Presentations

Snyder, S. D. and V. V. Tkach. 2006. You found what in that longneck? Parasite biodiversity in Australia's freshwater turtles. 39th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists". Oral presentation.

Sandoz, C. P.*, J. S. Kuvetakis, J. V.* Westbrook, V. V.* Tkach, and S. D. Snyder 2006. Haematozoa infection dynamics in turtles from New South Wales. 39th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists". Oral presentation.

Snyder, S. D. and V. V. Tkach 2006. You found what in that longneck? Parasite biodiversity in Australia's freshwater turtles. 2006 Australian Society for Parasitology & ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology Annual Conference. Oral presentation.

Snyder, S. D. and V. V. Tkach. 2007. Hidden diversity Down Under: Parasites in Australia’s freshwater turtles. 59th Meeting of the Annual Midwestern Conference of Parasitologists. Oral presentation.

Parman, L., J.* A. Hnida and S. D. Snyder. 2007. New species of Eimeria from chelid turtles of Australia. 40th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists. Oral presentation.

Snyder, S. D. and V. V. Tkach. 2007. Hidden in a Shell: Parasite Biodiversity in Australia’s Freshwater Turtles. Australian Society of Herpetologists annual meeting, Albany, Western Australia. Oral presentation.

Snyder, S. D. and V. V. Tkach. 2007. Hidden diversity Down Under: Parasites in Australia’s freshwater turtles. 10th International Helminthological Symposium, Stara Lesna, Slovak Republic. Oral presentation.

Fettig, A. L.,* V. V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2008 Molecular systematic analysis of digenean family Choanocotylidae Jue Sue & Platt, 1998 from freshwater turtles in Australia. 5th Annual Northern Plains Biological Symposium, Fargo, ND. Poster.

Krein, R. L.,* V. V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2008. Molecular and morphological differentiation of a new amphilinid species from Australian freshwater turtles.5th Annual Northern Plains Biological Symposium, Fargo, ND. Poster

Freyre, D. S.**, A. S. Freyre**, V. V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2008. Population genetics of Spirorchis scripta. 41st Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, Lake Texoma, OK. Oral presentation.

Freyre, A. S.,** D. S. Freyre,** V.V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2008. Occurrence and diversity of Trypanosoma in Australian freshwater turtles. 41st Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, Lake Texoma, OK. Oral presentation.

Ness, J. L.*, V. V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2008. Molecular systematic analysis of digenean genus Sigmapera Nicoll, 1918 from freshwater turtles in Australia. 5th Annual Northern Plains Biological Symposium, Fargo, ND. Oral presentation.

Tkach V.V. 2008. Parasites of Australian fresh-water turtles. Invited seminar talk. Black Hills State University, South Dakota. Oral presentation.

Snyder, S. D. and V. V. Tkach. 2008. Hidden in a Shell: Parasite Biodiversity in Australia’s Freshwater Turtles. 41st Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, Lake Texoma, OK. Oral presentation.

Krein, R. L.*, V. V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2008. Molecular and morphological differentiation of a new amphilinid species from Australian freshwater turtles. Annual North Dakota EPSCoR conference, Grand Forks, ND.

Kuzmin, I., V. V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2008. Parasitic nematodes of fresh-water turtles in Australia. Xth European Multicolloquium Of Parasitology, Paris, France. Poster.

Krein, R. L.*, V. V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2009. Molecular and morphological differentiation of a new amphilinid species from Australian freshwater turtles. Honors Student Research conference. UND, April 2009. Oral presentation.

Freyre, A. S.,** D. S. Freyre,** V.V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2009. Trypanosoma of Australian freshwater turtles: Occurrence and Diversity. Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, Lake Texoma, OK.

Freyre, D. S.**, A. S. Freyre**, V. V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2009. Population genetics and hostspecificity of Spirorchis scripta (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in emydid turtles. Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, Lake Texoma, OK.

Freyre, A. S.,** D. S. Freyre,** V.V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2009. Trypanosoma of Australian freshwater turtles: Occurrence and Diversity. The 84th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists. Knoxville, TN, August 13-17, 2009 (oral presentation).

Freyre, D. S.**, A. S. Freyre**, V. V. Tkach and S. D. Snyder. 2009. Population genetics and hostspecificity of Spirorchis scripta (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in emydid turtles. The 84th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists. Knoxville, TN, August 13-17, 2009 (oral presentation).

* - undergraduate researcher

** - graduate researcher