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Cabello Comments

Research Interests

• Epizootiology of fish diseases.
• Application of risk assessment techniques to issues of disease and environmental pollution.
• Studies of method and meaning with particular reference to antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
• Development of post-rationalist science and the study of complexity theory.
• Investigations of the absurdities generated by attempts to quantify quality.
• Deep ecology.

Editorships

• Editor of the Disease Section of Aquaculture.

Recent Publications

• Smith, P. 2009. Aquaculture and Florfenicol Resistance in Salmonella enterica Typhimurium DT104; a response. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15 (4), 623-624.
  

• Smith, P., Douglas, I., McMurray, J., Carroll, C. 2009. A rapid method of improving the criteria being used to interpret disc diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility test data for bacteria associated with fish diseases.  Aquaculture 290, 172-178.

• Smith, P. 2008. The role of aquaculture in the emergence of florfenicol resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT 104; a re-evaluation of the data. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14, 1327-1328.
  


• Smith, P. 2008. A cost-benefit analysis of the application of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic-based approaches to setting disc diffusion breakpoints in aquaculture: a case study of oxolinic acid and Aeromonas salmonicida. Aquaculture 284, 2-18 Volume 284.
  


• Smith, P., Fleming, GTA., Carroll, C. 2008. Reducing inter-operator variation in disc diffusion assays by the inclusion of internal controls in a standard susceptibility test protocol. Aquaculture 285, 273-276.
  


• Smith, P. 2008. How difficult is it to achieve compliance with the quality control requirements of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute’s guideline M42-A? Aquaculture 276, 1-4.
  


• Smith, P. 2008. Antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture. In: Bernoth, E-M. (Ed.), Changing trends in managing aquatic animal disease emergencies. Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz., 27, 243-264.
  


• Smith, P. R., Le Breton, A., Horsberg, T. E., & Corsin, F. 2008. Guidelines for Antimicrobial Use in Aquaculture.  In: Guide to Antimicrobial Use in Animals, (eds L. Guardabassi, L. B. Jensen & H. Kruse),  Blackwell. Publishers, Oxford.
  


• Douglas, I., Ruane, NM., Geary, M., Carroll, C., Fleming, GTA., McMurray, J., Smith,  P. 2007. The advantages of the use of discs containing single agents in disc diffusion testing of the susceptibility of Aeromonas salmonicida to potentiated sulphonamides. Aquaculture 272, 118–125.
  


• Smith, P., 2007. A survey of methods and protocols currently being used to determine antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria associated with fish disease. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 27, 18-22.
  


• Smith, P., 2007. Antimicrobial use in shrimp farming in Ecuador and emerging multi-resistance during the cholera epidemic of 1991: a re-examination of the data. Aquaculture 271, 1-7.
  


• Smith, P., Christofilogiannis, P. 2007. Application of normalised resistance interpretation to the detection of multiple low level resistance in strains of Vibrio anguillarum obtained from Greek fish farms. Aquaculture 272, 223–230.

• Smith, P. Ruane, NM., Douglas, I. Carroll, C., Kronvall, G., Fleming, GTA. 2007. Impact of inter-lab variation on the estimation of epidemiological cut-off values for disc diffusion susceptibility test data for Aeromonas salmonicida. Aquaculture 272, 168-179.
  


• Ruane, NM., Douglas, I., Geary, M., Carroll, C., Fleming, GTA., Smith,  P 2007. Application of normalised Resistance Interpretation to disc diffusion data on the susceptibility of Aeromonas salmonicida to three quinolone agents. Aquaculture 272, 156–167.
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• Coyne, R., Smith, P., Dalsgaard, I., Nilsen, H., Kongshaug, H., Bergh, Ø., Samuelsen, O. 2006. Winter ulcer disease of post-smolt Atlantic salmon:: An unsuitable case for treatment? Aquaculture 253, 171-178.


• Douglas, I. Smith, P., Fleming, GTA. (2006) The effect of NaCl on measures of the antimicrobial agent susceptibility of Aeromonas salmonicida in standard disc diffusion assays. Bull. Eur. Ass. Fish Pathol., 26(5) 2006, 232-5


• Smith, P. 2006. Breakpoints for disc diffusion susceptibility testing of bacteria associated with fish diseases: A review of current practice. Aquaculture 261, 1113-1121..


