Do not miss out on the Annual MVCAC 5K during Conference! Run along gorgeous Mission Bay and compete for the coveted Outrunning Mosquitoes Medal!
Click here for information on how to sign up. Thank you again to Univar for their sponsorship.
2020 Sentinel Chicken Order Forms Available Now!
Please click here to download the 2020 Chicken Order Form. Chickens are being supplied by Haley Farms in Modesto for Northern California and Southern California this year.
Please return order form by March 6, 2020
Pick-up dates:
Southern Region - March 19, 2020 (7 a.m.- 9 a.m.)
Northern Region - April 23, 2020 (7 a.m.- 9 a.m.)
Modesto Haley's Egg Farm 1030 Ladd Road Modesto, CA 95355 In case of issue their phone is: (209) 649-4579
Please fax, email, or mail order forms to: MVCAC 1 Capitol Mall, Suite 800 Sacramento, CA 95814 P: 916-440-0826 F: 916-444-7462 mvcac@mvcac.org.
PDF Available for Mosquito Identification Key
Identification of the Mosquitoes of California by Richard P. Meyer and Stephen L. Durso is available for download at no cost after logging in to the MVCAC web site. Because this key lacks Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, the sections that contain those species in Regional Guide to the Common Mosquitoes of California by Richard Meyer is appended to the PDF.
The entire PDF is key word searchable so that the diagnostic characteristics of each species can be found easily. MVCAC thanks Richard Meyer for providing a pristine copy of
Identification of the Mosquitoes of California that was scanned to produce the PDF. Please follow this link to access the key:
https://www.mvcac.org/resources/member-publications/
Reminder: PacVec Meeting
The Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases will be holding its annual meeting in Riverside on Feb. 19-20, 2020. For geographic balance, the meeting alternates annually between UC Davis and UC Riverside. MVCAC districts who are local to the meeting or want to attend at their own expense can send up to 2 people per district and all attendees should RSVP to either Bill Walton (walton@ucr.edu) or Ashley Hix (Ashley.hix@ucr.edu). If you have not already completed the registration survey, this is a reminder to complete the registration survey before Jan. 15. Attendees will include our CDC advisors, UC CoE participants and trainees, training grant recipients, CDPH and representatives from other state health departments in the region served by the CoE, as well as representatives from the MVCAC. Space is limited, so we need a definite head count of who will attend.
Submit your district for the next Agency Spotlight
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oes your agency have a success story, a staff member you would like to publicly recognize, or an innovation by your agency that you would like to highlight? "Agency Spotlight" on the MVCAC website is one way to share your story! Each submission which meets the specified criteria will be reviewed and posted on the MVCAC website on the Agency Spotlight page and highlighted on the homepage in the rotating feature box. Each story will remain posted for 1-2 months before being moved to a publicly archived page.
Please note: The items contained below are not the views or opinions of MVCAC but they are what is being reported in the media. The goal of MVCAC providing this information is to keep MVCAC members informed of all news articles that are being presented regarding Zika.
Please note: The items contained below are not the views or opinions of MVCAC but they are what is being reported in the media. The goal of MVCAC providing this information is to keep MVCAC members informed of all news articles that are being presented regarding other outbreaks.
Do you have important news to share about your district or mosquito and vector issues?
If you would like your news to be included in the MVCAC News Briefs, please send press releases and/or links to relevant news articles to mvcac@mvcac.org
Jobs
Interested in a career in mosquito and vector control? Check out the MVCAC Jobs Board
at www.mvcac.org
Have a Job or RFP to post to MVCAC.org?
Requests to post job listings (no more than 500 words in length) should be submitted to the webmaster at
mvcac@mvcac.org.
