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[Additional references may be found at: MELVYL Library] Mullens, B. A.,
E. O. Paine and R. K. Velten. 1995. Temperature effects on survival and development
of Heleidomermis magnapapula (Nematoda: Mermithidae) in the
laboratory. J. Nematol. 27: 29-35. Six, D. L. and
B. A. Mullens. 1996. Seasonal prevalence of Entomophthora muscae and
attempted introduction of Entomophthora schizophorae (Zygomycotina:
Entomophthorales) into Musca
domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) populations on California dairies.
Biological Control 6: 315-323.76. Six, D. L. and
B. A. Mullens. 1996. Distance of conidial discharge of Entomophthora
muscae and E. schizophorae (Zygomycotina: Entomophthorales). J. Invert.
Pathol. 67: 253-258. Mullens, B. A.
and K. A. Luhring. 1996. Salinity and pollution effects on survival and
infectivity of Heleidomermis magnapapula (Stichosomida: Mermithidae) for Culicoides
variipennis sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Environ.Entomol. 25:
1202-1208. Mullens, B. A.,
N. C. Hinkle and C. E. Szijj. 1996. Impact of alternating manure removal
schedules on pest flies (Diptera: Muscidae) and associated predators
(Coleoptera: Histeridae, Staphylinidae; Acarina: Macrochelidae) in
caged-layer poultry manure in southern California. J. Econ. Entomol. 89:
1406-1417. Mullens, B. A.,
K. A. Luhring and M. S. Breidenbaugh. 1997. Experimental host range studies
with Heleidomermis magnapapula (Mermithidae), a parasite of Culicoides
variipennis (Ceratopogonidae). J.
Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc. 13: 398-401. Luhring, K. A.
and B. A. Mullens. 1997. Improved rearing methods for Heleidomermis
magnapapula (Nematoda: Mermithidae), a larval parasite of Culicoides
variipennis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Med. Entomol. 34: 704-709. Mullens, B. A.
and K. A. Luhring. 1998. Age-dependent parasitism of Culicoides variipennis
sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) be Heleidomermis magnapapula (Nematoda:
Mermithidae) and considerations for assessing parasite impact. Biol. Cont.
11: 49-57. Mullens, B. A.,
R. K. Velten and B. A. Federici. 1999. Iridescent virus infection in Culicoides
variipennis sonorensis and interactions with the mermithid parasite Heleidomermis
magnapapula. J. Invert. Pathol. 73: 231-233. Mullens, B A;
Hinkle, N C; Szijj, C E. 1996. Role of the poultry manure pad in manure
drying and its potential relationship to filth fly control. J. of Agricultural Entomol., v.13, n.4,
(1996): 331-337. Mullens, B A;
Hinkle, N C; Szijj, C E. 1996. Impact of alternating manure removal
schedules on pest flies (Diptera: Muscidae) and associated predators
(Coleoptera: Histeridae, Staphylinidae: Acarina: Macrochelidae) in
caged-layer poultry manure in... J.
of Econ. Entomol., v.89, n.6, (1996): 1406-1417. Paine, E. O. and
B. A. Mullens. 1994. Distribution, seasonal occurrence, and patterns of
parasitism of Heleidomermis magnapapula (Nematoda:
Mermithidae), a parasite of Culicoides variipennis (Diptera:
Ceratopogonidae) in California. Environ. Entomol. 23: 154-160. Mullens, B. A.
and R. K. Velten. 1994. Rearing Culicoides variipennis
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on agar and nematodes. J. Med. Entomol. 31:
175-177. Mullens, B. A.
and R. K. Velten. 1994. Laboratory culture and life history of Heleidomermis
magnapapula in its host, Culicoides variipennis
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Nematol. 26: 1-10. Holbrook, F. R.
and B. A. Mullens. 1994. Effects of ivermectin on survival, fecundity, and
egg fertility in Culicoides variipennis (Diptera:
Ceratopogonidae). J. Amer.
Mosq. Cont. Assoc. 10: 70-73. Mullens, B. A.,
W. J. Tabachnick, F. R. Holbrook and L. H. Thompson. 1995. Temperature
effects on virogenesis of bluetongue serotype 11 in Culicoides variipennis
sonorensis. Med. Vet. Entomol. 9: 71-76. Mullens, B. A.,
E. O. Paine and R. K. Velten. 1995. Temperature effects on survival and
development of Heleidomermis magnapapula (Nematoda:
Mermithidae) in the laboratory. . Nematol. 27: 29-35. Mullens, B. A.
1995. Flight activity and response to carbon dioxide of Culicoides variipennis
sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southern California. J. Med.
Entomol. 32: 310-315. Mullens, B. A., N.
Peterson, C. E. Dada and R. K. Velten. 1995. Octenol fails to lure stable
flies to insecticide. Calif. Agric. 49: 16-18. Mullens, B. A.
and M. J. Lehane. 1995. Fluorescence as a tool for age determination in Culicoides
variipennis sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Med.