• Smith, P., O’Grady. P. 2006. Laboratory studies of the clinical significance of disc diffusion data for oxolinic acid against Aeromonas salmonicida. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 26,229- 230.


• Smith, P., O’Meara, E., McNulty, D. 2006. Influence of disc content on zone sizes obtained in standard disc diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility tests. Aquaculture, 261, 799-803.


• Coyne, R., Bergh, Ø., Smith, P., Samuelsen, O. 2005. A question of temperature related differences in plasma oxolinic acid concentrations achieved in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) under laboratory conditions following multiple oral dosing. Aquaculture, Volume 245, 13-17.


• Smith, P., Hiney, M. 2005. Towards setting breakpoints for oxolinic acid susceptibility of Aeromonas salmonicida using distribution of data generated by standard test protocols. Aquaculture, Volume 250, 22-26.


• Coyne, R., Hjeltnes, B., Bergh, Ø., Andersen, K., Rudra, H., Smith, P. 2004. Quantitative properties of data generated by the examination of Aeromonas salmonicida infected fish by the standard bacteriological loop. Aquaculture 236, 27-35.


• Coyne, R., Bergh, Ø., Samuelsen, O., Andersen, K., Lunestad, B.T., Nilsen, H., Dalsgaard, I., Smith, P. (2004). Attempt to validate breakpoint MIC values estimated from pharmacokinetic data obtained during oxolinic acid therapy of winter ulcer disease in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture 238, 51–66.


• Coyne, R., Samuelsen, O., Bergh, Ø, Andersen, K., Pursell, L., Dalsgaard, I., and Smith, P. 2004. On the validity of setting breakpoint minimum inhibition concentrations at one quarter of the plasma concentration achieved following oral administration of oxytetracycline. Aquaculture 239, 23-35.


• Coyne, R., Samuelsen, O., Kongshaug, H., Andersen, K., Dalsgaard, I., Smith, P., Bergh, Ø. 2004. A comparison of oxolinic acid concentrations in farmed and laboratory held rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) following oral therapy. Aquaculture 239, 1-13.


• Gilroy, D. and Smith, P. 2003. Application-dependent, laboratory-based validation of an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for Aeromonas salmonicida. Aquaculture 217, 23-38.


• NicGabhainn, S., Amedeo, M, Bergh, O., Dixon, B., Donachie, L., Carson, J., Coyne, R., Curtin, J., Dalsgaard, I., Maxwell, G. and Smith, P. 2003. The precision and robustness of published protocols for disc diffusion assays of antimicrobial agent susceptibility: an inter-laboratory study. Aquaculture 240, 1-18.


• Smith, P., Hiney, M., Gilroy, D., Padley D., Gallagher, T., Cotter, D. and Powell, R. 2003. Confusion generated by the comparative validation of the application of ELISA and PCR methods for the detection of Aeromonas salmonicida in natural samples. Aquaculture 218, 67-79.


• Gilroy, D. and Smith, P. 2002. Tissue peroxidases and their interference with analysis of salmonid tissues by horseradish peroxidase based ELISA. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 22,


• Hiney, M., Stanley, C., Martin, L., Cooney, A. and Smith, P. 2002. The influence of sediment type on the survival of colony forming ability of A. salmonicida in laboratory microcosms. Aquaculture 212, 11-19.


• Stanley, C., Hiney, M., Gilroy, D., Powell, R., Padley, D. and Smith, P. 2002. Furunculosis inducing ability of microcosms seeded with Aeromonas salmonicida correlates with colony forming ability but not with PCR and ELISA data. Aquaculture 210, 35-48.


• Alderman, D. and Smith, P. (2001). Development of draft protocols of standard reference methods for antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing of bacteria associated with fish disease. Aquaculture 196: 211-243.


• Coyne, R., Smith, P. and Moriarty, C. (2001). The fate of oxytetracycline in the marine environment of a salmon cage farm. Marine Health and Environment Series No 3, Maruine Institute Dublin, pp28.


