This summer the Verocai Lab traveled to Atlanta, GA for the 69th Annual American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists Meeting. Verocai Lab brought a variety of diverse parasitology work to share and all attending lab members gave outstanding oral presentations this year! We are very proud of our whole team and we had an amazing time reconnecting with our colleagues in the field! Take a look below to see all the original research (and fun!) the Verocai Lab was involved in.
Oral Presentation:
Ian Daniel (PhD Student): High prevalence of vector-borne pathogens identified among dogs in Chad, determined using a targeted next generation sequencing approach
Cora Garcia (Veterinary Student): Assessing the prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giradia in captive and wild-caught snakes from Texas
Hassan Hakimi (Post-Doctoral): Assessing the reactivity of TRX and DUF148 antigens for detection of Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) infection in dogs
Kaylee Kipp (PhD Student): The wild side of bison nemabiome: species diversity and composition in US conservation herds
Maureen Kelly (PhD Student): Prevalence of zoonotic Onchocerca lupi in shelter dogs of an endemic region of the southwestern United States
Matthew Kulpa (PhD Student): Waiting in the wings: How recent arthropod sampling alters our understanding of vector-parasite assemblages of the northern Nearctic
Alex Mendoza (Veterinary Student): Molecular phylogenetic relationships Ornithodoros turicata collected throughout Texas
Tiana Sanders (PhD Student): SpiroDiversity: Molecular characterization of Spirometra isolates across the United States of America
Awards:
Young Investigator Travel Award – Ian Daniel, Cora Garcia, Kaylee Kipp, Maureen Kelly, Matthew Kulpa, Alex Mendoza, and Tiana Sanders
