Articles on selected parasites of fish and zoonotic diseases

This dissertation is composed of eight articles on selected parasites of finned fish, and zoologic diseases for which finned fish and certain species of contents, and list of tables and figures. The general table of contents in the introduction of the dissertation refers to each article.; The first article is entitled Mycobacteriosis in Utah Fish . Mycobacterium marinum causes a chronic progressive systemic infection in finned fish. My hypothesis was that it occurs in Utah wild fisheries. In this study, infection was confirmed in the striped bass (Marone saxatilis) in Lake Powell, Utah.; The second article, Mycobacterium marinum Infection in Humans, is a comprehensive review of the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical manifestation, and diagnostic procedures associated with the disease.; Members of the genus Brucella cause diseases in various species of livestock that disrupts normal reproduction as well a zoologic disease which is clinically manifested primarily by fever and weakness.; The third article, Brucella suis in Feral Swine, covers the disease in swine as well as in humans.; The fourth article, Brucella melitensis , Reoccurrence in Texas Livestock, discusses the epidemiology of the infection disclosed in a bovine and other livestock. A companion article, CASE Report: Brucella melitensis In a South Texas Cow is included, which is formatted to JAVMA specifications.; The reestablishment of the livestock reservoir for B. melitensis was the basis for the sixth article, The History of Human Brucellosis in Texas. That article compared epidemiology of the four Brucella pathogens (B. abortus, B. suis, B. melitensis, and B. canis) in humans.; The seventh article, Parasites of the Major Ichthyofauna of Yellowstone Lake, involved a comprehensive study of the taxonomy and ecology of the emerging and long-term parasitic problems afflicting major fishes of Yellowstone Lake.; The eighth article, It Was a Good Day, an Then…Ugh! , discussed the occurrence of the bass tapeworm (Proteocephalus ambloplitis) in the small-mouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui ) of Lake Powell, for a lay audience.