DONALD LIGHTNER

Professor
Colorado State University, Ph.D. 1971

Department of Veterinary Science & Microbiology
Office: VSM102
Telephone: (520)-621-8414
dvl@u.arizona.edu

My research interests center on infectious diseases of farmed aquatic species, especially the viral diseases of the penaeid shrimp, and on the development of classical and molecualr methods for their diagnosis.

Teaching

VSC 456/556 Aquaculture
VSc 565 Shrimp Pathology

Recent Publications

Erickson, H.S., B.T. Poulos, K.F.J. Tang, D. Bradley_Dunlop, and D.V. Lightner. 2005. Taura Syndrome Virus from Belize represents a unique variant. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 64: 91-98.

Tang, K.F.J., and D.V. Lightner. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Taura syndrome virus isolates collected between 1993 and 2004 and virulence comparison between two isolates representing different genetic variants. Virus Research 112: 69-76.

Lightner, D.V. 2005. Biosecurity in Shrimp Farming: Pathogen exclusion through use of SPF stock and routine surveillance. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 36: 229-248.

Surachetpong, W., B.T. Poulos, K.F.J. Tang, D.V. Lightner. 2005. Improvement of PCR method for the detection of monodon baculovirus (MBV) in penaeid shrimp. Aquaculture 249: 69-75.

Tang, K.F.J., C.R. Pantoja, B.T. Poulos, R.M. Redman, D.V. Lightner. 2005. In situ hybridization demonstrates that Litopenaeus vannamei, L. stylirostris and Penaeus monodon are susceptible to experimental infections with infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV). Disease of Aquatic Organisms 63: 261-265.

Pantoja, C.R., X. Song, L. Xia, H. Gong, J. Wilkenfeld, B. Noble, and D.V. Lightner. 2005. Development of a specific pathogen free (SPF) population of the Chinese fleshy prawn Fenneropenaeus chinensis. Part 1: Disease pre_screening and primary quarantine. Aquaculture 250: 573-578.

Hennig O.L., C.R. Pantoja, S.M. Arce, B. White_Noble, S.M. Moss, and D.V. Lightner. 2005. Development of a specific pathogen free population of the Chinese fleshy prawn Fenneropenaeus chinensis. Part 2: Secondary quarantine. Aquaculture 250: 579-585.

Nunan, L.M., D.V. Lightner, M. Oduori, and G.E. Gasparich. 2005. Spiroplasma penaei sp. nov., associated with mortalities in Penaeus vannamei, Pacific white shrimp. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55: 2317-2322.

Srisuvan, T., K.F.J. Tang, and D.V. Lightner. 2005. Experimental infection of Penaeus monodon with Taura syndrome virus (TSV). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 67: 1-8.

Moss, S.M., R.W. Doyle, and D.V. Lightner. 2005. Breeding shrimp for disease resistance: challenges and opportunities for improvement. In: P. Walker, R. Lester and M.G. Bondad-Reantaso (eds). Diseases in Asian Aquaculture V, pp. 379-393. Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, Manila.

Chayanburakul, K., D.V. Lightner, T.W. Flegel, S. Sriurairattana, and B. Withyachumnarnkul. 2005. Different responses to an infection by Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) in Penaeus mondon and P. vannamei. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 67: 191-200.

Morales-Covarrubias M.S., A.G. Osuna-Duarte, A. Garcia-Gasca, D.V. Lightner, J.C. Mota-Urbina. Accepted. Prevalence of necrotizing hepatopancreatitis (NHP) in female broodstock of Penaeus vannamei with unilateral eyestalk ablation and hormone injection. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health.

Poulos, B.T., C.R. Pantoja, K.F.J. Tang, J.R. Bonami, D.V. Lightner. “In press”. Purification and characterization of infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) of penaeid shrimp. Journal of General Virology.

Tang, K.F.J., and D.V. Lightner. “in press”. Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) in the genome of the black tiger prawn Penaeus monodon from Africa and Australia. Virus Research.