Prof. Lane Foil Louisiana State University, USA

Lane Foil is a Professor of Veterinary and Medical Entomology at Louisiana State University, USA. Prof. Foil's main research interests included the mechanical transmission of agents of livestock diseases, vector host-seeking and blood feeding behavior as they relate to the transmission of pathogenic agents of animals, transmission of Rickettsia felis... read moreand other flea-borne agents and Orbiviruses. Prof. Foil is also interested in the dispersal of blood feeding insects (in particular, tabanids and stable flies), integrated management of hematophagous Diptera (including horn flies, stable flies, and sand flies), resistance detection and management and finally, tabanids and ceratopogonids as bioindicators of the health of salt marsh ecosystems.