• Huys G.,Gevers, D., Temmerman, R., Cnockart, M., Denys, R., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R., Hiney, M., McGann, P., Smith, P. and Swings, J. (2001) Comparison of the antimicrobial tolerance of oxytetracycline-resistant heterotrophic bacteria isolated from hospital sewage and freshwater fishfarm water in Belgium. Systematic and Applied. Microbiology. 24, 122–130.


• O’Reilly, A and Smith, P. 2001. Use of indirect conductimetry to establish predictive no effect concentrations of oxytetracycline and oxolinic acid in sediments. Aquaculture 195, 13-26.


• Rhodes, G., Huys, G., Swings, J., McGann, P., Hiney, M. , Smith, P. and Pickup, R.W. 2001. Distribution of oxytetracycline-resistance plasmids between aeromonads in the hospital and aquaculture environments: implication of Tn1721 in the dissemination of the Tet A determinant. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66: 3883-3890.


• Smith, P. 2001. Accuracy, precision and meaning of antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing of bacteria associated with fish diseases. Aquaculture 196: 253-266.


• Smith, P. 2001. Towards assessing the risks associated with the use of antimicrobial agents in aquaculture. In: Risk Analysis in Aquatic Animal Health (Rodgers, C.J., ed.). Paris. World Organisation for Animal Health, pp. 175-184.


• Smith, P. 2001. Will total genome sequences generate any information? Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 21, 117-124.


• Cannavan, A., Coyne, R., Kennedy, D.G. & Smith, P. (2000) Concentrations of 22,23- dihydroavermectin B1a detected in the sediments at an Atlantic salmon farm using orally administered ivermectin to control sea-lice infestations. Aquaculture 182:229-240.


• Hiney, M. & Smith, P. (2000) Oil-adjuvanted furunculosis vaccines in commercial fish farms: a preliminary epizootiological investigation. Aquaculture 190: 1-9.


• Huys, G., Rhodes, G., McGann, P., Denys, R., Pickup, R.,Hiney, M., Smith, P., Swings, J. (2000) Characterization of oxytetracycline-resistant heterotrophic bacteria originating from hospital and freshwater fish farm environments in England and Ireland. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 23, 599-606.


• Samuelsen, O. B., Ervik, A., Pursell, L. and Smith, P. (2000) Single-dose pharmacokinetic study of oxolinic acid and vetroquinol, an oxolinic acid ester, in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) held in sea water and in vitro activity against Aeromonas salmonicida. Aquaculture 187:213-224.


• O’Reilly, A. and Smith, P., 1999. Development of methods for predicting the minimum concentrations of oxytetracycline capable of exerting a selection for resistance to this agent. Aquaculture, 180: 1-11


• Schnick, R.A. & Smith, P. (1999) International harmonization of antibacterial agent approvals and susceptibility testing. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 19 292-294.


• Smith, P. (1999) An overview of current fish disease research: Hyper-reality in the post-modernist era? Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 19: 310-312.


• Smith, P. 1999. Predicting the fate of antimicrobial agents used in mariculture. Microbiology Australia. Costelloe, M., Costello, J., O’Connor, B. & Smith, P. (1998). Densities of pollychaetes in sediemnts under a salmon farm using ivermectin. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 18:1-4.


• Hiney, M.P. and Smith, P. (1998). DNA-based diagnosis in aquaculture: can we overcome the problems of interpretation in the field. In: Barnes, A., Davidson, 0., Hiney, M. McIntosh, D. (eds) Methodologies in Fish Disease Research. Albien Press, Aberdeen.


• Hiney, M.P. and Smith, P. (1998). Validation of polymerase chain reaction-based techniques for proxy detection of bacterial fish pathogen S: framework, problems and possible solution for environmental applications. Aquaculture 162: 41-68.


• Smith, P. (1998). Towards the establishment of a breakpoint concentration for the determination of resistance to oxolinic acid in marine microflora. Aquaculture, 161: 229-239. Coyne, R., Hiney, M. & Smith, P. (1997). Transient presence of oxytetracycline in blue mussels (Mitilus edulis) following its therapeutic use at a marine Atlantic salmon fish farm. Aquaculture 149:175-181.


