Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

M. M. Corvi, Stanley, K. A., Peterson, T. S., Kent, M. L., Feist, S. W., La Du, J. K., Volz, D. C., Hosmer, A. J., and Tanguay, R. L., “Investigating the impact of chronic atrazine exposure on sexual development in zebrafish.”, Birth defects research. Part B, Developmental and reproductive toxicology, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 276-88, 2012.

J. L. Sanders, Watral, V., and Kent, M. L., “Microsporidiosis in zebrafish research facilities.”, ILAR journal / National Research Council, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 106-13, 2012.

M. L. Kent and Varga, Z., “Use of zebrafish in research and importance of health and husbandry.”, ILAR journal / National Research Council, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 89-94, 2012.

M. L. Kent and Varga, Z., “Use of zebrafish in research and importance of health and husbandry.”, ILAR J, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 89-94, 2012.

M. L. Kent, Buchner, C., Watral, V. G., Sanders, J. L., Ladu, J., Peterson, T. S., and Tanguay, R. L., “Development and maintenance of a specific pathogen-free (SPF) zebrafish research facility for Pseudoloma neurophilia.”, Diseases of aquatic organisms, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 73-9, 2011.

J. L. Sanders and Kent, M. L., “Development of a sensitive assay for the detection of Pseudoloma neurophilia in laboratory populations of the zebrafish Danio rerio.”, Dis Aquat Organ, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 145-56, 2011.

J. L. Sanders and Kent, M. L., “Development of a sensitive assay for the detection of Pseudoloma neurophilia in laboratory populations of the zebrafish Danio rerio.”, Diseases of aquatic organisms, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 145-56, 2011.

Z. Cui, Samuel-Shaker, D., Watral, V., and Kent, M. L., “Attenuated Mycobacterium marinum protects zebrafish against mycobacteriosis.”, Journal of fish diseases, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 371-5, 2010.

J. L. Sanders, Lawrence, C., Nichols, D. K., Brubaker, J. F., Peterson, T. S., Murray, K. N., and Kent, M. L., “Pleistophora hyphessobryconis (Microsporidia) infecting zebrafish Danio rerio in research facilities.”, Diseases of aquatic organisms, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 47-56, 2010.

J. M. Ramsay, Watral, V., Schreck, C. B., and Kent, M. L., “Husbandry stress exacerbates mycobacterial infections in adult zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton).”, Journal of fish diseases, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 931-41, 2009.

J. M. Ramsay, Watral, V., Schreck, C. B., and Kent, M. L., “Pseudoloma neurophilia infections in zebrafish Danio rerio: effects of stress on survival, growth, and reproduction.”, Diseases of aquatic organisms, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 69-84, 2009.

V. E. Ostland, Watral, V., Whipps, C. M., Austin, F. W., St-Hilaire, S., Westerman, M. E., and Kent, M. L., “Biochemical, molecular, and virulence characteristics of select Mycobacterium marinum isolates in hybrid striped bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis and zebrafish Danio rerio.”, Diseases of aquatic organisms, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 107-18, 2008.

C. M. Whipps, Matthews, J. L., and Kent, M. L., “Distribution and genetic characterization of Mycobacterium chelonae in laboratory zebrafish Danio rerio.”, Diseases of aquatic organisms, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 45-54, 2008.

M. J. Harriff, Bermudez, L. E., and Kent, M. L., “Experimental exposure of zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton), to Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium peregrinum reveals the gastrointestinal tract as the primary route of infection: a potential model for environmental mycobacterial infection.”, Journal of fish diseases, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 587-600, 2007.

C. M. Whipps, Dougan, S. T., and Kent, M. L., “Mycobacterium haemophilum infections of zebrafish (Danio rerio) in research facilities.”, FEMS microbiology letters, vol. 270, no. 1, pp. 21-6, 2007.

V. Watral and Kent, M. L., “Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium spp. in zebrafish (Danio rerio) from research facilities.”, Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol, vol. 145, no. 1, pp. 55-60, 2007.

J. A. Ferguson, Watral, V., Schwindt, A. R., and Kent, M. L., “Spores of two fish microsporidia (Pseudoloma neurophilia and Glugea anomala) are highly resistant to chlorine.”, Diseases of aquatic organisms, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 205-14, 2007.

L. K. Mathew, Sengupta, S., Kawakami, A., Andreasen, E. A., Löhr, C. V., Loynes, C. A., Renshaw, S. A., Peterson, R. T., and Tanguay, R. L., “Unraveling tissue regeneration pathways using chemical genetics.”, The Journal of biological chemistry, vol. 282, no. 48, pp. 35202-10, 2007.

C. M. Whipps and Kent, M. L., “Polymerase chain reaction detection of Pseudoloma neurophilia, a common microsporidian of zebrafish (Danio rerio) reared in research laboratories.”, Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 36-9, 2006.

C. M. Whipps and Kent, M. L., “Polymerase chain reaction detection of Pseudoloma neurophilia, a common microsporidian of zebrafish (Danio rerio) reared in research laboratories.”, J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 36-9, 2006.

M. L. Kent, Whipps, C. M., Matthews, J. L., Florio, D., Watral, V., Bishop-Stewart, J. K., Poort, M., and Bermudez, L., “Mycobacteriosis in zebrafish (Danio rerio) research facilities.”, Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol, vol. 138, no. 3, pp. 383-90, 2004.

J. M. Spitsbergen and Kent, M. L., “The state of the art of the zebrafish model for toxicology and toxicologic pathology research--advantages and current limitations.”, Toxicologic pathology, vol. 31 Suppl, pp. 62-87, 2003.

M. L. Kent and Bishop-Stewart, J. K., “Transmission and tissue distribution of Pseudoloma neurophilia (Microsporidia) of zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton).”, J Fish Dis, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 423-6, 2003.

M. L. Kent, Bishop-Stewart, J. K., Matthews, J. L., and Spitsbergen, J. M., “Pseudocapillaria tomentosa, a nematode pathogen, and associated neoplasms of zebrafish (Danio rerio) kept in research colonies.”, Comp Med, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 354-8, 2002.

J. L. Matthews, Brown, A. M., Larison, K., Bishop-Stewart, J. K., Rogers, P., and Kent, M. L., “Pseudoloma neurophilia n. g., n. sp., a new microsporidium from the central nervous system of the zebrafish (Danio rerio).”, J Eukaryot Microbiol, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 227-33, 2001.