Professor Richard Wall
B.Sc.(Dunelm.), M.B.A.(Open), Ph.D.(Liv.)
Expertise
veterinary entomologist working on a wide range of ectoparasite systems; current projects look primarily at ticks and tick-borne pathogens and the environmental impacts of veterinary anti-parasitic treatments.
Current positions
Professor of Zoology
School of Biological Sciences
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Biography
Research interests
Veterinary entomology: experise in the ecology, behaviour and control of arthropod parasites and disease vectors of veterinary importance. Also interests in the environmental impacts of insecticides and parasiticides.
Current research fields:
- Ticks and tick borne disease
- Sustainable management of sheep scab (psoroptic mange)
- Essential oils for ectoparasite control
- Impacts of climate change on ectoparasites
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Emergence and spread of Babesia canis a fatal piroplasm of dogs and its tick vector, Dermacentor reticulatus in the UK
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/07/2019 to 31/12/2021
Sheep scab management: optimising integrated approaches in light of emerging antiparasitic resistance
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
12/03/2019 to 31/03/2022
The ecological role of invertebrate dung decomposers in southern African agricultural systems
Principal Investigator
Description
Degradation of the dung from livestock grazers is a key ecosystem service and contributes to agricultural productivity and food security. By burying dung, dung beetles and flies integrate nutrients into…Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
18/07/2016 to 29/07/2016
Sustainable management of livestock parasites with essential oils
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/04/2015 to 01/05/2016
Thesis supervisions
Morphology and behaviour of parasitic Psoroptes mites (Acari : Psoroptidae)
Supervisors
Ovine psoroptic mange: risk and management
Supervisors
Resistance to macrocyclic lactones in the parasitic mite Psoroptes ovis (Acari: Psoroptidae)
Supervisors
The effect of veterinary endectocides on the reproductive physiology and output of temperate dung beetle species
Supervisors
The Control of Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable Flies) with Essential Oils
Supervisors
Modelling the transmission of gastrointestinal nematodes in saiga antelope under changing demography and climate.
Supervisors
Bottom-up effects of eutrophication on insect interaction networks
Supervisors
Modelling the epidemiology and economics of sheep scab in Great Britain
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
05/01/2023Age-dependent changes in reproductive allocation in a facultative ectoparasite, the blowfly Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Calliphoridae)
Physiological Entomology
Climate change and ticks: measuring impact
Climate, Ticks and Diseae
Climate Change and Ticks: Measuring Impacts
Climate, Ticks and Disease
Assessing the effectiveness of prophylactic treatment strategies for sheep scab
Veterinary Parasitology
Predicting the current and future risk of ticks on livestock farms in Britain using random forest models
Veterinary Parasitology
Teaching
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