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Analysis of structural proteins of Atlantic Salmon Bafinivirus - a coronavirus of fish
Date
2020
Author
McKibbon, Ashley
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Atlantic Salmon Bafinivirus (ASBV) is a recently discovered coronavirus of fish, isolated from farmed Atlantic salmon. The ASBV genome, similarly...
Thesis Supervisor
Kibenge, Fred
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Immunological responses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to co-infections with sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)
Date
2019
Author
Carvalho, Laura A.
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Intensive fish farming at aquaculture sites is reaching maximum exploitation of the environment, providing suitable conditions for simultaneous...
Thesis Supervisor
Fast, Mark
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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A next-generation sequencing approach for the simultaneous detection of plant viruses for plant quarantine testing
Date
2019
Author
Hammill, Desmond L.
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Dissertation/Thesis
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world and plays a vital role in human nutrition and food security...

Thesis Supervisor
Xu, Huimin; Kibenge, Fred
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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A serological survey and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of Ringed seals (Nattiit) in Frobisher Bay, Nunavut
Date
2019
Author
Sudlovenick, Enooyaq
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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Ringed seals, or nattiit in Inuktitut, continue to provide as a food staple for Nunavummiut, and the need for monitoring the health of the seal...

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Daoust, Pierre-Yves; Jones, Megan; Martinson, Shannon
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Vaccine-induced protection against furunculosis in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)
Date
2018
Author
Brown, Alyson Barbara Jane
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Dissertation/Thesis
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Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) are a salmonid with potential economic growth in Canadian aquaculture. They are native to the Arctic, and have...

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Fast, Mark
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Cyclooxygenase and CD147 expression in human and feline oral squamous cell carcinoma
Date
2017
Author
Nasry, Walaa Hamed Shaker
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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Many investigators have provided evidence supporting the role of chronic inflammation in the development and progression of many types of cancer,...
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Martin, Chelsea; Rodriguez-Lecompte, Juan C.
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Transcriptional signatures of sexual selection, stress, and development in salmon lice (lepeophtheirus salmonis)
Date
2017
Author
Poley, Jordan
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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ABSTRACT The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) is an important ectoparasitic copepod of wild and farmed salmon. Management of this parasite in...
Thesis Supervisor
Fast, Mark
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Characterization of orthoreoviruses isolated from American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) winter mortality events in eastern Canada
Date
2017
Author
Kalupahana, Anil Wasantha
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
A putative reovirus has been isolated from mortality events in American crows, of eastern Canada. The purpose of this research is to establish...
Thesis Supervisor
Kibenge, Fred; McBurney, Scott
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Improved detection of a fish virus with a segmented genome by Real-Time RT-qPCR
Date
2016
Author
Pérez Lazo, Jocelyn Ginette
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is a virus that infects farmed and wild salmonids in Norway, United Kingdom, Ireland, Chile, United States and Canada....
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Kibenge, Fred
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Regulation of genes associated with avian B cell receptors involved in innate and adaptive immunity
Date
2016
Author
Elad, Ori
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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Epigenetics is a group of mechanisms associated with gene expression control. One of these mechanisms is methylation of cytosines which are part of...
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Rodriguez-Lecompte, Juan Carlos
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Microscopic and metabolomic investigation of Hematodinium sp. infections in Newfoundland snow crabs, Chionoecetes opilio
Date
2016
Author
Buote, Melanie A.
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Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Bitter Crab Disease (BCD) is a fatal disease of crustaceans caused by parasitic syndinian dinoflagellates of the genus Hematodinium. Over forty...
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Cawthorn, Rick; Kerr, Russ
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Optimal treatment regimes from productivity and economic standpoints
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The management of suspended mussel lines using high pressure water treatments for the vase tunicate, Ciona intestinalis
Date
2015
Author
Davidson, John D.P.
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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The invasive tunicate Ciona intestinalis (L., 1767) had an economic impact on the aquaculture of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis (L., 1758) in...
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Johnson, Gerry; Quijon, Pedro
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Manipulation of the Loma salmonae-rainbow trout disease model with special reference to integrated multitrophic aquaculture practices
Date
2015
Author
McConnachie, Sarah
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) can potentially mitigate concerns related to traditional monoculture (e.g., nutrient loading). An...
Thesis Supervisor
Speare, David
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Mitochondrial bioenergetics
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An integrated platform to study interactions of multiple stressors
Date
2015
Author
Sappal, Ravinder
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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Animals must expend energy to deal with a wide array of stressors associated with environmental change. Because mitochondria produce >90% of the...
Thesis Supervisor
Kamunde, Collins; Fast, Mark
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Pathogenesis of frog virus 3 (Ranavirus sp, Iridoviridae) in the wood frog, Rana sylvatica (Lithobates sylvaticus)
Date
2015
Author
Forzán Gómez, María de Jesús
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Amphibian populations suffer massive mortalities from infection with Frog Virus 3 (FV3, Ranavirus, Iridoviridae), a pathogen also responsible for...
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Daoust, Pierre-Yves; Markham, Fred
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Light and ultramicroscopical aspects of the in vitro development of Hematodinium sp. (Dinoflagellata) from Atlantic snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio)
Date
2014
Author
Gaudet, Peter H.
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Hematodinium is a parasitic dinoflagellate of numerous crustacean species, including the economically important Atlantic snow crab, Chionoecetes...
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Greenwood, Spencer; Cawthorn, Rick
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Changes in Lepeophtheirus salmonis gene expression during host switching and selection
Date
2014
Author
Wotton, Heather J.
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Lepeophtheirus salmonis is a copepod parasite of salmonid fish, commonly referred to as sea lice, and is particularly pathogenic to Atlantic salmon...
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Fast, Mark
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Chemoattractant G protein-coupled receptors in human mast cells
Date
2013
Author
Pundir, Priyanka
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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Mast cells are crucial effector cells in host defense and immunoregulation. They are equipped with an impressive array of receptor systems which...
Thesis Supervisor
Kulka, Marianna; Kibenge, Fred
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Resistance to emamectin benzoate in sea lice
Date
2013
Author
Igboeli, Okechukwu Obiora
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
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Effective control of parasitic sea lice (including Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus), is a major challenge currently facing sea cage...
Thesis Supervisor
Burka, John; Fast, Mark
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
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Comparative immunological development and responses in lower vertebrates
Subtitle
sturgeon
Date
2013
Author
Gradil, Ana Maria Meireles
Genre
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Sturgeon are harvested worldwide for their meat and eggs, sold as caviar and are among the most economically important fish species worldwide. A...
Thesis Supervisor
Fast, Mark; Wright, Glenda
Publisher
University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status
PUBLISHED

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