• Hiney, M., Smith, P. & Bernoth, E-M. (1997) Covert infections by Aeromonas salmonicida. In Furnunculosis- Multidisciplinary fish disease research, (E.¬M. Bernoth, A.E. Ellis, P. Midtlyng, G. Olivier and P. Smith, eds). Academic Press: London.


• Kerry, J. and Smith, P. (1997). Changes in oxytetracycline resistance of intestinal microflora following oral administration of this agent to Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) smolts in a marine environment. Aquaculture, 157: 187-195.76.79.


• Kilmartin, J., Cazabon, D. & Smith, P. (1997). Investigations on the toxicity of ivermectin for salmonids. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 17:58-61.


• Palmer, R., Coyne, R., Davey, S. & Smith, P. (1997). Case notes on adverse reactions associated with ivermectin therapy of Atlantic salmon. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 17: 62-67.


• Samuelsen, O.B., Pursell, L., Smith, P. and Ervick, A. (1997). Multiple-dose pharmokinetic study of Romet30 in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and in vitro antibacterial activity against Aeromonas salmonicida. Aquaculture 152:13-24.


• Smith, P.R. (1997). Conclusion. In Furnunculosis- Multidisciplinary fish disease research, (E.-M. Bemoth, A.E. Ellis, P. Midtlyng, G. Olivier and P. Smith, eds).Academic Press: London.


• Smith, P.R. (1997). Furunculosis research as seen from a fish farm. In Furunculosis in Fish - a Multidisciplinary Review, In press. Ed.


• A.E. Ellis, E.¬M. Bernoth, P. Midtlyng, 0. Olivier and P. Smith.Academic Press: London. pp.203-229.


• Smith, P.R. (1997). Introduction. In Furunculosis in Fish-a Multidisciplinary Review, In press. Ed. A.E. Ellis, E.-M. Bernoth, P. Midtlyng, 0. Olivier and P. Smith. Academic Press: London.


• Smith, P.R. (1997). The epizootiology of Furunculosis: the present state of our ignorance. In Furnuculosis in Fish - a Multidisciplinary Review, In press. Ed. A.E. Ellis, E.-M. Bernoth, P. Midtlyng, 0. Olivier and P. Smith.Academic Press: London. pp.25-53


• Smith, P., Edwards, 0., O’Connor, B., Costello, M. and Costello, 1. (1997). Photographic evidence of the importance of macrofauna in the removal of feed pellets from the sediment under marine salmon farms. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 17:1-4


• Coyne, R. and Smith, P. (1996). Quantitation of sediment loading by oxytetracydine at a marine salmon farm. In: N Haagsma and A Ruiter (eds) Residues of Veterinary drugs in foods. Euroresidue 111, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, 1: 357-361.


• Davies, I.M., Smith, P., Nickell, T.D. & Provost, P.G. (1996). Interactions of salmon farming and benthic microbiology in sea lochs. Aquaculture and Sea Lochs (K.D. Black, ed.),Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban. pp. 33-39.


• Kerry, J., Coyne, R., Gilroy, D., Hiney, M. & Smith, P. (1996). Spatial distribution of oxytetracycline and elevated frequencies of oxytetracycline resistance in sediments beneath a marine salmon farm following oxytetracycline therapy. Aquaculture 145: 31-39.


• Kerry, J., Slattery, M., Vaughan, S. & Smith, P. (1996). The importance of bacterial multiplication in the selection, by oxytetracycline-HCl, of oxytetracyline resistant bacteria in marine sediment microcosms. Aquaculture 144: 103-119.


• NicGabhainn, S., Pursell, L., McCormack, F., Barker, 0., Alderman, D. and Smith, P. (1996). How many fish are there in an adequate sample? In: N. Haagsma and A Ruiter (eds) Residues of Veterinary drugs in foods.Euroresidue 111, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, 2: 755-759


• Pursell, L., Dineen. T., Kerry, J., Vaughan, S. & Smith, P. (1996). The biological significance of breakpoint concentrations of oxytetracycline in media for the examination of marine sediment microflora. Aquaculture 145: 21-30.


