Category: Health & Nutrition

COVID-19 and UF/IFAS Extension

by Nick Place

March 15, 2020

Updated 03/15/20 As we continue to monitor COVID-19 in Florida, I wanted to take a moment to update our UF/IFAS Extension community about our current status, best practices and next steps. The personal health and safety of everyone in the ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Crops, Curriculum, Disaster Preparation, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Livestock, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Recreation, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, , Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Covid-19, Featured Hot Topic, Hot Topic

Gardeners Beware: Rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis

by Alicia Kelley

August 14, 2018

Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) is a parasitic nematode that is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis (meningitis with a high percentage of eosinophils in the cerebrospinal fluid). There have been 12 recorded cases of rat ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Angiostrongylus Cantonensis, Eosinophilic Meningitis, Mollusc, Nematode, Rat Lungworm

New on Featured Creatures! Australian cockroach

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

April 8, 2015

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The Australian cockroach is one of several species of peridomestic cockroaches (cockroaches that live mostly outdoors, but ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Cockroach, Featured Creatures, Pest Alert

New on Featured Creatures! Black salt marsh mosquito.

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

May 6, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The black salt marsh mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann), is very common in the eastern coastal areas of the Americas, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Coasts & Marine, Forests, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Featured Creatures, Mosquitoes, Pest Alert

Dengue Fever Health Alert-Martin, St. Lucie, and Miami-Dade Counties

by Amanda Hodges

August 24, 2013

Floridians need to be aware that locally aquired Mosquito-Vectored Dengue Fever cases are on the rise for 2013. On Thursday, August 22, 2013, Health Alerts were issued by the Martin County Department of Health and the St. Lucie County Department ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources
Tags: Dengue Fever, Mosquito, Pest Alert

Florida Weekly Arbovirus Summary Reminder

by Amanda Hodges

August 17, 2013

As a reminder, the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology, Division of Disease Control and Health Protection publishes weekly summaries for arbovirus (or arthropod-vectored) surveillance reports. READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition
Tags: Florida Arbovirus Summaries, Pest Alert

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) Concerns

by Amanda Hodges

July 29, 2013

Good Morning! Are you familiar with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)? EEE is vectored by mosquitoes and a concern for Florida residents, particularly during the summer months. The Florida Department of Health posts weekly updates regarding ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Arbovirus, Diptera, Mosquitoes, Pest Alert

Arbovirus Disease Series: Dengue

by Amanda Hodges

June 30, 2013

Dengue fever is the first in a series of pest alerts focusing on specific arboviral (or arthropod-borne) diseases, as occurrences are more common during the summer months. A general arboviral disease awareness pest alert was distributed on ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Work & Life
Tags: Arbovirus, Diptera, Mosquitoes, Pest Alert

Arboviral Disease Awareness

by Amanda Hodges

June 15, 2013

As the summer rains in Florida create breeding grounds for mosquitos and other arthropods, the public should remain aware of the potential danger of diseases transmitted by arthropods. Arboviral diseases are viruses that are arthropod-borne, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Work & Life
Tags: Arbovirus, Diptera, Mosquitoes, Pest Alert

New Featured Creatures! Southern black widow, Latrodectus mactans by Amanda Eiden and Phillip Kaufman, UF.

by Amanda Hodges

June 5, 2013

We are pleased to announce a new Spider Featured Creatures! The Southern black widow spider, Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius), is a venomous spider found throughout the southeastern United States. Widow spiders received their name from the ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Pests & Disease, Work & Life
Tags: Featured Creatures, Pest Alert, Spiders

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