2023 Seminar Series

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* Indicates best presentation award winner

May 4, 2023 - KEYNOTE

Dr. Tom Waltzek (Veterinary Medical Officer, USDA-APHIS)

Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) Disease, Diagnostics, and Regulations in the United States

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May 11, 2023

Dr. Noor-ul-Huda (Mississippi State University)

Proliferative Gill Disease in Catfish Aquaculture: Past and Present, With Special Focus on Mitigation Strategies

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May 18, 2023

Ethan Woodyard (Mississippi State University)

American alligators Infected With The Trematode Odhneriotrema incommodum And The Isolation Of Aeromonas veronii From The Associated Lesions

Ashmita Paudel (Mississippi State University)

Developing NIR sampling methodology for modeling species discrimination in live catfish for aquaculture

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May 25, 2023

Jonah Nguyen (Mississippi State University)

Morphological and Molecular Approaches to Differentiating Dermocystidium spp.

Sujita Balami (Mississippi State University)

Genomic Analysis Identifies a Discrete Fish-associated Lineage of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae

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June 1, 2023

Uthpala Padeniya (Auburn University)

Immune responses in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) reared in biofloc systems and susceptibility to Streptococcus iniae following the feeding of probiotics

* Sean Lennox (Michigan State University)

Developing an Improved Egg Disinfection Method to Reduce Flavobacterium psychrophilum Transmission Risk in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

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June 8, 2023 - KEYNOTE

Dr. Stacey Pulver (Biologist, Aquaculture Drugs Team, US FDA)

A Guide to Drug Development, Current Approvals, and Drug Use in Aquaculture

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June 15, 2023

Abdulmalik Oladipupo (Auburn University)

Investigation of growth and immune responses in juvenile channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) following the feeding of dietary immunostimulants and varying protein concentrations

Logan Robison (Mississippi State University)

A New Species of Myxobolus From The Skin Of Nile Tilapia From Lake Victoria Uganda

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June 22, 2023

Celene Slifka (Mississippi State University)

A “Snail” of a Tale: qPCR Detection of Two Intermediate Hosts of Bolbophorus damnificus From Mississippi Catfish Pond Water Samples

* Amber Johnston (USDA-ARS)

Lake Sturgeon Herpesvirus 2 is Virulent to Juvenile Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) and Susceptible to Multiple Disinfectants in vitro

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June 29, 2023

Eva Marie Quijano Cardé (University of California - Davis)

The Use of Cell and Viral Mutagenesis to Improve the Detection and Study of DNA Viruses in Fish

Marsha Lewis (Mississippi State University)

Genetic Variability of Edwardsiella piscicida from Mississippi Catfish Aquaculture from 2013-2020

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July 13, 2023 - KEYNOTE

Dr. Stephen Richley (Mississippi State University)

Career opportunities in aquatic animal health

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July 20, 2023

Jing Huang (Mississippi State University)

Exploring the possibility of autochthonous probiotics as functional feed for hybrid catfish

Malina Loeher (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Quantifying IHNV Transmission in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

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August 3, 2023

* Nisha Shrestha (Michigan State University)

Investigating the Geno- and Serotypic Diversity of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Infecting Captive-Reared Salmonids of the North Central Region of the USA

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August 10, 2023

Ashley Powell (University of Georgia)

Brief Overview of Immunohistochemistry, Its Applications and Limitations in Fish Health Investigations

* Divya Rose (Mississippi State University)

Microbiome Analysis of Channel Catfish Pond Water Samples

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August 17, 2023 - KEYNOTE

Dr. Tim Sullivan (USDA-NIFA)

Grant writing and review process

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August 24, 2023 - KEYNOTE

Shona Whyte, PhD, MBA (University of Prince Edward Island and the Journal of Aquatic Animal Health)

Navigating the Peer Review Process

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