Dr. Justin Stilwell, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Publications

Conference Proceeding

• Dietary Iron Supplementation For Catfish (Ictalurus sp.) Juveniles Can Affect Their Blood Hematocrit But Decrease Their Disease Resistance Against Edwardsiella ictaluri..  47th EFHW . 2024
• Proliferative Gill Disease in Catfish Aquaculture: Where We Were, Where We Are And Where We Are Going. .  46TH ANNUAL EASTERN FISH HEALTH WORKSHOP. 2023
• Dietary iron supplementation can increase hematocrit levels for catfish (Ictalurus sp.) but decrease their resistance against Edwardsiella ictaluri. .  Aquaculture America 2023.

Journal Article

• Iron supplementation in the diets of hybrid catfish (Ictalurus punctatus × I. furcatus) juveniles affected haematocrit levels and potentially decreased disease resistance to Edwardsiella ictaluri. Journal of Fish Diseases. Volume 47, Issue 3, Pages 1-10. 2023
• Diagnostic challenge in veterinary pathology: Pruritus in a dog with a mixed cellular infiltrate. Veterinary Pathology. Volume 60, Issue 2, Pages 158-161. 2023
• Influence of channel catfish and channel x blue catfish hybrids on myxozoan community composition in catfish aquaculture ponds. North American Journal of Aquaculture. Volume 85, Issue 3, Pages 241-251. 2023
• Influence of Channel Catfish and Channel× Blue Catfish hybrids on myxozoan community composition in catfish aquaculture ponds. North American Journal of Aquaculture . Volume 85, Pages 241-251.
• Species‐specific in situ hybridization confirms arrested development of Henneguya ictaluri in hybrid catfish (Channel Catfish× Blue Catfish) under experimental conditions, with notes on mixed‐species infections in clinical cases of proliferative gill disease from Mississippi catfish aquaculture. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health . Volume 35, Pages 223-237.
• Systemic salmonellosis in cats. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. Volume 35, Issue 5, Pages 581-584. 2023
• Tissue and plasma enzyme activities and chemical analytes of golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål 1775) from a public aquarium. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 2023
• West Nile virus and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus co-infection in a novel host at the Nashville Zoo. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Volume 108, Issue 4, Pages 705-711. 2023
• Myxozoan community composition and diversity in clinical cases of proliferative gill disease in Mississippi catfish aquaculture. Journal of Parasitology. Volume 108, Issue 2, Pages 132-140. 2022
• Testudine intranuclear coccidiosis. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery. Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 144-154. 2022
• New data on Henneguya postexilis Minchew, 1977, a parasite of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus, with notes on resolution of molecular markers for myxozoan phylogeny. Systematic Parasitology. Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages 41-62. 2022
• A novel herpes-like virus inducing branchial lesions in a tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Veterinary Pathology. Volume 59, Issue 2, Pages 348-352. 2021
• Combination of Surgical Excision, Cryotherapy, and Environmental Temperature Modification in Treating Amelanotic Melanophoroma in a Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery. Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 173-178. 2021
• Characterisation of myxozoan fauna of western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Baird and Gerard) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), inhabiting experimental catfish ponds in Mississippi, USA. Systematic Parasitology. Volume 98, Issue 7, Pages 423-441. 2021
• A New Species of Myxobolus (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) from the Blue Sucker, Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur) (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae: Cycleptinae), from Arkansas. Journal of Parasitology. Volume 107, Issue 4, Pages 582-592. 2021
• Genomic and Pathologic Findings for Prototheca cutis Infection in Cat. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 979-982. 2021
• Tetra disseminated microsporidiosis: a novel disease in ornamental fish caused by Fusasporis stethaprioni n. gen. n. sp. Parasitology Research. Volume 120, Issue 2, Pages 497-514. 2021
• Epizootic neoplasia in a managed population of Atlantic bumper fish, Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Osteichthyes: Carangidae), at a public aquarium. Journal of Fish Diseases. Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 415-427. 2020
• Intestinal Adenocarcinoma with Cloacal Prolapse and Reduction in a Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens). Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery. Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 237-241. 2020
• Necroulcerative dermatitis associated with Myxobolus dermatoulcerans n. sp. (Cnidaria: Myxobolidae) in red-bellied piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri Kner (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), from Peru. Systematic Parasitology. Volume 97, Issue 6, Pages 649-659. 2020
• The Iconic Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara): A Comprehensive Assessment of Health Indices in the Southeastern United States Population. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Volume 7, Page 20. 2020
• Insights into myxozoan composition and physiology revealed by histochemical properties of myxospores. Journal of Fish Diseases. Volume 43, Issue 5, Pages 583-597. 2020
• A morphological, molecular, and histopathological redescription of Henneguya nyongensis Fomena & Bouix, 1996 (Cnidaria: Myxobolidae) infecting the gills of Peter’s elephantnose fish, Gnathonemus petersii (Günther) (Osteoglossiformes: Mormyridae), imported from Nigeria. Systematic Parasitology. Volume 96, Pages 767-776. 2019
• Clinicopathologic Features, Diagnosis, and Characterization of the Immune Cell Population in Canine Choroid Plexus Tumors. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Volume 6. 2019
• Chronic granulomatous pneumonia and lung rupture secondary to aspiration of activated charcoal in a French Bulldog. Veterinary Clinical Pathology. Volume 48, Issue 1, Pages 67-70. 2019
• First detection of Erysipelothrix sp. infection in western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis inhabiting catfish aquaculture ponds in Mississippi, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. Volume 133, Issue 1, Pages 39-46. 2019
• Immunohistochemical labeling of multiple myeloma oncogene 1/interferon regulatory factor 4 (MUM1/IRF-4) in canine cutaneous histiocytoma. Veterinary Pathology. Volume 55, Issue 4, Pages 517-520. 2018
• Extension of the known host range of intranuclear coccidiosis: infection in a group of red-footed tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonaria). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages 1165-1171. 2017
• Partial Replacement of Fishmeal with Soybean Meal and Soy Protein Concentrate in Diets of Atlantic Cod. North American Journal of Aquaculture. Volume 74, Issue 3, Pages 330-337. 2012

Presentations

Oral Presentation

• "Investigation into the portals of entry and disease progression of Ictalurid herpesvirus 1 (IcHv 1) in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, blue catfish, I. furcatus, and channel x blue catfish hybrids." 47th Annual Workshop, Eastern Fish Health, Gulfport, MS. 2024
• ". Investigation into the portals of entry and disease progression of Ictalurid herpesvirus 1 in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, blue catfish, I. furcatus, and their hybrid cross using in situ hybridization." Amer Soc Microbiol S Central Annual Branch Mtg, American Society for Microbiology, Little Rock, AR. 2023
• "Proliferative Gill Disease in Catfish Aquaculture: Where We Were, Where We Are And Where We Are Going." Eastern Fish Health Workshop, American Fisheries Society, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. 2023
• "Dietary iron supplementation can increase hematocrit levels for catfish (Ictalurus sp.) but decrease their resistance against Edwardsiella ictaluri.." Aquaculture America 2023, World Aquaculture Society, New Orleans. 2023