Posts Tagged: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinarians Registering Now for UC Davis-OSU Honey Bee Health Course
If you're a veterinarian or a veterinary technician in California or Oregon, then you'll want to...
Inside a hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Researchers Zero in on Sugar Water in Hummingbird Feeders
(Proceedings of the Royal Society B) DAVIS--If you're like many Americans, you've set up a...
Calypte anna (Anna's hummingbird) nectaring blossoms. (Photo by Scott Logan, Wild Wings Ecology)
Calypte anna (Anna’s hummingbird) sipping sugar water from feeder. (Photo by Scott Logan, Wild Wings Ecology)
Experimental feeders at a field site in Winters, Calif. The researchers assigned hummingbird feeders to one of three treatments: (1) access by both hummingbirds and insects (open feeders), (2) restricted access by birds but access by insects allowed (caged feeders, 1.5 cm square mesh), or (3) restricted access by both birds and insects (feeders bagged using gallon paint strainer bags), with two replicates of each treatment set up at each site. (Photo by Casie Lee)
'Beekeeping and Management' Part of UC Davis Veterinary Medicine's Winter Conference
Mark your calendar! "Beekeeping and Management" will be part of the two-day UC Davis School of...
A honey bee colony at work. Extension apiculturist Elina Niño will discuss three topics dealing with "Beekeeping and Management" at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's 2019 winter conference. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño opening a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Zeroing in on the Zika Virus
If you're interested in Zika virus research, you'll want to attend Lark Coffey's seminar on...
This mosquito, Aedes aegypti (infected mosqutoes can transmit such diseases as dengue and the Zika virus) will be the focus of Lark Coffey's seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7 in 122 Briggs Hall, UC Davis. (Photo by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control)
Mosquito Researchers Maribel Portilla and Olivia Winokur Benefit From Bill Hazeltine Research Awards
Meet mosquito researchers Olivia Winokur and Maribel “Mimi” Portilla. Both are seeking...
Brothers Craig and Lee Hazeltine recently hosted research award recipients Olivia Winokur and Maribel Portilla at a luncheon. UC Davis medical entomologist Geoffrey Attardo, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, joined them. From left are Geoffrey Attardo, Olivia Winokur, Craig Hazeltine, Lee Hazeltine and Maribel Portilla. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis doctoral student and mosquito researcher Olivia Winokur checks on mosquitoes in the walk-in chamber in the insectary, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. This chamber is set to 26 Celsius and 80 percent humidity to mimic tropical conditions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a scanning electron micrograph of an Aedes sierrensis egg showing the surface morphology of this California native Aedes species. (Image by Olivia Winokur)