Publications (Sea Lice Project:  1998 - )

 

FAST, M.D., J.F. BURKA, S.C. JOHNSON, and N.W. ROSS (2003).  Enzymes released from Lepeophtheirus salmonis in response to mucus from different salmonids.  J. Parasitol. 89: 7-13.

FAST, M.D., BURKA, J.F., JOHNSON, S.C., and ROSS, N.W. (2002).  The constituents released from sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) in the presence of salmonid mucus.  Bull. Aquacult. Assoc. Canada, Special Publication #5, 46-49.

MUSTAFA, A., PETERS, W.D., CONBOY, G.A., and BURKA, J.F. (2002.  Do water temperature and flow affect sea lice development and settlement?  Bull. Aquacult. Assoc. Canada, Special Publication #5, 53-55.

FAST, M.D., D.E. SIMS, J.F. BURKA, A. MUSTAFA, and N.W. ROSS (2002).  Skin morphology and humoral non-specific defence parameters of mucus and plasma in rainbow trout, coho and Atlantic salmon.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 132: 645-657.

FAST, M.D., A. MUSTAFA, D.E. SIMS , S.C. JOHNSON , G.A. CONBOY 3, G. JOHNSON , N.W. ROSS and J.F. BURKA (2002) Differences in susceptibility of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), to experimental infection with Lepeophtheirus salmonis: plasma and mucous biochemistry, immunology and skin histology.  Dis. Aquat. Org. 52:57-68

BOWERS, J.M., D.J. SPEARE, and J.F. BURKA (2002).  The effects of hydrogen peroxide on the stress response of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).  J. Vet. Pharmacol. Ther. 25: 311-313.

MUSTAFA, A., CONBOY, G.A. and BURKA, J.F. (2001).  Life-span and reproductive capacity of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, under laboratory conditions.  Bull. Aquacult. Assoc. Canada, Special Publication #4, 113-114.

GONZALEZ-ALANIS, P., G.M. WRIGHT, S.C. JOHNSON, and J.F. BURKA (2001).  Frontal filament morphogenesis in the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis.  J. Parasitol.  87, 561-574.

BURKA, J.F., G.A. CONBOY, D.E. SIMS, D.J. SPEARE, A. MUSTAFA, N.W. ROSS,  and S.C. JOHNSON (2000).  Physiological, biochemical, and histological approaches to examining sea lice-salmon interactions, in “Disease Resistance and Immune Response”,  C. Secombes, A. Ellis, D. MacKinlay (eds), American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, pp. 49-53.

Bowers, J.M., Burka, J.F., Mustafa, A., Speare, D.J., Sims, D.E., Conboy, G.A., and M. Brimacombe. 2000. The effects of a single experimental challenge of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, on the stress response of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. J. Fish Dis., 23, 165-172.

Fast, M.D., Ross, N.W. and J.F. Burka. 2000. Comparison of physiological and biochemical parameters in rainbow trout, coho and Atlantic salmon following infestation with sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). in "Disease Resistance and Immune Response", C. Secombes, A. Ellis, D. MacKinlay (eds), American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, pp. 44-47

Mustafa, A., MacWilliams, C., Fernandez, N., Matchett, K., Conboy, G.A., and J.F. Burka. 2000. Effects of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) infestation on macrophage functions in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fish Shellfish Immunol. 10: 47-59.

Mustafa, A., Speare, D. J., Daley, J., Conboy, G. A., and J.F. Burka. 2000. Enhanced susceptibility of seawater cultured rainbow trout to the microsporidian, Loma salmonae during primary infection with the sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. J. Fish Dis., 23, 337-341.

Ross, N.W., Firth, K.J., Wang, A., Burka, J.F., and S.C. Johnson. 2000. Changes in hydrolytic enzyme activities of naive Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) skin mucus due to infection with the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) and cortisol implantation. Dis. Aquat. Org., 41, 43-51.

Mustafa, A., Conboy, G.A. and J.F. Burka. 1999. Sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar: the dynamics of host resistance and parasite fecundity in infested fish. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 124A: S119.

Firth, K.J., Johnson, S.C., Burka, J.F., and N.W. Ross. 1998. Changes in protease activity in the skin surface mucus of Atlantic salmon during sea lice infestation. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada. 98-2: 93-95.

Horne, M.M. and D.E. Sims. 1998. Preliminary ultrastructural studies of the surface mucus of Atlantic salmon. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 98-2: 85-86.

Mustafa, A., Bowers, J., MacWilliams, C., Fernandez, N., Conboy, C. and Burka, J. 1998. Effects of sea lice infestation on macrophage functions in Atlantic salmon.Bull. Aquacul. Assoc.Canada. 98-2: 90-92.
 
 

ReportsBurka, J.F., Conboy, G.A., Sims, D.E., Speare, D.J., Mustafa, A., Ross, N.W. and S.C. Johnson. Physiological, biochemical, And Histological Approaches To Examining Sea Lice-salmon Interactions. International Congress on the Biology of Fish Proceedings.  Aberdeen, UK. In press.Burka, John & Paul Smith. Sea Lice Research at UPEI and IMB Making Strides. Northern Aquaculture, March 2000.(Special Supplement: Salmon Health)