• Smith, P. (1996). Is sediment deposition the dominant fate of oxytetracycline used in marine fish farms; a review of the avarage data. Aquaculture 146:157-169.


• Smith, P. (1996). The quality of a table; a cautionary tale of good science. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 39/4: 204-205.


• Smith, P., Keane, M., Dempsey, S., Concannon, M. and McDonagh, M. (1996). Theoretical and practical implications of minimum effect concentration measurements of antimicrobial agents. In: N Haagsma and A. Ruiter (eds) Residues of Veterinary drugs in foods. Euroresidue 111, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, 2: 863-867.


• Smith, P. & Samuelsen, O.B.(1996). Estimates of significance of out-washing of oxytetracycline from sediments under Atlantic salmon cages. Aquaculture 144: 17-26.


• Smith, P., Niland, N., O’Domhnaill, F., OTuathaig, G. and Hiney, M. (1996) Influence of marine sediment and divalent cations on the activity of oxytetracyline against Listonella anguillarum.. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 16: 54-57.


• Vaughan, S. and Smith, P. (1996). Estimations of the influence of river sediment on the biological activity of oxytetracycline HCl. Aquaculture 141: 67-76.


• Vaughan, S., Coyne, R. and Smith, P. (1996). The critical importance of sample site in the determination of the frequency of oxytetracycline resistance in the effluent microflora of a fresh water fish farm. Aquaculture 139: 47-54.


• Hiney, M. P., Coyne, R., Kerry, J., Pursell, L., Samuelsen, 0. B. and Smith, P. (1995). Failure of Flumisol bath treatments during commercial transport of salmon smolts to prevent the activation of stress inducible furunculosis. Aquaculture 136, 21-30.


• Kapetanaki, M., Kerry, J., Hiney, M., O’Brien, C., Coyne, R. and Smith, P. (1995). Emergence, in oxytetracycline-free marine mesocosms, of microorganisms capable of colony formation on oxytetracycline-containing media. Aquaculture 134, 227-236.


• Kerry, I., Gilroy, D., Hiney, M., Coyne, R. and Smith, P. (1995). The effects of harrowing on oxytetracycline resistance in marine sediment microorganisms beneath a salmon farm. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 15, 172-175.


• Kerry, J., Hiney, M., Coyne, R., NicGabhainn, S., Gilroy, D., Cazabon, D. and Smith, P. (1995). Fish feed as a source of oxytetracycline resistant bacteria in the sediments under fish farms. Aquaculture 131, 101-113.


• Pursell, L., Samuelsen, 0. B. and Smith, P. (1995). Reduction in the in-vitro activity of flumequine against Aeromonas salmonicida in the presence of the concentrations of Mg and Ca ions found in sea water. Aquaculture 135, 245-256.


• Smith, P.R. (1995). The meaning of changes in the frequency of resistance to oxytetracycline in the sediments under marine fish farms. Bulletin of the Aquaculture Association of Canada 95-4, 17-21.


• Smith, P., Pursell, L., McCormick, F., O'Reilly, A and Hiney, M. (1995). On the significance of bacterial resistance to oxytetracycline in sediments under Norwegian fish farms. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 15, 107-108.


• Alderman, D. J., Rosenthal, H., Smith, P. and Weston, D. (1994). Chemicals used in mariculture. Technical Report of ICES Working Group, Environmental Interactions of Mariculture, Report 2000.


• Boyd, E. F., Hiney, M. P., Peden, J. F. and Smith, P. R.. (1994). Assessment of genetic diversity among Aeromonas salmonicida isolates by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. Journal of Fish Diseases 17, 97-98.


• Cazabon, D., O'Grady, P., Moloney, M. and Smith, P. (1994). Factors affecting the efficiency of bath administration of flumequine. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 14, 197-199.


• Coyne, R., Hiney, M. P., O'Connor, B., Kerry, J., Cazabon, D. and Smith, P. (1994). Concentration and persistence of oxytetracycline in sediments under a marine salmon farm. Aquaculture 123, 31-42.


• Coyne, R., Hiney, M. and Smith, P. (1994). Evidence associating overfeeding on a salmon farm with a prolonged half-life of oxytetracycline in under-cage sediments. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 14, 207-210.