Entomol. 32: 569- 571 Six, D. L. and
B. A. Mullens. 1996. Seasonal prevalence of Entomophthora muscae
and attempted introduction of Entomophthora schizophorae
(Zygomycotina: Entomophthorales) into Musca domestica (Diptera:
Muscidae) populations on California dairies. Biological Control 6:
315-323.76. Six, D. L. and
B. A. Mullens. 1996. Distance of conidial discharge of Entomophthora muscae
and E. schizophorae (Zygomycotina: Entomophthorales). J.
Invert. Pathol. 67: 253-258. Mullens, B. A.,
N. C. Hinkle and C. E. Szijj. 1996. The role of the poultry manure pad in
manure drying and its potential relationship to filth fly control. J. Agric.
Entomol. 13: 331-337. Mullens, B. A.
and K. A. Luhring. 1996. Salinity and pollution effects on survival and
infectivity of Heleidomermis magnapapula (Stichosomida:
Mermithidae) for Culicoides variipennis sonorensis
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Environ. Entomol. 25: 1202-1208. Mullens, B. A.,
N. C. Hinkle and C. E. Szijj. 1996. Impact of alternating manure removal
schedules on pest flies (Diptera: Muscidae) and associated predators
(Coleoptera: Histeridae, Staphylinidae; Acarina: Macrochelidae) in
caged-layer poultry manure in southern California. J. Econ. Entomol. 89:
1406-1417. Velten, R. K. and
B. A. Mullens. 1997. Field morphological variation and laboratory
hybridization of Culicoides variipennis sonorensis and C.
v. occidentalis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southern
California. J. Med. Entomol. 34: 277-284. Mullens, B. A.,
C. Barrows and A. Borkent. 1997. Lizard feeding by Leptoconops (Brachyconops)
californiensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on desert sand dunes. J.
Med. Entomol. 34: 735-737. Mullens, B. A.,
K. A. Luhring and M. S. Breidenbaugh. 1997. Experimental host range studies
with Heleidomermis magnapapula (Mermithidae), a parasite of Culicoides
variipennis (Ceratopogonidae). J. Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc. 13:
398-401. Luhring, K. A.
and B. A. Mullens. 1997. Improved rearing methods for Heleidomermis magnapapula
(Nematoda: Mermithidae), a larval parasite of Culicoides variipennis
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Med. Entomol. 34: 704-709. Gerry, A. C. and
B. A. Mullens. 1998. Response of male Culicoides variipennis sonorensis
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to carbon dioxide and observations of mating
behavior on and near cattle. J. Med. Entomol. 35: 239-244. Mullens, B. A.
and Gerry, A. C. 1998. Comparison of bait cattle and carbon dioxide-baited
suction traps for collecting Culicoides variipennis sonorensis
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera:
Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 35: 245-250. Mullens, B. A. and K. A. Luhring. 1998. Age-dependent
parasitism of Culicoides variipennis sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) be
Heleidomermis magnapapula (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and considerations for
assessing parasite impact. Biol. Cont. 11: 49-57. Rosenkrantz, W. S., C. I. Griffin, R. E. Esch and B.
A. Mullens. 1998. Responses in horses to intradermal challenge of insects and
environmental allergens with specific immunotherapy. pp. 191-200. IN Kwochka,
K. W., T. Willemse and C. von Tscharner (eds.) Advances in Veterinary
Dermatology, Vol. 3. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford. Braverman, Y., A. Chizov-Ginsberg, and B. A. Mullens.
1999. Mosquito repellent attracts the biting midge, Culicoides imicola
Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a vector of animal pathogens. J. Med.
Entomol. 36:113-115. Breidenbaugh, M. S. and B. A. Mullens. 1999. Two new
western Nearctic Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) described from all
stages. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 101: 149-163. Mullens, B. A., R. K. Velten and B. A. Federici.
1999. Iridescent virus infection in Culicoides variipennis sonorensis and
interactions with the mermithid parasite Heleidomermis magnapapula. J.
Invert. Pathol. 73: 231-233. Breidenbaugh, M. S. and B. A. Mullens. 1999.
Descriptions of immature stages of six Culicoides Latreille spp.
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from
desert mountain ranges in southern California, with notes on life histories
and rearing technique. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 101: 839-867. Hunt, G. J., B. A. Mullens and W. J. Tabachnick.
1999. Colonization and maintenance of species of Culicoides. Pp. 33-55. IN
Maramorosch, K. and F. Mahmood, eds. Maintance of Human, Animal and Plant
Pathogen Vectors. Oxford and IBH Publ. Co., New Delhi. Braverman, Y., M. C. Wegis and B. A. Mullens. 2000.
Response of Culicoides variipennis sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to
1-octen-3-ol and three plant-derived repellent formulations in the field. J.
Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc. 16: 158-163. Mullens, B. A., N. C. Hinkle and C. E. Szijj. 2000.
