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Lester H Khoo

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Yamamoto F, Older C, Khoo L, Romano N, Richardson B, Ott B, et al.
J Fish Dis . 2024 Dec; 48(3):e14060. PMID: 39655747
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Venugopalan A, White D, Lopez-Porras A, Ford L, Ware C, Lewis M, et al.
J Fish Dis . 2024 Aug; 47(11):e14005. PMID: 39128013
Ictalurid herpesvirus 1 (IcHV1) is the most significant viral agent in U.S. catfish aquaculture. Little is known regarding the genetic stability and antigenic variability of IcHV1. Herein, the genetic and...
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Stilwell J, Griffin M, Leary J, Khoo L, Camus A
Vet Pathol . 2024 Jun; 61(6):965-972. PMID: 38864294
Proliferative gill disease (PGD), caused by the myxozoan , has been the most notorious parasitic gill disease in the US catfish aquaculture industry. In 2019, an unusual gill disease caused...
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Stilwell J, Camus A, Woodyard E, Ware C, Rosser T, Gunn M, et al.
J Aquat Anim Health . 2023 Nov; 35(4):223-237. PMID: 37965694
Objective: Proliferative gill disease (PGD) in Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus and hybrid catfish (Channel Catfish × Blue Catfish I. furcatus) is attributed to the myxozoan Henneguya ictaluri. Despite evidence of...
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LaFrentz B, Khoo L, Lawrence M, Petrie-Hanson L, Hanson L, Baumgartner W, et al.
J Aquat Anim Health . 2023 Oct; 36(1):3-15. PMID: 37859458
Objective: Columnaris disease is a leading cause of disease-related losses in the catfish industry of the southeastern United States. The term "columnaris-causing bacteria" (CCB) has been coined in reference to...
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Alberson N, Rosser T, King D, Woodyard E, Khoo L, Baumgartner W, et al.
J Parasitol . 2022 Mar; 108(2):141-158. PMID: 35353188
The echinostomatid Drepanocephalus spathans (syn. Drepanocephalus auritus) parasitizes the double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus. In North America, the marsh rams-horn snail Planorbella trivolvis and ghost rams-horn snail Biomphalaria havanensis serve as...
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Stilwell J, Griffin M, Waldbieser G, Stanton J, Leary J, Khoo L, et al.
J Parasitol . 2022 Mar; 108(2):132-140. PMID: 35312005
An abundance of morphologically variable Henneguya species complicates the understanding of disease relationships between ictalurid catfish and myxozoan (Phylum: Cnidaria) parasites on North American aquaculture operations. Henneguya ictaluri, the cause...
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Woodyard E, Rosser T, Stilwell J, Camus A, Khoo L, Waldbieser G, et al.
Syst Parasitol . 2022 Jan; 99(1):41-62. PMID: 35028798
Previous morphological and histological data are supplemented with molecular and ultrastructural data for a Henneguya sp. isolated from farm-raised channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus in Mississippi, USA. Myxospores were cryptic, encapsulated...
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Wise A, LaFrentz B, Kelly A, Khoo L, Xu T, Liles M, et al.
Animals (Basel) . 2021 Nov; 11(11). PMID: 34827972
Catfish production is a major aquaculture industry in the United States and is the largest sector of food fish production. As producers aim to optimize production yields, diseases caused by...
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Stilwell J, Camus A, Leary J, Khoo L, Griffin M
J Parasitol . 2019 Oct; 105(5):686-692. PMID: 31566517
There are multiple spp. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) endemic to North American catfish aquaculture that affect the gills of channel catfish and their hybrids. These parasites are morphologically similar, and confusion exists...