Degrees:

• B.S. (Biology) University of Missouri, Kansas City 1975
• B.S. (Agriculture) University of Missouri, Columbia 1978
• M.S. (Entomology) University of Missouri, Columbia 1981
• Ph.D. (Entomology) University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1995

Research Interests:

Stable fly management strategies, fly biology, habitat ecology and population dynamics

Major Project Activities:

My current projects involve the characterization of immature stable fly developmental sites.   This work has targeted winter feeding sites of pasture cattle, specifically hay bales.  Substantial effort has been focused on determining the importance of hay bale feeding sites relative to the establishment of spring populations.

Selected Publications:

Taylor, D. B., and D. R. Berkebile. 2008. Sugar feeding in adult stable flies. Environ. Entomol. 37: 625-629.

Taylor, D. B., D. R. Berkebile. 2007. Stable fly population dynamics in Eastern Nebraska in relation to climatic variables. J. Med. Entomol. 44: 765-771.

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Taylor, D. B. and D. R. Berkebile. 2006. Comparative efficiency of six stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) traps. J.Econ. Entomol. 99: 1415-1419. http://hdl.handle.net/10113/1017

Berkebile, D. R., A. Sagel, S. R. Skoda, and JE. Foster. 2006 Laboratory environment effects on the reproduction and mortality of adult screwworm (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Neotrop. Entomol. 35: 781-786. http://hdl.handle.net/10113/3417

Allen, M. L., D. R. Berkebile, and S. R. Skoda. Postlarval fitness of transgenic strains of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae). J. Econ. Entomol. 97: 1181-1185. 2004.  http://hdl.handle.net/10113/3438

Allen, M. L., A. M. Handler. D. R. Berkebile, and S. R. Skoda. piggyback transformation of the new world screwworm, Cochliomyia hominiforax, produces multiple distinct mutant strains. Medical and Veterinary Entomol. 18: 1-9. 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10113/3444

Mori, K. T. Ohtaki, H. Ohrui, D. R. Berkebile, and D. A. Carlson. Synthesis of the four stereoisomers of 7-Acetoxy-15-methylnonocosane, a component of the female sex pheromone of the screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax. Tiosci. Tiotechnol. Biohem. 68: 1768-1778. 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10113/3345

Mori, K. T. Ohtaki, H. Ohrui, D. R. Berkebile, and D. A. Carlson. Synthesis    of the four stereoisomers of 6-Acetoxy-19-methylnonocosane, the most potent                                                         component of the female sex pheromone of the new world screwworm fly, with special emphasis on partial racemization in the course of catalytic hydrogenation. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2004: 1089-1096. 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10113/3344

Berkebile, D. R. and S. R. Skoda. Chemicals useful for separating egg masses of the screwworm.  Southwest. Entomol. 27: 297-299. 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10113/3356

Sagel, A., D. R. Berkebile, J. E. Foster, and S. R. Skoda. The optimum diet of spray-dried animal blood cells as protein source for adult screwworms (Diptera: Calliphoridae). J. Entomol. Sci.37: 353-362. 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10113/3190

Figarola, J. L., S. R. Skoda, D. R. Berkebile and J. E. Foster. Identification of the screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), with a monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Mab-ELISA). Veterinary Entomology 102: 341-354. 2001.

Leopold, R. A., W. Wang, D. R. Berkebile, and R. P. Freeman. Cryopreservation of embryos of the new world screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae).  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 94:695-701. 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10113/2792

Campbell, J. B., S. R. Skoda, D. R. Berkebile, D. J. Boxler, G. D. Thomas, D. C. Adams, and R. Davies. Effects of Stable Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) on Weight Gains of Grazing Yearling Cattle. J. Econ. Entomol. 94: 780-783. 2001.

Berkebile, D. R., J. Chirico and R. A. Leopold. Permeabilization of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) embryos. J. Med. Entomol. 37: 968-972. 2000.

Nor Aliza, A. R., Rana, R. L., Skoda, S. R., Berkebile, D.R., Stanley, D. W.  Tissue polyunsaturated fatty acids and a digestive phospholipase A₂ in the primary screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 29: 1029-1038. 1999.

Thomas, G. D., S. R. Skoda, D. R. Berkebile & J. B. Campbell.  Scheduled sanitation to reduce stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) populations in beef cattle feedlots.  J. Econ. Entomol. 89: 411-414. 1996.

Berkebile, D. R., G. D. Thomas & J. B. Campbell. Overwintering of the stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) in southeastern Nebraska. J. Econ. Entomol. 87: 1555-1563. 1994.

Thomas, G. D., I. L. Berry, S. R. Skoda & D. R. Berkebile. Seasonal ovipositional status of field populations of female stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) in cattle feedlots as measured by two sampling methods. Environ. Entomol. 19: 1597-1604. 1990.

Thomas, G. D., I. L. Berry, D. R. Berkebile & S. R. Skoda. Comparison of three sampling methods for estimating adult stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) populations. Environ. Entomol. 18: 513-520. 1989.

Schmidtmann, E. T. & D. R. Berkebile. Relationship between numbers of face flies (Diptera: Muscidae) and nearest-neighbor distance among Holstein cows. J. Econ. Entmol. 78: 102-105. 1985.

Schmidtmann, E. T., D. Berkebile, R. W. Miller & L. W. Douglass. The face fly (Diptera: Muscidae): Effect on milk secretion. J. Econ. Entomol. 77: 1200-1205. 1984.

Berkebile, D. R., R. D. Hall & J. J. Webber. Moraxella bovis (Hauduroy) survival on female face flies: laboratory studies. Trans. Mo. Acad. Sci. 15: 83-88. 1981.

Berkebile, D. R., R. D. Hall & J. J. Webber. Field association of female face flies with Moraxella bovis, an etiological agent of bovine pinkeye. J. Econ. Entomol. 74: 475-477. 1981.

Hall, R. D., L. M. English, J. M. Vandepopuliere, K. E. Doisy, J. J. Lyons, M. C. Foehse & D. R. Berkebile. Gallus domestic 'White Leghorn' northern fowl mite; Ornithonyssus sylvarium (Camestrini & Fanzago).  Insecticide and Acaricide Tests 5: 226-227. 1980.