Our 2025 Cohort Group
Our first cohort group at the Livestock Insects Workers Conference in Cody, WY
Our YouTube Channel: REEVES 2025 – YouTube
2025 Cohort Scholars:
Jason Chavez Renteria
New Mexico State University
Animal Science
Project: Surveillance of tick species for Anaplasma marginale in Tennessee ticks
Sponsor:
University of Tennessee
Andy Fajardo
University of Kentucky
Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology
Project: Prevalence of Theileria orientalis in outbreak herds in Kansas
Sponsor:
Kansas State University
Sydnie Frost
Purdue University
Animal Sciences
Project: Bioware in the water: Bti against aedes mosquitoes
Sponsor:
University of Georgia
Samuel Piper
Purdue University
Animal Sciences
Project: Cattle in peripheral feedlot pens show increased signs of fly worry
Sponsor:
Kansas State University
Caycen Ratliff
Mississippi State University
Animal & Dairy Sciences
Project: Texas producer perception and knowledge of tick-born diseases
Sponsor:
Texas A&M University – Stephenville
Jared Saufley
Oklahoma State University
Entomology
Project: Supplementing producer knowledge on tick-borne diseases via tick surveys in beef pastures and wildlife areas of Texas
Sponsor:
Texas A&M University – Stephenville
Sarah Stacy
Lincoln Memorial University
Veterinary Health Sciences
Project: Beetles in the broiler house
Sponsor:
University of Georgia
Watch each Scholar’s 1-minute video to see what each did during the program!
(NOTE: These videos contain no audio.)
