Aquatic Animal Veterinarian
Core Program
Sustainable Seafood; Ocean Health
Research Program
Fish Health & Aquatic Veterinary Medicine
Education
B.A., Biology, Biology, Carleton College
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Texas at Austin
D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Dr. Primus has been working as a fish veterinarian in industry, academia, and the nonprofit sector for over a decade. He has a great deal of experience with clinical fish health management, diagnostics, and applied research across a diverse range of fish species. Much of his work has focused on infectious disease in cultured fish populations and improving the sustainability of aquaculture through improved fish health management. Dr. Primus has published numerous publications on a variety of topics, most of which have been related to fish health over the last 10 years. During this time, he has been a collaborator on several domestic and international research projects, and has served on the USDA-NIFA Aquaculture Research Review Panel and the North Central Regional Aquaculture Center’s Technical Committee for Extension.
Publications
Deere J, Moore S, Ferrey M, Jankowski MD, Primus A, Convertino M, Servadio JL, Phelps NBD, Hamilton, MC, Chenaux-Ibrahim Y, Travis DA, Wolf TM. 2020. Contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic ecosystems utilized by Minnesota tribal communities: Characterizing their distribution. Sci Total Environ. 724:1 – 14.
Wolf TM, Miller P, Primus A, Travis DA. 2019. Aquatic disease risk analysis: Applications for the conservation and management of freshwater mollusks. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. 22:90–97.
Padhi SK, Tolo I, McEachran M, Primus, A, Mor SK, Phelps NBD. 2019. Koi herpesvirus and carp oedema virus: Infections and coinfections during mortality events of wild common carp in the US. J Fish Dis. 42:1609–1621.
Jimenez DF, Ibarra R, Artacho P, Primus AE, Tello A. 2018. Prolonging Azamethiphos bath increases the effectiveness of field treatments against Caligus rogercresseyi in Atlantic salmon in Chile (Salmo salar). Aquaculture. 493:186-191.
Mor SK, Phelps NBD, Ng TFF, Subramaniam K, Primus A, Armien AG, Mccann R, Puzach C, Waltzek TB, Goyal SM. 2017. Genomic characterization of a novel calicivirus, FHMCV-2012, from baitfish in the USA. Arch Virol. 162(12):3619-3627.
Cornwell ER, Primus A, Wong PT, Anderson GB, Thompson TM, Kurath G, Groocock GH, Bain MB, Bowser PR, Getchell RG. 2014. Round gobies are an important part of VHSV genotype IVb ecology in the St. Lawrence River and eastern Lake Ontario. J Great Lakes Res. 40(4):1002-1009.
Soto E, Primus AE, Pouder DB, George RH, Gerlach TJ, Cassle SE, Johnson T, Boyd S, Handsel T, Yanong RP. 2014. Identification of Francisella noatunensis in novel host species French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) and Caesar grunt (Haemulon carbonarium). J Zoo Wildl Med. 45(3):727-31
Tung J, Primus A, Bouley AJ, Severson TF, Alberts SC, Wray GA. 2009. Evolution of a malarial resistance gene in wild primates. Nature. 460(7253):388-391.
Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, …, Primus A, …, Wright R. 2007. The Genome of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Science. 314:941-952.