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Department of Entomology

Department of Entomology
123 W. Waters Hall
1603 Old Claflin Place
Kansas State University
Manhattan KS 66506-4004

785-532-6154
785-532-6232 fax
entomology@ksu.edu

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785-532-5891

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Food Safety, Public & Animal Health

 
  • Biology/management of arthropods affecting animal and human health housefly
  • Role of insects in the ecology of antibiotic resistance in public health
  • Role of insects in transmission of food-borne pathogens, a concern in food production, processing and handling
  • Post-harvest pest control in light of FQPA/food security
  • Systematics databases and rapid and sensitive detection methods for high-risk arthropod pests
  • Biology/management of vectors of plant, animal, and human diseases

Check out the research focus of our faculty members listed to the right, or go to our People Page to read about all our faculty's research interests.

Courses with an emphasis in this core area
 
*Not offered in all years
Course No:CourseSemesterCreditsDelivery Method 
ENTOM 301Insects and People
 
Fall3On Campus    
ENTOM 305Animal Health Entomology
 
Fall2On Campus    
ENTOM 306Animal Health Entomology Lab
 
Fall1On Campus    
ENTOM 799Problems in Entomology
 
Fall
Spring
VOn Campus    
ENTOM 849Biology of Disease Vectors of Human and Veterinary Importanc
 
Fall*3On Campus                 

Faculty

 
 
Ecology of stored-product pests
 
Biology of disease vectors
 
 
Ecology of stored-product pests
 
 
Gregory Zolnerowich
Systematics and phylogenetics
 
 
Ludek Zurek
Ecology of muscoid flies