• Hiney, M. P., Kilmartin, J. J. and Smith, P. R. (1994). Detection of Aeromonas salmonicida in Atlantic salmon with asymptomatic furunculosis infections. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 19, 161-167.


• Hiney, M., Samuelsen, O. B., and Smith, P. R.. (1994). Association of mortalities in a salmon hatchery with the oral administration of flumequine. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 14, 204-206.


• Kerry, J., Hiney, M., Coyne, R., Cazabon, D., NicGabhainn, S., and Smith, P. 1994). Frequency and distribution of resistance to oxytetracycline in microorganisms isolated from marine fish farm sediments following therapeutic use of oxytetracycline. Aquaculture 123, 31-42.


• O'Brien, D., Mooney, J., Ryan, D., Powell, E., Hiney, M., Smith, P. R., and Powell, R. (1994). Detection of Aeromonas salmonicida, causal agent of furunculosis in salmonid fish, from the tank effluent of hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon smolts. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60, 3874-3877.


• O'Donnell, G. B., Smith, P. R., Kilmartin, J. J. and Moran, A. P. (1994). Uptake and fate of orally administered bacterial lipopolysaccharide in brown trout (Salmo trutta). Fish and Shellfish Immunology 4, 285-299.


• Pursell, L. and Smith, P. (1994). In vitro experiments on the bioactivity of flumequine in the matrix of the intestinal contents of Atlantic salmon. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 14, 141-143.


• Smith, P., Donlon, J., Coyne, R. and Cazabon, D. J. (1994). Fate of oxytetracycline in a fresh water fish farm: influence of effluent treatment systems. Aquaculture 120, 319-325.


• Smith, P., Hiney, M. P. and Samuelsen, 0. B.. (1994). Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents used in fish farming: a Critical evaluation of method and meaning. Annual Review of Fish Diseases 4, 273-313.


• Hiney, M. P. and Smith, P. R. (1993). Initial investigations into the fungicidal activity of stabilised chlorine dioxide against Saprolegnia in a freshwater hatchery. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 13, 123-126.


• Scallan, A. and Smith, P. (1993). Importance of sampling time in detecting stress inducible furunculosis in Atlantic salmon smolts. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 13, 77-78.


• Scallan, A., Hickey, C. and Smith, P. (1993). Evidence for the transient nature of stress inducible asymptomatic Aeromonas salmonicida infections of Atlantic salmon. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 13, 210-212.


• Smith, P. R. (1993). A case study of the environmental impact of fish farming; the use of oxytetracycline. In: Care of the Environment; Microbiological Perspectives (M. O'Connell and M. Larkin, eds). Dublin, Royal Irish Academy.


• Smith, P. R. (1993). The environmental fate of antimicrobials used in fish farming: perception, reality and analytical terrorism. In: Trends in the use and production of antimicrobials (R. Bishop, T. M. Cogan and U. McEvilly, eds). Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.


• Smith, P. R. and Davey, S. (1993). Evidence for the competitive exclusion of Aeromonas salmonicida from fish with stress inducible furunculosis by fluorescent Pseudomonads. Journal of Fish Diseases 16, 521-524.


• Smith, P., Bonner, S., Cazabon, D., Coyne, R., Hiney, M., Gilroy, D., Kerry, J., Pender, S., Rudden, S. and Vaughan, S. (1993). Fate of antimicrobial agents used in fish farming. In: Aquaculture in Ireland - towards sustainability (J. Meldon, ed), Dublin, An Taisce.


• Smith, P. R., Moloney, M., McElligot, A., Clarke, S., Palmer, R., O'Kelly, J. and O'Brien, F. I. (1993). The efficiency of oral Ivermectin in the control of sea lice infestations of farmed Atlantic salmon. In: Pathogens of wild and farmed fish sea lice (G. A. Boxshall and D. Defaye, eds), New York: Ellis Horwood, pp 296-305.


• Hiney, M., Dawson, M. T., Heery, D. M., Smith, P. R., Gannon, F. and Powell, R. (1992). DNA probe for Aeromonas salmonicida. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58, 1039-1042.


