28th ANNUAL EASTERN FISH HEALTH WORKSHOP April 21-25, 2003 Eisenhower Inn and Conference Center Gettysburg, PA Sponsored by: NATIONAL FISH HEALTH RESEARCH LABORATORY 11700 LEETOWN ROAD KEARNEYSVILLE, WV 25430 View the schedule of events Tuesday, 22 April 2003 General Session I – Clifford Starliper, moderator Boyd Importance Of Pili For Virulence Of Aeromonas salmonicida In Salmo salar Dacanay An Increase In Immunoglobulin Diversity In Aeromonas salmonicida-Exposed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L); An Immunomic View Bullock Establishment Of Aeromonas salmonicida And Yersinia ruckeri In Fluidized Sand Biofilters Of A Recycle Culture System And Subsequent Transmission Of These Pathogens To Newly Stocked Salmonids Bowser          Concurrent Infection Of Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone chrysops X Morone saxatilis) With Three Bacterial Pathogens:  A Case Report NasBaum Prospective Evaluation Of Four Handling Models Of Columnaris Induction Gauger            Prevalence of Vibrio harveyi In Cultured Juvenile Summer Flounder (Paralicthys dentatus) Melka         Survey Of Bacteria Isolated From Catfish, Salmon, Tilapia And Trout Fillets Kaattari      Uses And Abuses Of ELISA Diagnostics: Reading Too Little Or Too Much Into Your Hard-Won Data Fijan                      Keynote Address: Fifty Years Of Reasearch On Aquaculture, Biology, And Pathology Of Fish Lobster Unusual Diagnostic Cases – Stephen Smith, moderator Bowser      Friday Afternoon In The Fish Disease Diagnostic Laboratory:  Never A Slow Day Pasnik Rancid Food For Thought Khoo VisceralToxicosis Of Catfish - An Emerging Disease Densmore A Bad Case of Zebras Lobster Health – Richard Robohm, moderator Hsu          Carapace Erosions And Bacteria From Shell Disease Lesions In American Lobsters      Frasca Molecular Characterization Of The Amoeba Associated With Paramoebiasis In American Lobster (Homarus americanus) By Small Subunit Ribosomal Gene Analysis Robohm            Effects of Stressors on Mortality Rates in Lobsters (Homarus americanus) Infected With a Bacterial Pathogen Anderson         Production Of Cytotoxic Oxygen Species By Lobster Hemocytes Paterson      Induction Of Elevated Protective Immunity And Phagocytosis In The American Lobster DeGuise                      Effects Of Pesticides In The Long Island Sound Lobster Mortality Dove      Calcinosis In Long Island Sound Lobsters During The Summer Of 2002 General Session II – Clifford Starliper, moderator McAllister Vertical Transmission And Detection Of Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus Rolland Relative Resistance Of Pacific Salmon To Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus Crosby Fish Health Problems In Virginia: A Decade of Casework Matsche Maryland Fish Health And Fish Kills In 2002 General Session III – Paul Bowser Draghi Molecular Characterization Of The Chlamydia-like Bacterium Associated With Epitheliocystis In Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Gieseker            An Experimental Infection Model Of Fungal Disease In Rainbow Trout, Oncorhorhyncus mykiss Kosoff         Distribution Of Chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis) Within Amphibian Populations Of The Ecuadorian Andes Sokolowki      Anguillicola crassus In Populations Of Anguilla rostrata Wednesday, 23 April 2003 Plumb                      Keynote – My Perception Of Fish Health In The United States Emerging Health Issues In Commercial Aquaria – Marty Greenwell, moderator Greenwell      Shark Transport: Knowns And Unknowns Weber Treating Cancer In The Fish Patient Tall Molecular Characterization Of Virulence Factors By Marine Vibrios Copper Project Piaba: Saving The Rainforest Through Fisheries Arnold     Hematology Of Elasmobranchs At The National Aquarium in Baltimore Walker Recombinant Human Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Heals Dermal Ulcerations In Phyllomedusa bicolor General Session IV – Fred Kern Walter            Low Stress Acclimation For Freshly Caught Caribbean Fish Used in Public Display Starliper         Use Of Bacterial Flora Databases From Selected Unionids To Identify Disease Causing Agents Lewis      United States East And Gulf Coast Study Of Cryptosporidium In Shellfish – The Rest Of The Story Earnhart                      Development And Characterization Of Monoclonal Antibodies Generated Against The Extracellular Products Of The Oyster Parasite Perkinsus marinus Hancock Investigations Into The Euthanasia Of Decapod Crustaceans Using The Green Crab Carcinus maenas As A Model Wolf Updating The Registry Of Tumors In Lower Animals Spring Viremia Of Carp– Andrew Goodwin, moderator Fijan Infectious Dropsy And Spring Viremia Of Carp: History Way Atypical Spring Viremia Of Carp Virus Isolated From Carp Imported Into The United Kingdom:  Evidence For A Number Of Distinct Sub-Groups Lewbart     Spring Viremia Of Carp And The Farmer: Communication, Compassion, And Diplomacy Bakal Spring Viremia Of Carp: Findings And Impacts Of The North Carolina Episode Marcquenski            Spring Viremia Of Carp Virus In The Upper Midwest Miller, O.         