Monitoring northern fowl mites (Acari:Macronyssidae) in caged-laying hens:
feasibility of an egg-based sampling system. J. Econ.Entomol. 93: 1045-1054. Mullens, B. A., R. K. Velten, A. C. Gerry, Y.
Braverman and R. G. Endris. 2000. Feeding and survival of Culicoides
sonorensis on cattle treated with permethrin and pirimiphos-methyl. Med. Vet.
Entomol. 14: 313-320. Gerry, A. C. and B. A. Mullens. 2000. Seasonal
abundance and survivorship of Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera:
Ceratopogonidae) at a southern California dairy, with reference to potential
bluetongue virus transmission and persistence. J. Med. Entomol. 37:675-688. Mullens, B. A., N. C. Hinkle, L. Robinson and C. E.
Szijj. Dispersal of northern fowl
mites in an experimental poultry house. J. Appl. Poultry Res. (in press). Pinnock, D. and B. A. Mullens. 2000. Application and
Evaluation of Entomopathogens for
Control of Livestock and Poultry Pests. Pp. 741-766. IN Lacey, L. A. and H.
K. Kaya. Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology. Kluwer
Academic Publishers. Boston. Gerry, A. C., B. A. Mullens, N. J. MacLachlan and J.
O. Mecham. 2001. Seasonal transmission of bluetongue virus by Culicoides
sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) at a southern california dairy and
evaluation of vectorial capacity as a
predictor of bluetongue virus transmission. J. Med. Entomol. 38:
197-209. Bonneau, K. R., B. A. Mullens and N. J. Maclachlan.
Genetic drift and "founder effect" of the VP2 and NS3/NS3A genes of
bluetongue virus during passage between sheep, cattle and Culicoides
sonorensis. J. Virol. 2001. Halbritter, D. A. and B. A. Mullens. 2011.
Responses of Ornithonyssus
sylviarum (Acari: Macronyssidae) and Menacanthus stramineus (Phthiraptera:
Menoponidae) to Gradients of Temperature, Light, and Humidity, with Comments
on Microhabitat Selection on Chickens. J. Med. Entomol. 48: 251-261. Chen, B. L., K. L. Haith and B. A. Mullens. 2011.
Beak condition drives abundance and grooming-mediated competitive asymmetry
in a poultry ectoparasite community. Parasitol. 138: 748-757. Mullens, B. A., B. L. Chen and J. P. Owen.
2010. Beak condition and cage density determine abundance and spatial
distribution of northern fowl mites, Ornithonyssus sylviarum, and chicken body lice, Menacanthus stramineus, on caged laying
hens. Poult. Sci. 89: 2565-2572. Mohr, R. M., B. A. Mullens and A. C. Gerry.
2011. Diel patterns of female host-seeking, male swarming, and sugar feeding
in the “canyon fly”, Fannia
conspicua (Diptera: Muscidae) in southern California. J. Med.
Entomol. 48: 188-195. Mohr, R. M., B. A. Mullens and A. C. Gerry.
2011. Evaluation of ammonia, human sweat, and bovine blood as attractants for
female “canyon fly”, Fannia
conspicua (Diptera: Muscidae), in southern California. J. Vect.
Ecol. (in press). Lay, D. C., M. Fulton, P. Y. Hester, D. M.
Karcher, J. Kjaer, J. A. Mench|, B. A. Mullens, R. C. Newberry, C. J. Nicol, N. P.
O’Sullivan, and R. E. Porter. 2010. Hen welfare in different housing systems. Poult.
Sci. 36: 55-58. Butler, S. M. and B. A. Mullens. 2010. Adult
house fly, Musca
domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) activity and age of females near
varying levels of (Z)-9-tricosene on a
southern California dairy. J. Econ. Entomol. (103: 1929-1936). Mullens, B. A., A. C. Gerry, V. Sarto i
Monteys, M. Pinna and A. Gonzalez. 2010. Field studies on Culicoides (Diptera:
Ceratopogonidae) activity and response to deltamethrin applications to sheep in
northeastern Spain. J. Med. Entomol. 47: 106-110. Mullens, B. A., A. C. Gerry and A. N. Diniz.
2010. Field and laboratory trials of a novel metaflumizone house fly
(Diptera: Muscidae) bait in California. J. Econ. Entomol. 103: 550-556. Mullens, B. A., W. R. Reifenrath and S. M.
Butler. 2009. Laboratory trials of fatty acids as repellents or antifeedants
against house flies, horn flies, and stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae). Pest
Mgmt. Sci. 65: 1360-1366.
Mullens, B. A., J. P. Owen, D. R. Kuney, C. E. Szijj and K. A. Klingler
Temporal changes in distribution, prevalence and intensity of northern fowl
mite (Ornithonyssus
sylviarum)parasitism in commercial caged laying hens, with a
comprehensive economic analysis of parasite impact. Vet. Parasitol. 160:
116-133. |