Paramoeba perniciosa in heart of a blue crab.

MS 566 - Diseases of Marine Organisms

These are lecture outlines for Shields' portion of the course. The typed handouts are included in the outlines. If you missed other handouts, please see me or Wolf. 

• Introduction and symbioses
• Ecological considerations
• Selected bacterial infections in shellfish
• Fungi and selected fungal infections
• Introduction to the Protoctista (Protozoa)
• Potential exam questions
• No outline for the Hematodinium lecture.
• Fish flagellates: Amyloodinium and Trypanosomes
• General Protozoa lab
• Myxozoa and Paramyxea
• Digenea
• Nemertea and Arthropoda (Branchiura and Rhizocephala) 
• Arthropoda (Copepoda and Isopoda)
• Crustacean defenses I and II and handouts
• Shellfish defenses lab
• Aquaculture concerns and problems
• Harmful algal blooms