PROJECT:   Identification, Characterization, and Evaluation of Mechanisms of Control of Bolbophorus-like
Trematodes and Flavobacterium columnare-like Bacteria Causing Disease in Warm Water Fish

For more information on this project, see Progress Reports

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Journal Articles

Doffitt, C., L. M. Pote, and T. King. 2005. Bolbophorus damnificus infections of piscivorous birds in the Mississippi Delta. Southeastern Biology 52:3.

Flowers J. R., M. F. Poore, L. M. Pote, R. W. Litaker and M. G. Levy. 2005. Cercariae of Bolbophorus damnificus and Bolbophorus sp. with notes on North American bolbophorids. Comparative Parasitology 72(2):220-226.

Labrie, L., C. Komar, J. Terhune, A. Camus, and D. Wise. 2004. Effect of sublethal exposure to the trematode Bolbophorus spp. on the severity of enteric septicemia of catfish in channel catfish fingerlings. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 16(4):231-237.

Ledford, J.J. and A.M. Kelly. In press. Comparison of black carp, redear sunfish, and blue catfish as biological controls of snail populations. North American Journal of Aquaculture.

Mischke, C.C., D.J. Wise, and L.M. Pote. 2005. Acute toxicity of chemicals to the ram’s horn snail Planorbella trivolvis. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 36:559-562.

Thomas-Jinu, S. and A. E. Goodwin. 2004. Morphologic and genetic characteristics of Flavobacterium Columnare isolates: Correlations with virulence in fish. Journal of Fish Diseases 27:29-35.

Thomas-Jinu, S. and A. E. Goodwin. 2004. Acute columnaris infection in channel catfish: Efficacy of treatments practical in warmwater aquaculture ponds. Journal of Fish Diseases 27:23-28.

Abstracts of Papers Presented

Farmer, B. and J. Hawke. 2004. Improved methods for the diagnosis and characterization of Flavobacterium columnare. Annual Meeting of the Fish Health Section, American Fisheries Society, 25-29 July, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Hanson, L. A., L. M. Ford, B. Scheffler and J. P. Hawke. 2004. Sequence analysis of the 16S-23S intergenic spacer of Flavobacterium columnare to identify potential strains. Annual Meeting of the South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, 5-6 November, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

Zhang, Y. and J.M. Grizzle. 2004. Evaluation of an assay for adhesiveness of Flavobacterium columnare. Annual Meeting of the Fish Health Section, American Fisheries Society, 25-29 July, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Goodwin, A. E. 2004. Efficacy of treatments for columnaris disease. Arkansas Aquaculture 2004, 16-17 January, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Goodwin, A. E. 2004. Efficacy of treatments for columnaris disease. Ninth Biennial Fish Disease Diagnosticians Meeting. 8-10 February, Biloxi, Mississippi.

Goodwin, A. E. 2004. Farm Bureau Fish Disease Research and Extension. Arkansas Farm Bureau Aquaculture Meeting, June, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Doffitt, C., D. T. King, and L. M. Pote. 2005. Infections of piscivorous birds in the Mississippi delta by Bolbophorus damnificus. Association of Southeastern Biologists, 13-16 April, Florence, Alabama.

Doffitt, C., D. T. King, and L. M. Pote. 2005. Trematode infections of piscivorous birds in the Mississippi delta The Wildlife Society-Mississippi Chapter, 13-14 October, Choctaw, Mississippi.

Pote, L. M., M. C. Yost, C. Doffitt, B. S. Dorr, D. T. King, A. Camus, and D. Wise. 2005. Further elucidation of the life cycle and pathology of the digenetic trematode, Bolbophorus damnificus. Thirtieth Eastern Fish Health Workshop. Kearneysville, West Virginia.

Wise D., C. Mischke, T. Byars, and A. Camus. 2005. Evaluation of copper sulfate to control snail numbers in catfish ponds affected by Bolbophorus trematodes. Thirtieth Eastern Fish Health Workshop. Kearneysville, West Virginia.

Theses and Dissertations

Zhang, Y. 2004. Adhesiveness of Flavobacterium columnare: comparison of different methods and isolates. M.S. thesis. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

Farmer, B. 2004. Improved methods for the isolation and characterization of Flavobacterium columnare. M.S. thesis. Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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