Unites States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services Implements A Spring Viremia Of Carp Program Goodwin      Knowledge And Suspicions About Spring Viremia Of Carp Miller, R.                      Standardizing Methods For Disk Diffusion And Broth Microdilution Susceptibility Testing Of Aquatic Isolates Darwish Laboratory Efficacy Of Amoxicillin For The Control Of Streptococcus iniae Infection In Hybrid Striped (Sunshine) Bass Wooster Human Health Risks Associated With Formaldehyde Treatments Used In Aquaculture: Pilot Study Mitchell Thermal Limits Of Red-Rimmed Melania Melanoides tubercuata, (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Thiaridae): Implications For Control And Distribution Of A Snail That Vectors A Gill Trematode Causing Serious Infections In Fish General Session VI – John Grizzle Fijan Intestinal Ulceration And Enterotoxemia In Carp: Case Histology And Implications Noble     Histological And Ultrastructural Lesions Associated With Chronic Diarrhea In Arctic Char Smolowitz Nutritional Myopathy In Cultured Toadfish Henry            Electroshocking-Induced Injuries In Newly Transformed Juvenile Fish Thursday, 24 April 2003 EmergingIssues In Coral Health – Virginia Garrison Garrison         From Global To Molecular: Unraveling What Is Happening On Coral Reefs Work      Coral Reef Health In The Pacific Ocean - Results From Recent Surveys Richardson                      Black Band Disease Of Corals: A Pathogenic Microbial Consortium Griffin Potential Impact Of Humans On Coral Reef Health Turner Measurement Of Fecal Glucocorticoids In Parrotfishes To Assess Stress Brush Aspergillosis Of Gorgonians: Origins Of The Pathogen McLaughlin International Registry Of Coral Reef Pathology Peters     Coral Tumors And Neoplasia Fish Health Issues In The Great Lakes – Mohamed Faisal, moderator Hnath Fish Health in the Great Lakes: A Personal Perspective Schachte            Recent Fish Health Issues In New York State’s Great Lakes Waters Getchell         Prevalence Of Type E Botulism In Fish In The Lower Great Lakes Honeyfield      Thiamine Deficiency Effect On Health And Well Being Of Great Lakes Salmonids Faisal                      Genetic Analysis Of Renibacterium salmoninarum Strains Of The Great Lakes Wiens Mapping Antibody Epitopes On Renibacterium Salmoninarum P57 Using Transposon Mutagenesis And Synthetic Peptides Warmwater Vaccinology – Phil Klesius, moderator Klesius Fish Vaccinology Elsken Fish Vaccines Licensing And Policies Shoemaker Modified Live Vaccines Against Edwardsiella ictaluri And Flavobacterium columnare Nusbaum     Electroporation Of DNA Vaccines Into Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) And Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Bisharyan Tetrahymena thermophila As An Expression System For Recombinant Vaccine Antigens Praveen A Novel Effector Molecule Of Catfish NCC Is A Precursor Of The Mammalian Gramzyme Family Argayosa N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequences Of Novel Fucolectins Of Oreochromis Niloticus Reveal Its Suspected Role In Innate Immunity General Session VII – Kenneth Nussbaum Smith Pathology Associated With A Severe Infestation Of Tetrahymena sp. In Cultured Hybrid Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis X M. chrysops Swennes Differences In Virulence Between Two Serotypic Strains Of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Bilodeau Phenotypic Correlations Between Susceptibility To Enteric Septicemia Of Catfish And Pathogen Clearance Among Channel Catfish Families Ottinger Mycobacteriosis And Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass: An Integrated Cooperative Research Program General Session VIII – Christopher Ottinger Densmore Mycobacteriosis In Striped Bass: Comparative Analysis In Four Chesapeake Bay Tributaries Kaattari,I Prevalence And Intensity Of Mycobacterial Infection In Striped Bass From The Chesapeake Bay: A Comparative Study Using Histology, Bacteriology, and Molecular Methods Gauthier Phagolysosomal Fusion In Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) Macrophages Infected With Mycobacterium marinum Burge Increases In Short Term In Vivo Expression Of Natural Resistance-Associated Macrophage Protein, Nramp, In Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) Following Mycobacterial Challenge Return to Workshop Homepage Return to Leetown Science Center Home Page