in American black bears (Ursus americanus) in Pennsylvania, 2018–2020. J Parasitol. doi: 10.1645/24-51.


15. MüllerGC, Hogsette JA, Junnila A, Traore MM, Revay EE, Prozorov AM, Israël DK, Yakovlev RV, Saldaitis A, Arheart KL, Penner RL, Kline DL, Beier JC, Cui L, Xue RD, Schlein Y. Toxic Contact Targets (TCTs) for management of sand flies and reduction of Leishmania infection rates in residual populations. J Fla Mosq Cntrl Assn. 2025 June 30;72(1):56-65. doi:10.32473/jfmca.72.1.139358


16. Murillo AC, Abdoli A, Blatchford RA, Keogh EJ, Gerry AC. Low levels of chicken body louse (Menacanthus stramineus) infestations affect chicken welfare in a cage-free housing system. Parasit Vectors. 2024 May 14;17(1):221. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06313-6. PMID: 38745229; PMCID: PMC11092089.


17. Narvaez ZE, Egizi AM, Yabsley MJ, Thompson AT, Moustafa M, Alt E, Bickerton M, Bjorgo K, Butler RA, Cumbie A, Eastwood G, Falco RC, Fonseca DM, Hang J, Harper VL, Lewis N, Lovy J, Maestas LP, Mather TN, Nakao R, Occi JL, Rainey T, Sal M, Stoops CA, Trout-Fryxell RT, Watson W, Wagner NE, Zheng A, Saelao P, Price DC. Multiple Introductions of the Asian Longhorned Tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) to the United States Revealed Using Mitogenomics. Ecol Evol. 2025 Apr 24;15(4):e71312. doi: 10.1002/ece3.71312. PMID: 40276246; PMCID: PMC12018891.


18. Nayduch D, Scroggs SLP, Shults P, Brendel LA, Reister-Hendricks LM, Taylor C, Bird E, Lopez B, Marshall ES. Detection of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus RNA in filth flies collected from California farms in 2024. Sci Rep. 2025 Nov 28;16(1):375. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-29856-9. PMID: 41315678; PMCID: PMC12770564.


19. Neupane S, Davis T, Olds C, Nayduch D, McGregor BL. Unraveling the relationships between midge abundance and incidence, microbial communities, and soil and water properties in a protected natural tallgrass prairie. Parasit Vectors. 2025 Apr 19;18(1):146. doi: 10.1186/s13071-025-06780-5. PMID: 40253342; PMCID: PMC12009528.


20. Roberts C, Brown J, Esoldo M, Green K, Chambers GZ, Marconi RT, Andrews B, Thangamani S, Durden L, Machtinger ET. Ectoparasite burden and tick-borne pathogen prevalence in eastern gray squirrels: a suburban risk factor for tick-borne disease? J Med Entomol. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaf125.


21. Smith KV, Chandler JG, Butler RA, Smartt W, Beaty S, Trout Fryxell RT. Detection and response to Haemaphysalis longicornis and Theileria orientalis Ikeda on a cow-calf farm in Tennessee (USA). Med Vet Entomol. 2025 Dec 15. doi: 10.1111/mve.70043. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41397043.


22. Swanson DA, Snyder D, Bingham GV, Cohnstaedt LW. Efficacy of treated nets to impede Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). J Vector Ecol. 2025 Dec;50(2):111-119. doi: 10.52707/1081-1710-50.2-111. PMID: 41420813.


23. Pickens V, Hall B, Yeater K, Purvis T, Bird E, Brooke G, Olds C, Nayduch D. Bacterial abundance and antimicrobial resistance prevalence carried by adult house flies (Diptera: Muscidae) at Kansas dairy and beef cattle operations. J Med Entomol. 2025 Jul 17;62(4):984-994. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaf052. PMID: 40261132.


24. Tiffin HS, Brown JD, Kelly K, Van Why KR, Ternent M, Camire AC, Schulerf EJA, Marconi RT, Machtinger ET.
    Infestation by Sarcoptes scabieicauses distinct differences in sarcoptic mange disease syndromes among sympatric carnivoran species in Pennsylvania, USA. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101070.


25. Tsecouras JC, Hung KY, Henke JA, Gerry AC. EFFECT OF SEX AND AGE ON SURVIVAL OF ADULT CULEX TARSALIS FROM A SUSCEPTIBLE LABORATORY STRAIN EXPOSED TO PERMETHRIN IN THE CDC BOTTLE BIOASSAY. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2024 Dec 1;40(4):169-173. doi: 10.2987/24-7167. PMID: 39552080.


26. Zhang X, Li J, Gerry AC. Seasonal change and influence of environmental variables on host-seeking activity of the biting midge Culicoides sonorensis at a southern California dairy, USA. Parasit Vectors. 2024 May 10;17(1):212. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06290-w. PMID: 38730488; PMCID: PMC11083819.

