mail to: pkaufman@ifas.ufl.edu
Lab website:http://entnem.ifas.ufl.edu/kaufman/vetentlab/
University of Florida
Entomology and Nematology Department
PO Box 110620
Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
TEL: (352) 392-1901 ext. 159 (lab: ext. 169)
FAX: (352) 392-0190
Education
Employment
Research Responsibilities
My research program focuses on the development of new pest management tools for Florida’s livestock operators. Beef cattle, dairy cattle and horses are the predominant livestock in Florida and are the focus of this program. Insecticide resistance and control failures are commonplace for many of the fly pests; therefore, innovative systems are needed to assist in their management. However, to successfully manage these pests, studies investigating their biology and ecology are needed.
The role that biological control can play in assisting with pest control is another research avenue. Producer pesticide selection and the resultant impacts on non-target, beneficial arthropods in grazing systems are of particular interest.
Extension Responsibilities
Deliver cost effective pest management systems for Florida livestock producers.
Provide outreach support for county-based faculty.
Revise and write electronic (EDIS) and hardcopy publications for homeowner and livestock producer use.
Teaching Responsibilities
Medical and Veterinary Entomology (ENY 4660/6665)
Forensic Entomology Seminar (ENY 6934)
Forensic Entomology (Spring 2007)
Mentoring graduate students in my program, serving on other graduate student committees, and guest lecturing.
Selected Publications
(For a complete list of publications, click here)
Hamm, R.L., P.E. Kaufman, C. Reasor, J.G. Scott, and D.A. Rutz. 2005. Resistance to cyfluthrin and tetrachlorvinphos in the lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) collected from caged-layer poultry facilities and a cricket colony. Journal of Economic Entomology (in press).
Kaufman, P.E., C. Reasor, J.K. Waldron, and D.A. Rutz. 2005. Suppression of the lesser mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) using soil incorporation of poultry manure. Journal of Economic Entomology 98: 1739-1743.
Kaufman, P.E., C. Reasor, J.K. Waldron, and D.A. Rutz. 2005. Evaluation of a barrier to inhibit lesser mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and dermestidae movement up support posts in high-rise, caged-layer poultry facilities. Journal of Economic Entomology 98: 1744-1749.
Kaufman, P.E., L.C. Harrington, J.K. Waldron, and D.A. Rutz. 2005. The importance of agricultural tire habitats for mosquitoes of public health importance in New York state. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 21: 171-176.
Kaufman, P.E., C. Reasor, D.A. Rutz, J.K. Ketzis, and J.J. Arends. 2005. Evaluation of Beauveria bassiana applications against adult house flies, Musca domestica, in commercial caged-layer poultry facilities in New York State. Biological Control 33: 360-367.
Kaufman, P.E., M. Burgess, D.A. Rutz, and C.S. Glenister. 2002. Population dynamics of manure inhabiting arthropods under an IPM program in New York poultry facilities – 3 case studies. Journal of Applied Poultry Research 10: 90-103.
Kaufman, P.E., D.A. Rutz and J.K. Waldron. 2002. Seasonal variations in Carcinops pumilio dispersal and potential for suppression of dispersal behavior. Journal of Medical Entomology 39: 106-111.
Kaufman, P.E., S.J. Long, and D.A. Rutz. 2001. Impact of exposure length and pupal source on Muscidifurax raptorellus and Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) parasitism in a New York poultry facility. Journal of Economic Entomology 94: 998-1003.
Kaufman, P.E., J.G. Scott, and D.A. Rutz. 2001. Monitoring insecticide resistance in house flies from New York dairies. Pest Management Science 57: 514-521.
Kaufman, P.E., S.J. Long, D.A. Rutz, and C.S. Glenister. 2001. Larval production from field-collected Carcinops pumilio (Coleoptera: Histeridae) following three starvation periods. Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 278-281.
Watson, D.W., P.E. Kaufman, D.A. Rutz, and C.S. Glenister. 2001. Impact of the darkling beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer on the establishment of the predaceous beetle, Carcinops pumilio Erichson for Musca domestica control in caged-layer poultry houses. Biological Control 20: 8-15.
Scott, J.G., T.G. Alefantis, P.E. Kaufman, and D.A. Rutz. 2000. Insecticide resistance in house flies from caged-layer poultry facilities. Pest Management Science 56: 1-7.
Kaufman, P.E., J.E. Lloyd, R. Kumar, J.B. Campbell, and D.J. Boxler. 1999. The differences between horn fly densities on cattle pastured in Wyoming and Nebraska as possibly influenced by elevation. Southwest Entomology 24: 115-121.