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S.G. Griffiths and W.H. Lynch (1989). Characterisation of Aeromonas salmonicida mutants with low-level resistance to multiple antibiotics. Antimicrobial agents and Chemotherapy 33: 19-26.

S.G. Griffiths and W.H. Lynch (1990). Characterisation of Aeromonas salmonicida variants with altered cell surfaces and their use in studying surface protein assembly. Archives of Microbiology 154: 308-312.

S.G. Griffiths and W.H. Lynch (1991). Instability of the major soluble antigen produced by Renibacterium salmoninarum. Journal of Fish Diseases 14: 55-66.

S.G. Griffiths, J. O'Halloran, B. Zwicker, J. Cornick (1992). Hitra Disease in Atlantic salmon. Can. Vet. J. 33(6): 406-407.

G. Olivier, S.G. Griffiths, J. Fildes and W.H. Lynch (1991). Comparison of Western Blot, Direct Fluorescent Antibody and Drop-plate culture methods for the detection of Renibacterium salmoninarum in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Aquaculture 97: 117 - 129.

G. Olivier, S.G. Griffiths, J. Fildes and W.H. Lynch (1992). The use of western blot and electro-immuno transfer assays to monitor bacterial kidney disease in experimentally challenged Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.). Journal of Fish Diseases. 15: 229 - 241.

J. Lovely, C. Cabo, S.G. Griffiths and W.H. Lynch (1994). The establishment and detection of BKD in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) challenged with Renibacterium salmoninarum. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 6 : 126 - 132.

S.G. Griffiths and K. Salonius (1995). Characterization of Bacteria Associated with Coldwater Vibriosis of Atlantic Salmon in Eastern Canada. Journal of Marine Biotechnology 3 : 188-192.

S.G. Griffiths, K. Liska and W.H. Lynch (1996). Comparison of kidney tissue and ovarian fluid from asymptomatic broodstock Atlantic salmon for detection of Renibacterium salmoninarum and, a growth enhancement with western blot (GEWB) procedure for increasing detection in ovarian fluid. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 24: 3-9.

K. Melville and S.G. Griffiths (1996). Recent Developments in Fish Disease Management in Proceedings of the Aquaculture Association of Canada, Special Publication v. 2: 1-5.

A.Miriam, S.G. Griffiths, J.E. Lovely and W.H. Lynch (1997). The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Probe PCR Assays to monitor broodstock Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), Ovarian fluid and kidney tissue for DNA of the fish pathogen R. salmoninarum. Journal of Clinical Microbiology (35(6) : 1322 - 1326).

T.A. Barton, L.A. Bannister, S.G. Griffiths and W.H. Lynch (1997). Further Characterization of Renibacterium salmoninarum Extracellular Products. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63 (10) : 3770-3775.

S.G. Griffiths, K.J. Melville, and K. Salonius (1998). Reduction of Renibacterium salmoninarum culture activity following vacicnation with avirulent strains. Fish and Shellfish Immunology v. 8 607-619.

J.E. Lovely, B. . Dannevig, K.Falk, L.Hutchin, A.M. MacKinnon, K.J. Melville, E. Rimstad and S.G. Griffiths (1999). First Identification of Infectious Salmonid Anemia virus in North America. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms v35 p145-148.

K.J. Melvile and S.G. Griffiths (1999). Absence of of Vertical transmission of ISAV from individually infected Atlantic salmon. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms v38 p231-234.

R.J. Ritchie, M. Cook, K. Mellville, N. Simard, R. Cusack, S. Griffiths (2001). Identification of Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (ISAV) in Atlantic Salmon from Nova Scotia (Canada):Evidence for carrier fish and strain differences. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms v44: 171-178.

S.G. Griffiths and K. Melville (2000). Non-Lethal Detection of ISAV in Atlantic salmon by RT-PCR using Serum and Mucus Samples Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists v20(4)p157-162.

S.G. Griffiths, R.J. Ritchie, M. Cook, B. Mallory (2001). Characterisation of ISAV Proteins from Cell Culture. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 45: 19-24.

R.Ritchie, J. Heppell, M. Cook, S.G. Griffiths (2001). Identification and characterisation of segments 3 and 4 of the ISAV genome. Virus Genes 22:287-295.

J.G. Daly, S.G. Griffiths, A.K. Kew, A.R. Moore, G. Olivier (2001). Characterization of attenuated Renibacterium salmoninarum strains and their use as live vaccines. Diseseases of Aquatic Organisms 44(2):121-6.

S.G. Griffiths, K. Melville, M. Cook, S. Vincent, M. St. Pierre, C. Lanteigne (2001). Profiling of Bacterial Species Associated with Haddock Larviculture by PCR Amplification of 16S rDNA and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE). Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 13: 355-363.

R.J. Ritchie, A. Bardiot, K. Melville, S. G. Griffiths, C.O. Cunningham, M. Snow (2002). Identification and Characterisation of the Genomic Segment 7 of the Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus Genome. Virus Research; 84 (1-2): 161-70.

D.E. Barker, A.M. MacKinnon, L. Boston, D.K. Cone, M.D.B. Burt, S.G. Griffiths, D.J. Speare, M. Cook, R.J. Ritchie, G. Olivier (2002). First Report of Piscine Nodavirus Infecting Wild Winter Flounder, Pleuronectes americanus, from Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick, Canada. Dis. Aquat. Org. 49: 99-105.

Johnson S.C., Sperker S.A., Leggiadro C.T., Groman D.B., Griffiths S.G., Ritchie R.J., Cook M.D., Cusack R.M. (2002). Identification and Characterisation of a piscine neuropathy and nodavirus from juvenile Atlantic cod from the Atlantic coast of North America. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 14: 124-133.

Cook, M., Vincent,S., Ritchie, R.,Griffiths,S.G. (2003). Development of a strain typing assay for infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV). In International Response to Infectious Salmon Anemia: Prevention, Control,and Eradication, 4th International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health, New Orleans, 2003: 75-86.

Salonius K., Siderakis C.V., MacKinnon A.M., Griffiths S.G. (2005). Use of Arthrobacter Davidanieli as a live vaccine to immunize against Renibacterium salmoninarum and Piscirickettsia salmonis in salmonids. Developments in Biologicals: 121 189-197.

N Gagne, A-M MacKinnon1, L Boston, B Souter, M Cook-Versloot, S.G. Griffiths and G Olivier (2007). Isolation of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus from mummichog, stickleback, striped bass and brown trout in eastern Canada. Journal of Fish Diseases 30: 213–223