I am a veterinary pathologist who focuses on the pathology
of aquatic species in the context of a program in comparative
anatomic pathology through the Department of Pathobiology
and Veterinary Science in the College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources. The teaching emphasis of my laboratory
is on descriptive comparative pathology, ultrastructural
and molecular characterization of pathogens, identification
of molecular markers for infectious disease detection, and
understanding the pathogenesis of disease in aquatic hosts.
My current research interests and initiatives focus on characterization
of infectious disease concerns in fish and include the following:
1. Ultrastructural, antigenic and molecular characterization
of chlamydia-like bacteria in cultured salmonids,
which includes the agents of epitheliocystis and their
relationship to environmental chlamydiae.
2. Molecular systematics and comparative pathology
of melanized fungal infections (phaeohyphomycosis) in
finfish, emphasizing research to understand disease
pathogenesis and the role environmental factors may play
in disease.
3. Comparative pathology and molecular virology
of systemic iridovirus infections in commercially relevant
finfish, emphasizing molecular means of detecting
infection.
The Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
grants the Ph.D. degree in Pathobiology, with areas of
concentration in bacteriology, pathology and virology.
For more information, please visit http://www.canr.uconn.edu/patho/indesal.html.
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