Extension Factsheets

1. Smith KV, Trout Fryxell RT. Species Highlight: New World Screwworm. University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture; Extension Publication W1338. 2025. https://utia.tennessee.edu/publications/wp-content/uploads/sites/269/2025/08/W1338.pdf

 

Popular Press

1. Boxler, D. (2025, April). Rangeland grasshoppers in 2025. Beef Watch. University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. https://beef.unl.edu/rangeland-grasshoppers-2025/ [242 page views]


2. Boxler, D. (2025, May). Horn flies and grazing cattle. Beef Watch. University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. https://beef.unl.edu/horn-flies-and-grazing-cattle/ [551 page views]


3. Boxler, D. (2025, June). Stable flies on pastured cattle. Beef Watch. University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. https://beef.unl.edu/stable-flies-pastured-cattle/ [316 page views]


4. Boxler, D. (2025, September). Asian longhorned ticks spreading west toward Nebraska. Beef Watch. University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. https://beef.unl.edu/asian-longhorned-ticks-spreading-west-towards-nebraska/ [266 page views]


5. Boxler, D. (2025, December). Preparing cattle for lice. Beef Watch. University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. https://beef.unl.edu/prepare-cattle-lice/ [196 page views]


6. Total Entomology Reach (Beef Watch, 2025): 1,571 page views


7. Smith KV, Trout Fryxell RT. Protecting Tennessee Cattle: New Training Project to Combat Tick-Borne Diseases. Tennessee Cattle Business, Vol. 40. No. 2. February 2025.


8. Smith KV, Trout Fryxell RT. House Flies on Cattle Farms: A Hidden Threat to Herd Health. Tennessee Cattle Business, Vol. 40. No. 4. April 2025.


9. Smith KV, Trout Fryxell RT. Updates from the University of Tennessee Medical and Veterinary Entomology Lab: New World Screwworm and REEVES Expo. Tennessee Cattle Business, Vol. 40. No. 6. June 2025.


10. Smith KV, Trout Fryxell RT. Highlights from the 2025 Livestock Insect Workers Conference. Tennessee Cattle Business, Vol. 40. No. 9. September 2025.


11. Smith KV, Trout Fryxell RT. National Longhorned Tick Website to be Launched Under the University of Tennessee’s Leadership. Tennessee Cattle Business, Vol. 40. No. 11. November 2025.

 

Conference Presentations

1. Smith KV, Chavez Renteria JG, Ragland C, Craft L, Chandler J, Trout Fryxell RT. A S.M.A.R.T. approach to fly and tick surveillance in beef cattle production systems.” Student Presentation. Entomological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. Nov. 9-12, 2025.


2. Smith KV, Gan H, Nasiri A, Trout Fryxell RT. “Developing a S.M.A.R.T. surveillance platform for fly and tick detection on beef cattle.” Invited Poster at Bayer Crop Science FFAR Fellows Residential Session, St. Louis, MO. Oct. 26-29, 2025.


3. Smith KV, Gan H, Nasiri A, DeLong KL, Trout Fryxell RT. “A S.M.A.R.T. approach to fly and tick surveillance in beef cattle production systems.” Student Presentation. Livestock Insect Workers Conference Annual Meeting. Cody, WY. July 6-9, 2025.

4. Trout Fryxell RT, Smith KV, Saufley JO, Chavez Renteria JG, Fajardo AD, Frost SR, Piper SI, Ratliff CC, Stacy SE, Stroup PL, Hinkle N, Olds C, Swiger SL.July 2025. Developing a collaborative tick surveillance and management network: Insights from eight veterinary entomology scholars on emerging tick-borne threats to U.S. cattle (year 1). Submitted 30-minute presentation at the Livestock Insects Workers Conference, Cody, WY. July 6-9, 2025.


5. Smith KV, Trout Fryxell RT. Team Science in Action. July 2025. 10-minute online presentation in the 2025 REEVES REEU Expo. July 23, 2025.


6. Smith KV, Saufley JO, Chavez Renteria JG, Fajardo AD, Frost SR, Piper SI, Ratliff CC, Stacy SE, Hinkle N, Olds C, Swiger SL. November 2025. Learning from the past, while working in the present, to train the next generation of future veterinary entomologists. Invited Poster at the Entomological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. Nov. 9-12, 2025.


7. Smith KV, Chavez Renteria JG, Ragland C, Craft L, Chandler J, Trout Fryxell RT. A S.M.A.R.T. approach to fly and tick surveillance in beef cattle production systems. Student Presentation. Entomological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. Nov. 9-12, 2025.


8. Hogsette JA, Kline DL, Norris EJ. The search continues for effective stable fly and mosquito repellents. Ent Soc Am Ann Meet, Phoenix, AZ. 2024 Nov 10.


9. Hogsette JA, Kline DL, Norris EJ. Evaluation of chemicals with prospective attractant and repellent properties against stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans(L.). 20th Arbovirus Surveill Mosq Cntrl Wkshp, St. Augustine, FL. 2025 March 25. 


10. Bingham GV, Johnston N, Zhu J, Wang HJ, Hetherington M, Morrison WR III, Brewer G, Boxler D. Alternatives to conventional insecticides for control of biting and nuisance flies on pasture cattle. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting; Nov 2025; Portland, OR


11. Hogsette JA. 2025. Vector Control for Veterinary Facilities. Vector Management and Disease Risks for Veterinarians Training Meeting. Anastasia Mosq Cntrl Dist St. Johns Cty, St. Augustine, Fla. 2025 April 23. 


12. Hetherington M, Johnston N, Morrison WR III, Brewer G, Bingham GV. Alternatives to conventional insecticides for control of biting and nuisance flies on pasture cattle. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting; Nov 2025; Portland, OR.