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Spencer Russell
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Research
Latest papers
Cohabitation Challenge Demonstrates Minimal Transmission of Tenacibaculosis From Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) to Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch W.).
Journal of fish diseases · 2026 · senior author
Discovery and assembly of plasmids in the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum.
Plasmid · 2025
Genomics of Tenacibaculum Species in British Columbia, Canada.
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $20,000
The influence of post-smolt saltwater acclimatization on the susceptibility of Atlantic salmon to mouthrot
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $20,000
Isolation and identification of Tenacibaculum bacteria from a Chinook Salmon saltwater production site
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $29,990
Antimicrobial resistance and improved detection of Tenacibaculum in B.C. Atlantic salmon
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
10 publications.
Cohabitation Challenge Demonstrates Minimal Transmission of Tenacibaculosis From Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) to Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch W.).
Nowlan JP, Heese B, Altaleb R, Nguyen H, Lumsden JS, Huyben D, Russell S
Discovery and assembly of plasmids in the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum.
Sies AN, Nowlan JP, Schnell LJ, Lumsden JS, Russell S, Cameron ADS
Genomics of Tenacibaculum Species in British Columbia, Canada.
Nowlan JP, Sies AN, Britney SR, Cameron ADS, Siah A, Lumsden JS, Russell S
Experimental Induction of Tenacibaculosis in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Using Tenacibaculum maritimum, T. dicentrarchi, and T. finnmarkense.
Nowlan JP, Britney SR, Lumsden JS, Russell S
Quantitative PCR for Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi and T. finnmarkense.
Nowlan JP, Lumsden JS, Russell S
Application of Quantitative-PCR to Monitor Netpen Sites in British Columbia (Canada) for Tenacibaculum Species.
Nowlan JP, Britney SR, Lumsden JS, Russell S
Advancements in Characterizing Tenacibaculum Infections in Canada.
Nowlan JP, Lumsden JS, Russell S
Screening of Fish Cell Lines for Piscine Orthoreovirus-1 (PRV-1) Amplification: Identification of the Non-Supportive PRV-1 Invitrome.
Pham PH, Misk E, Papazotos F, Jones G, Polinski MP, Contador E, Russell S, Garver KA, Lumsden JS, Bols NC
Development of an Atlantic salmon heart endothelial cell line (ASHe) that responds to lysophosphatidic acid (LPA).
Pham PH, Vo NT, Tan EJ, Russell S, Jones G, Lumsden JS, Bols NC
Mass mortality associated with koi herpesvirus in wild common carp in Canada.
Garver KA, Al-Hussinee L, Hawley LM, Schroeder T, Edes S, LePage V, Contador E, Russell S, Lord S, Stevenson RM, Souter B, Wright E, Lumsden JS
The influence of post-smolt saltwater acclimatization on the susceptibility of Atlantic salmon to mouthrot
Principal investigators: Russell, Spencer SK
Keywords: aquaculture; Atlantic Salmon; disease challenge; dysbiosis; microbiome; mouthrot; salinity; smoltification; tenacibaculosis
Isolation and identification of Tenacibaculum bacteria from a Chinook Salmon saltwater production site
Principal investigators: Russell, Spencer SK
Antimicrobial resistance and improved detection of Tenacibaculum in B.C. Atlantic salmon
Principal investigators: Russell, Spencer
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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