Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

S. T. Spagnoli, Sanders, J. L., and Kent, M. L., “The common neural parasite Pseudoloma neurophilia causes altered shoaling behaviour in adult laboratory zebrafish (Danio rerio) and its implications for neurobehavioural research.”, J Fish Dis, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 443-446, 2017.

S. T. Spagnoli, Xue, L., and Kent, M. L., “The common neural parasite Pseudoloma neurophilia is associated with altered startle response habituation in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio): Implications for the zebrafish as a model organism.”, Behav Brain Res, vol. 291, pp. 351-360, 2015.

S. J. Gresoviac, Khattra, J. S., Nadler, S. A., Kent, M. L., Devlin, R. H., Vivares, C. P., De La Fuente, E., and Hedrick, R. P., “Comparison of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer sequences among isolates of the intranuclear microsporidian Nucleospora salmonis.”, J Eukaryot Microbiol, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 379-87, 2000.

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.

M. J. Higgins, Kent, M. L., Moran, J. D., Weiss, L. M., and Dawe, S. C., “Efficacy of the fumagillin analog TNP-470 for Nucleospora salmonis and Loma salmonae infections in chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha.”, Dis Aquat Organ, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 45-9, 1998.

J. L. Sanders, Watral, V., Stidworthy, M. F., and Kent, M. L., “Expansion of the Known Host Range of the Microsporidium, Pseudoloma neurophilia.”, Zebrafish, vol. 13 Suppl 1, pp. S102-6, 2016.

R. W. Shaw, Kent, M. L., Brown, A. M., Whipps, C. M., and Adamson, M. L., “Experimental and natural host specificity of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia).”, Dis Aquat Organ, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 131-6, 2000.

S. Ndikumana, Pelin, A., Williot, A., Sanders, J. L., Kent, M. L., and Corradi, N., “Genome Analysis of Pseudoloma neurophilia: A Microsporidian Parasite of Zebrafish (Danio rerio).”, J Eukaryot Microbiol, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 18-30, 2017.

J. L. Sanders, Myers, M. S., Tomanek, L., Cali, A., Takvorian, P. M., and Kent, M. L., “Ichthyosporidium weissii n. sp. (Microsporidia) infecting the arrow goby (Clevelandia ios).”, J Eukaryot Microbiol, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 258-67, 2012.

J. L. Sanders, Monteiro, J. F., Martins, S., Certal, A. Catarina, and Kent, M. L., “The Impact of Infection on Body Condition of Zebrafish.”, Zebrafish, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 139-146, 2020.

R. W. Shaw, Kent, M. L., and Adamson, M. L., “Innate susceptibility differences in chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha to Loma salmonae (Microsporidia).”, Dis Aquat Organ, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 49-53, 2000.

G. D. Stentiford, Becnel, - J. J., Weiss, L. M., Keeling, P. J., Didier, E. S., Williams, B. - A. P., Bjornson, S., Kent, M. L., Freeman, M. A., Brown, M. J. F., Troemel, E. - R., Roesel, K., Sokolova, Y., Snowden, K. F., and Solter, L., “Microsporidia - Emergent Pathogens in the Global Food Chain.”, Trends Parasitol, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 336-348, 2016.

J. R. Brocklebank, Speare, D. J., and Kent, M. L., “Microsporidian encephalitis of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in British Columbia.”, Can Vet J, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 631-3, 1995.

R. W. Shaw, Kent, M. L., and Adamson, M. L., “Modes of transmission of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia).”, Dis Aquat Organ, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 151-6, 1998.

J. S. Khattra, Gresoviac, S. J., Kent, M. L., Myers, M. S., Hedrick, R. P., and Devlin, R. H., “Molecular detection and phylogenetic placement of a microsporidian from English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus) affected by X-cell pseudotumors.”, J Parasitol, vol. 86, no. 4, pp. 867-71, 2000.

M. L. Kent, Docker, M., Khattra, J., Vossbrinck, C. R., Speare, D. J., and Devlin, R. H., “A new Microsporidium sp. (microsporidia) from the musculature of the mountain whitefish Prosopium williamsoni from British Columbia: morphology and phylogeny.”, J Parasitol, vol. 85, no. 6, pp. 1114-9, 1999.

R. W. Shaw, Kent, M. L., Docker, M. F., Brown, A. M., Devlin, R. H., and Adamson, M. L., “A new species of Loma (Microsporea) in shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata).”, J Parasitol, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 296-301, 1997.

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.

S. T. Spagnoli, Xue, L., Murray, K. N., Chow, F., and Kent, M. L., “Pseudoloma neurophilia: a retrospective and descriptive study of nervous system and muscle infections, with new implications for pathogenesis and behavioral phenotypes.”, Zebrafish, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 189-201, 2015.

S. T. Spagnoli, Sanders, J. L., Watral, V., and Kent, M. L., “Pseudoloma neurophilia Infection Combined with Gamma Irradiation Causes Increased Mortality in Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Compared to Infection or Irradiation Alone: New Implications for Studies Involving Immunosuppression.”, Zebrafish, vol. 13 Suppl 1, pp. S107-14, 2016.

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.

M. L. Kent, Dawe, S. C., and Speare, D. J., “Resistance to reinfection in chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha to Loma salmonae (Microsporidia).”, Dis Aquat Organ, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 205-8, 1999.

F. W. Chow, Xue, L., and Kent, M. L., “Retrospective study of the prevalence of Pseudoloma neurophilia shows male sex bias in zebrafish Danio rerio (Hamilton-Buchanan).”, J Fish Dis, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 367-70, 2016.

L. J. Norris, Watral, V., and Kent, M. L., “Survival of Bacterial and Parasitic Pathogens from Zebrafish (Danio rerio) After Cryopreservation and Thawing.”, Zebrafish, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 188-201, 2018.

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.