Publications

koi herpesvirus: distribution and prospects for control in england and wales.	koi herpesvirus (khv) causes a highly virulent disease affecting carp, cyprinus carpio l., and poses a serious socio-economic threat to the uk carp industry. this study aimed to determine the geographic distribution and prevalence of khv exposed fish in england and wales through elisa antibody testing. only three of the 82 farms sampled produced positive results, suggesting fish farms provide a relatively safe source of fish. of the 71 'high-risk' fisheries tested, 26 were positive. all eight ge ...	2010	19878413
the role of live fish movements in spreading koi herpesvirus throughout england and wales.		2010	21155075
spring viraemia of carp (svc) in the uk: the road to freedom.	spring viraemia of carp (svc) is a disease of international importance that predominantly affects cyprinid fish and can cause significant mortality. in the united kingdom (uk), svc was first detected in 1977 with further cases occurring in fisheries, farms, wholesale and retail establishments throughout england and wales (but not scotland, where few cyprinid populations exist, nor northern ireland where svc has never been detected) over the subsequent 30 years. following a control and eradicatio ...	2013	23597621
a model to approximate lake temperature from gridded daily air temperature records and its application in risk assessment for the establishment of fish diseases in the uk.	ambient water temperature is a key factor controlling the distribution and impact of disease in fish populations, and optimum temperature ranges have been characterised for the establishment of a number important aquatic diseases exotic to the uk. this study presents a simple regression method to approximate daily average surface water temperature in lakes of 0.5-15 ha in size across the uk using 5 km(2) gridded daily average air temperatures provided by the uk meteorological office. a geographi ...	2013	22862828