David J. Speare

Contact Information
Title Professor of Fish Pathology
Education DVM (Guelph, 1984), DVSc (Pathology; Guelph, 1989)
Email speare@upei.ca
Phone (902) 566-0807
Fax (902) 566-0851

Areas of Expertise

  • Fish Pathology — Research & Diagnostics
  • Pathogenesis & Treatment of Infectious Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
  • Gill Diseases of Teleosts
  • Biology of Aquatic Microsporidia
  • Vaccine Development against Microsporidial Diseases
  • Diseases Within an Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture Setting

 

Graduate Students - Current
Dr. Jan Lovy (Post Doctoral Fellow)

Ms. Jen Harkness (MSc candidate)

Dr. Ravinder Sappal (PhD candidate)

Area - Pathogenesis and control of Microsporidial Gill Disease of Salmon (funded through the NSERC Strategic Grant Program)

Graduate Students - Previous  (A list of previous graduate students is available upon request)

 

Selected Publications

Full list of primary publications and review article available upon request; abstracts and PDR versions available through PUBMED.  Book chapters listed in PUBMED and available through regular mail or as e-mail attachments.