Department of Pathology
Professor
Expertise
Aquatic Animal Pathology
Biography
Research Interests
- Microscopic and molecular diagnosis of aquatic animal diseases
- Pathobiology of infectious diseases of aquatic animals
- Diseases of finfish aquaculture and their prevention
Dr. Camus is interested in the pathobiology of infectious diseases of fish, including the characterization of novel viruses, bacterial species and myxozoan parasites in teleost and elasmobranch species. Previous and ongoing original and collaborative work has involved the characterization of multiple novel fish viruses, including the first complete viral genomes from an elasmobranch species, as well as the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium chelonae infections and the associated immune transcriptome of syngnathid fish, papillomatosis in bluegill sunfish, Branchellion torpedenis parasitism of elasmobranchs, vaccine development and pathogenesis of Fransicella noatunensis orientalis infections in cultured tilapia, pathogenesis of a spaC-type Erysipelothrix sp. infection in ornamental fish, Veronaea botryosa infections in white sturgeon, epitheliocystis disease in elasmobranchs, and gill epithelial hypertrophy in soft clams.
Educational Background
- DVM (1984) Louisiana State University
- Residency (1994) Louisiana State University
- PhD (2001) Louisiana State University
Activities
Dr. Camus is focused primarily on diagnostic service in fish diseases and a resident training program in aquatic animal pathology in partnership with the Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA. He has served previously as a pathologist for the Louisiana Aquatic Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and as Director of the Aquatic Diagnostic Laboratory, Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center in Stoneville, MS, working closely with aquaculture interests in the southeast. Dr. Camus is a member of the Fish Health Section of the American Fisheries Society and the World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association (WAVMA).
Teaching Experience
- Pathology resident training in gross and microscopic diagnosis of aquatic animal diseases, fish anatomy, physiology, and husbandry
- Fundamentals of Fish Disease and Pathology
- Veterinary Advanced Pathology
- Pathology of Laboratory Animals
- Biology and Conservation of Marine Mammals
- Special Species
- Aquavet III: Clinical Aspects of Captive Aquatic Animal Medicine
- Aquamed, An Aquatic Animal Pathobiology Course
Selected Publications
- Camus A, Ibrahim M, AlHizab F, Aboellail T, Ibrahim A (2017) Poorly differentiated soft tissue sarcoma in an Arabian carpet shark Chiloscyllium arabicum (Gubanov): A case report. J Fish Dis. DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12683
- Pomaranski EK, Reichley SR, Yanong R, Shelley J, Pouder DB, Wolf JC, Kenelty KV, Van Bonn B, Oliaro F, Byrne B, Clothier KA, Griffin MJ, Camus AC, Soto E (2017) Characterization of spaC-type Erysipelothrix sp. isolates causing systemic disease in ornamental fish. J Fish Dis. DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12673.
- Fogelson S, Fast M, Leary J, Camus A (2017) Pathologic features of mycobacteriosis in naturally infected syngnathidae and novel transcriptome assembly in association with disease. J Fish Dis. DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12634.
- Dill J, Sanchez S, McDermott A, Camus A (2017) Disseminated nocardiosis associated with the isolation of Nocardia nova in a longsnout seahorse Hippocampus reidi (Ginsburg). J Fish Dis. DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12589.
- Camus AC, Dill JA, Rosser TG, Pote LM, Griffin MJ (2017) Myxobolus axelrodi n. sp. (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) a parasite infecting the brain and retinas of the cardinal tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi (Teleostei: Characidae). Parasitol Res 116: 387-397. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-5301-1.
- Stilwell JM, Boylan SM, Howard S, Camus A (2017) Gas gland adenoma in a lined sea horse, Hippocampus erectus, Perry 1810. J Fish Dis DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12677.
- Soto E, Richey C, Stevens B, Yun S, Kenelty K, Griffin M, Camus A (2017) Co-infection of Acipenserid herpesvirus 2 and Streptococcus iniae in cultured white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus (Richardson, 1836). Dis Aquat Organ 124 11-20.
- Soto E, Richey C, Reichley SR, Stevens B, Kenelty K, Lewis J, Byrne B, Wiederhold NP, Waltzek TB, Sheley MF, Camus A, Griffin MJ (2017) Intraspecific diversity of Veronaea botryosa from different hosts and evaluation of five laboratory challenge models for systemic phaeohyphomycosis in white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus. Dis Aquat Organ 125: 7-18.
- Tessler M, Marancik D, Champagne D, Dove A, Camus A, Siddall M, Kvist S (In press) Marine leech anticoagulant diversity and evolution. J Parasitol.
