College of Veterinary Medicine

Education:

DVM, Auburn U., Auburn, 1980

Research Interests:

Aquaculture extension.

Selected Publications:

DiMaggio MA, Ohs CL, Petty BD. Salinity tolerance of the Seminole killifish, Fundulus seminolis, a candidate species for marine baitfish aquaculture. Aquaculture 293:74-80, 2009.

Kiryu Y, Behringer DC, Landsberg JH, Petty BD. Microsporidiosis in the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus from southeast Florida, USA. Dis Aqua Org 84:237-242, 2009.

DiMaggio M, Petty BD, Ohs C. The parasitic fauna of the Seminole killifish, Fundulus seminolis, from Lake George, Florida. Bulletin of the European Association of Fisheries Pathologists 28:6:238-244, 2008.

Petty BD, Fraser W. Viruses of Pet Fish, In: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice: Virology, Saunders, 2005:8:1: 67-84.

Miller RA, Walker RD, Carson J, Coles M, Coyne R, Dalsgaard I, Gieseker C, Hsu HM, Mathers JJ, Papapetropoulou M, Petty B, Teitzel C, Reimschuessel R. Standardization of a Broth Microdilution Susceptibility Testing Method to Determine Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations of Aquatic Bacteria, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2005:64:211-222.

Petty BD, Francis-Floyd R. Pet fish care and husbandry. In: The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, Saunders, 2004:7:397-419.

Yanong R, Petty B.D., Francis-Floyd, R., Riggs AC. Koi herpes virus disease, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2004.

Petty B.D., Riggs A.C., Klinger R, Yanong, R, Francis-Floyd R. Spring viremia of carp, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, July 2002.