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Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences
 

Ramona Skirptunas


Ramona T. Skirpstunas
 Assistant Professor


Utah State University
Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
ADVS Department
5700 Old Main Hill
Logan UT 84322-5700

phone (435)797-8007
fax (435)797-2805
email rskirps at cc.usu.edu

 

  
 
MAJOR RESEARCH and PROFESSIOANL INTERESTS
 
  • Research involving pathogenesis of infectious diseases with special interest in bacterial diseases of farmed fish species. Current research focuses on pathogenesis of Edwardsiella Ictaluri, causative agent of Enteric Septicemia of Catfish and Flavobacterium Psychrophilum, causative agent of Rainbow Trout Fry Syndrome (RTFS). Concurrent research focus in diagnostic assay development for early detection of Myxobolus Cerebralis (Whirling disease) infection in trout.


  • General Veterinary Pathology and Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostic Medicine.


  • Specific Research Experience: Protein science, including isolation, purification and characterization, primary cell culture and associated in vitro techniques including invasion assays using bacterial pathogens, virus culture, virus isolation and quantification, immunoblots, ELISA, light and electron microscopy, PCR, dot blots, microarray, in situ hybridization and aquaculture laboratory set-up, maintenance and medicine of fish.