- Buck C, Van Doorslaer K, Peretti A, An P, Katz J, Pipas J, McBride A, Camus A, McDermott A, Dill J, Delwart E, Ng T, Farkas K, Austin C, Kraberger S, Davison W, Pastrana D, Varsani A (2016) The ancient evolutionary history of polyomaviruses. PLoS Pathogens. 12(4): e1005574 DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005574.
- Dill JA, Williams SM, Leary JH, Ng TFF Ng, Camus AC (2016) Investigation of epizootic papillomatosis in bluegill Lepomis macrochirus (Rafinesque 1810) using next-generation sequencing. J Fish Dis DOI:10.1111/jfd.12556.
- Camus A, Dill J, McDermott A, Camus M, Ng T (2016) Virus associated papillomatous skin lesions in a giant guitarfish Rhynchobatus djiddensis. Dis Aquat Organ 117:253-258.
- Dill JA, Camus AC, Leary JH, Di Giallonardo F, Holmes EC, Ng TFF (2016) Distinct viral lineages from fish and amphibians reveal the complex evolutionary history of hepadnaviruses. J Virol 90:7920-7933 DOI:10.1128/JVI.00832-16
- Dill JA, Ng TFF, Camus AC (2016) Complete sequence of the smallest polyomavirus genome, giant Guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) polyomavirus 1. Genome Announc. DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00391-16.
- Boylan SM, Camus A, Gaskins J, Oliverio J, Parks M, Davis A, Cassel J (2016) Spondylosis in a green moray eel, Gymnothorax funebris, (Ranzani 1839) with swim bladder hyperinflation. J Fish Dis. DOI:10.1111/jfd.12563
- Camus A, Dill J, Field C, McDermott A, Hatcher N, Griffin M (2016) Edwardsiella piscicida associated septicemia in a blotched fantail stingray (Taeniura meyeni). J Fish Dis 39: 1125-1131. doi:10.1111/jfd.12435.
- Dill J, Brown C, Heym K, Camus A (2016) Lipoid liver disease, atherosclerosis and glomerular lipidosis in a Gulf flounder Paralichthys albigutta. J Fish Dis. 40: 273-278. doi:10.1111/jfd.12486
- Wolf J, Baumgartner W, Blazer V, Camus A, Engelhardt J, Fournie J, Frasca S, Groman D, Kent M, Khoo L, Law J, Lombardini E, Ruehl-Fehlert C, Segner H, Smith S, Spitsbergen J, Weber K, Wolfe M (2015) Non-lesions, misdiagnoses, missed diagnoses, and other interpretive challenges in fish histopathology studies: A guide for investigators, authors, reviewers, and readers. Toxicol Pathol 43:297-325.
- Camus A, Brown C, Field C, McDermott A (2015) Amyloid-like renal lesions in a roughtail stingray Dasyatis centroura (Mitchell 1815). J Fish Dis DOI:10.1111/jfd.12397.
- Camus A, McDermott A, Clauss T (2015) Exophiala xenobiotica aerocystitis in a Queensland grouper Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch). J Fish Dis 38:221-225.
- Fogelson SB, Yanong RPE, Kane A, Teal CN, Berzins IK, Smith SA, Brown C, Camus A (2015) Gross, histological and ultrastructural morphology of the aglomerular kidney in the lined seahorse Hippocampus erectus. J Fish Biol 87: 805-813.
- Monette MM, Evans DL, Krunkosky T, Camus A, Jaso-Friedmann L (2015) Nonspecific cytotoxic cell antimicrobial protein (NCAMP-1): A novel alarmin ligand identified in zebrafish. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0116576.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116576.
- Soto E, Brown N, Gardenfors Z, Yount S, Revan F, Francis S, Kearney M, Camus A (2014) Effect of size and temperature at vaccination on immunization and protection conferred by a live attenuated Francisella noatunensis immersion vaccine in red hybrid tilapia. Fish Shellfish Immun 41:593-599.
- Chapters in Books:
- Wise D, Camus A, Schwedler T, Terhune J. (2004). Health Management. In: Biology and Culture of the Channel Catfish (ed. by Tucker C and J Hargreaves, pp 444-502. Elsevier, Inc.
- Dove ADM, Clauss TM, Marancik DP, Camus AC (2017) Emerging Diseases of Elasmobranchs in Aquaria. In: The Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual II: Recent Advances in the Care of Sharks, Rays and their Relatives, pp 263-275. Ohio Biological Survey.Additional publications by Dr. Camus may be found at PubMed.
