News Briefs
April 3, 2015
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MVCAC 2015 Spring Meeting

April 29- May 1

Click here to view the final schedule

Doubletree by Hilton, Modesto

1150 9th Street, Modesto

Call 1-800-445-8667 to make your room reservation.
The group room rate at $84.00 plus taxes

The hotel cut off for this meeting is April 7th, make sure you register and reserve your room ASAP!

Click the "register now" button below to login and register today!

CDPH kdr Resistance Testing Program For 2015

To: Local Vector Control Agencies

 

CDPH-VBDS has developed the capacity to test Culex pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes for kdr-mediated pyrethroid resistance.  In 2014, many agencies submitted mosquitoes to CDPH for testing and we are pleased to announce that we are providing this service again for the 2015 season.  

 

Interested agencies will collect mosquitoes from locations with either previous control failures or from other locations of interest. In 2015, CDPH will only accept individual mosquitoes for testing as these results provide the most detailed information on the resistance profile of a population.  Pools will no longer be accepted.  The fee for testing will remain the same at $10 per mosquito. 

 

Please click here for introductory information and the submission form.  Submissions can be made from April 15 to November 15, 2015. 

 

Please feel free to contact me at Melissa.Yoshimizu@cdph.ca.gov for further information or with any questions.

 

Thank you,

Melissa

AMOR Season Begins Next Week

A message from Tina Feiszli at CDPH:

 

CDPH will resume collating adult mosquito abundance data submitted by local agencies, starting week #14 (April 5 ?- April 11). Weekly abundance data from NJ, gravid, and EVS traps should be entered into the CalSurv Gateway by noon on Thursdays of each following week (e.g. April 16 for Week 14 data). The first reports will be emailed on Friday, April 17.  

 

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

 

Regards,

Tina

Tina.feiszli@cdph.ca.gov 

Charlie Dill's Passing

We are sorry to report that Charlie Dill passed away Friday morning (3/27/15) at 6:45.

 

Charlie was Manager at Marin-Sonoma MVCD for many years, and after he retired he came to Placer MVCD as their first manager.  He was active in MVCAC for many years. 

 

A celebration of life is being planned for Charlie, the dates/locations will be forwarded to the MVCAC membership once they are received.

2015 Mosquito Awareness Week Resolution
This measure would declare the week of April 19, 2015, through April 25, 2015, as West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week.

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2015 Mosquito Pool Orders
The ordering process for mosquito pool tests has been changed for 2015.  Instead of submitting an order form and prepayment to MVCAC, districts can forgo that step and simply send in their pool tests without prepaying/ordering through MVCAC. MVCAC staff will send out bills to districts for pool tests used as bills are received from UC Davis. Prompt payment of your invoice when received is appreciated.

This hopefully will eliminate any unnecessary confusion with districts having to prepay and estimate pool test usage before the season starts.

As always, feel free to contact the office if you have any questions.
West Nile Virus Dead Bird Testing and Hotline

West Nile virus dead bird testing and the WNV Dead Bird Hotline will begin on April 15, 2015. 

 

Live calls will be answered (1-877-WNV-BIRD) and online reports will be responded to (www.westnile.ca.gov). 

 

Agencies can bypass the message options by calling the agency line at (510-412-4601). This will connect you to the hotline operators. If you need to enter a dead bird report and obtain a dead bird number, please use the Gateway.