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24th ANNUAL EASTERN FISH HEALTH WORKSHOP
9 - 11 MARCH 1999
ATLANTIC BEACH, NC 28512
Sponsored by:
USGS/BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES DIVISION
NATIONAL FISH HEALTH RESEARCH LABORATORY
11700 LEETOWN ROAD
KEARNEYSVILLE, WV 25430

EMMETT B. SHOTTS, DIRECTOR




Tuesday, 9 March 1999



Moderator: Philip McAllister
National Fish Health Research Laboratory
U.S. Geological Survey, BRD
Kearneysville, WV

Cipriano
Farmington River Atlantic Salmon: Analysis Of A Lost Year Class

Harshbarger
Elasmobranch Neoplasms

Blazer
Reproductive Problems In Yellow Perch From Lake Michigan

Smith
Gross Morphology Of The Intestinal Tract Of The Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Noble
Gill Pathologies Associated With Acute And Cronic Mortalities In Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus) In A Semi-Closed Recycle System

Crosby
Fish Health Status Report For Virginia's Emerging Aquaculture Industry: 1993-1998




Moderator: Don Evans
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Maki
Immunohistochemical Detection Of Target Antigens In The Skin Of The Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

Everett
New Physical Studies Of i-Antigen Structure in Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

Ottinger
Immune Response Of Atlantic Salmon To Particulate-Adsorbed Extracellular Proteins Of Aeromonas samonicida

Shoemaker
Efficacy Of A Killed Streptococcus iniae Vaccine

Poet
Nonspecific Cytotoxicity In Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, After DNA Vaccination

Kaattari
Fish Antibody Structural Diversity: Implications For Isotope- Like Functional Diversity




Moderator: Steve Kaattari
Virginia Institute of Marine Scince
Gloucester Point, VA

Jaso-Friedman
Immunoregulation Of Innate Immunity In Tilapia: Activation Of Nonspecific Cytotoxic Cells By Cytokine-Like Factors

Bishop
Protection Of Target Cell Induced Apoptosis In Nonspecific Cytoxic Cells By Serum Factors

Evans
Mechanisms Of Anti-Bacterial Immunity In Tilapia: Role Of Nonspecific Cytotoxic Cells

Boleza
Effects Of Hypoxia On The Respiratory Burst And Associated Bactericidal Activity Of Pronephritic Cells In The Mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus

Harms
Transforming Growth Factor-Beta In Teleost Fish: Quantitative PCR Applied To A Field Study Of Fish Health.




Moderator: Vicki S. Blazer
National Fish Health Research Laboratory
U.S. Geological Survey, BRD
Kearneysville, WV

Burnett
Environmental Metals May Activate Inappropriate Growth And Differentiation In Teleost Peripheral Blood Leukocytes Through The Extracellular Related Kinase (ERK) Pathway.

Goodwin
Massive Lernea Infestations Damaging The Gills Of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Polycultured With Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmicthys nobilis).

Sangmaneedet
In vitro Studies On Temperature Dependence And Bile Require- ments Of Spironucleus vortens, An Intestinal Parasite Of The Freshwater Angelfish.



Wednesday, 10 March 1999



Lewis
Juvenile Oyster Disease



Workshop on Oyster Health In Chesapeake Bay


Moderators: Gene Burreson and Mohamed Faisal
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Gloucester Point, VA

Burreson
Where Did All The Oysters Go? The History Of The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Resource: Overfishing, Disease And Climate

Jordan
Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Oysters: Health, Environment And Management

Reece
Analysis of Genetic Variation In Strains Of The Oyster Pathogen Perkinsus marinus.

Chu
Lipid Metabolism In Perkinsus marinus And Its Relationship To Pathogenicity

Faisal
Interactions Between The Protozoan Perkinsus marinus And Its Host The Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)

Oliver
Protease Inhibitory Activity In The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, And Its Relationship To Disease Resistance

Kaattari
Detection Of Perkinsus marinus Extracellular Proteins In The Tissues Of The Eastern Oyster

McLaughlin
Perkinsus spp. Infections In The Softshell Clam Mya arenaria

Lewis
Studies On Cryptosporidium In Oysters From The Chesapeake Bay




Moderator: Laura Brown
National Research Council Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Byers
Use Of PCR For The Identification Of Aeromonas salmonicida

Barbash
Poor Reproductive Success Of Landlocked Atlantic Salmon At Allegheny National Fish Hatchery

Bader
An Inducible Protease In Flavobacterium columnare: Possible Role In Virulence?

Mitchell
Microaerophilic Edwardsiella ictaluri Isolated From Channel Catfish

Baya
Isolation Of Vibrio cholerae Non 01 From Sick, Wild White Perch Collected From Chesapeake Bay Tributaries

Mikulski
Susceptibility Of Shrimp To Vibrio parahaemolyticus Under Hypoxic Conditions

Bell
International Perspective: Aquaculture Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: Working Drafts Of Standardized Protocols



Thursday, 11 March 1999



Moderator: Frank Hetrick
Maryland Department of Agriculture
College Park, MD

Coll
First Report Of Swim Bladder Fibrosarcoma In Atlantic Salmon In The United States And An Associated Retrovirus

Cipriano
Swim Bladder Sarcoma In Atlantic Salmon: Epizootiology - Current State Of Knowledge

Cook
Further Investigations Into Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus In Atlantic Canada

Brown
Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus: Survival In Fresh And Seawater And Susceptibility To Iodine Disinfectants

Ottinger
Infectious Salmon Anemia And New England Atlantic Salmon Restoration

Iwanowicz
Golden Shiner Virus-Like Isolates From Atypical Epizootics Occurring In Cool Water




Moderator: Fred Kern
NMFS, Oxford Cooperative Laboratory
Oxford, MD

Noyes
Isolation And Identification Of Viruses From Adult Largemouth Bass During A 1997-1998 Survey In The Southeastern United States

Bebak
The Effect Of Fish Density On The Survival Of Rainbow Trout Fry During An Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN) Epidemic.

McAllister
Effects Of Chronic Low-Level Exposure To Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV) On Early Life Stages Of Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.

Byers
AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: The Australian Animal Health Fish Diseases Laboratory




Moderator: Trish Barbash
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lamar, PA

Starliper
Widespread Nature Of Antimicrobial Resistance In Fish Pathogens, With Particular Reference To R-Plasmids

Bowden
Plasma Deposition Pharmacokinetics Of Oxytetracycline In YellowPerch (Perca flavescens) Following Different Routes Of Administration

Bullock
Toxicity Of Chitosan Acetate For Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Cultured In A Recycle System

Coakley
Fish Health Aspects of Pfiesteria Investigations in Maryland


WORKSHOP ON MYCOBACTERIOSIS


Moderator: Emmett B. Shotts, Jr.
National Fish Health Research Laboratory
U.S. Geological Survey/BRD
Kearneysville, WV

Shotts
Selected Review Of Fish Related Mycobacteria: Disease Implications And The Environment

Vogelbein
Epizootic Mycobacteriosis In Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass

Pieper
Ulcerative Dermatitis In Striped Bass: A Concern Or Problem For The Chesapeake Bay

Wolf
Nested PCR For The Non-Lethal Detection Of Mycobacteriosis In Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)



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