• O'Grady, P. and Smith, P. (1992). Clinical significance of low levels of resistance to oxolinic acid in Aeromonas salmonicida. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 12, 198-200.


• O'Grady, P. and Smith, P. (1992). Use of flumisol bath treatments to eliminate stress inducible furunculosis in salmon smolts. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 12, 201-203.


• Smith, P. R. (1992). Antibiotics and the alternatives. In: Aquaculture and the environment. (J. Joyce and N. DePauw, eds), Gent, Belgium: European Aquaculture Society.


• Vaughan, L., Smith, P. and Foster, T. J. (1990). Aromatic-dependent mutants of Aeromonas salmonicida. Research Microbiology 141, 941-943.


• Smith, P. R. (1991). Stress test picks up furunculosis carriers. Fish Farmer 143.


• Drinan, E. M., Donlon, J., Molloy, S. and Smith, P. R. (1989). Observations on the role of the caseinase enzyme in the pathogenesis of furunculosis. Journal of Fish Diseases 12, 45-50.


• Hennigan, M., Vaughan, L. M., Foster, T. J., Smith, P. R., and Gannon, F. X. (1989). Characterisation of Aeromonas salmonicida strains using DNA probe technology. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46, 877-879 O'Grady, P., Moloney, M. and Smith, P. R. (1988). Bath administration of the quinolone antibiotic flumequine to brown trout Salmon trutta and Atlantic salmon, S. salar. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 19, 193-199.


• O'Grady, P., Palmer, R., Rodger, H. and Smith, P. (1987). Isolation of Aeromonas salmonicida strains resistant to the quinolone antibiotics. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 7, 43-46.


• Palmer, R., Rodger, H., Drinan, E., Dwyer, C. and Smith, P. R. (1987). Preliminary trials on the efficiency of Ivermectin against the parasitic copepods of Atlantic salmon. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 7, 47-50.


• Power, P., Dunne, S., and Smith, P. R.. (1987). Failure of Tryptone Soya Agar to support the growth of Aeromonas salmonicida. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 7, 75.


• Brazil, G., Curley, D., Gannon, F. and Smith, P. (1986). Persistence and acquisition of antibiotic resistance plasmids in Aeromonas salmonicida. In: Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Ecology, Transfer, and Expression . (S. B. Levy, and R. P. Novick, eds), 24th Banbury Report, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.


• O'Grady, P., Smith, P. R., Palmer, R. and Hickey, C. (1986). Antibiotic therapy of furunculosis in freshwater and sea water. In: Pathology in Marine Aquaculture (C. P Vivares, J. R. Bonami and E. Jaspers, eds), Bredene, Belgium: European Aquaculture Society.


• Drinan, E. and Smith, P. R. (1985). Histopathology of mutant Aeromonas salmonicida infections in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). In: Fish and Shellfish Pathology (A. E. Ellis, ed) London: Academic Press.


• Hedges, R. W., Brazil, G. and Smith, P. R. (1985). Resistance plasmids in Aeromonas. Journal of General Microbiology 131, 2091-2095.


• Scallan, A. and Smith, P. R. (1984). Investigations into seasonal variation of latent furunculosis. In: Fish diseases : Proceedings of the 4th session EIFAC/COPRAQ on Fish Diseases (Acuigrup., eds) Madrid.


• Sheeran, W., Drinan, E. and Smith, P. R. (1984). Preliminary studies on the role of the extracellular proteolytic enzymes in the pathogenesis of furunculosis. In Fish diseases : Proceedings of the 4th session EIFAC/COPRAQ on Fish Diseases (Acuigrup., eds) Madrid.


• Palmer, R. and Smith, P. R. (1980). Studies on the vaccination of Atlantic salmon against furunculosis. In: Fish Diseases (W. Ahne, ed), Berlin: Springer-Verlag.


• Farrell, E. and Smith, P. R. (1978). Non-random origin of partial revertants of a plietrophic phage resistant variant of Caulobacter crescentus. Journal of General Microbiology 108, 89-95


• Farrell, E. and Smith, P. R. (1978). A study of spontaneous and N-methyl-N’- nitro- N-nitrosoguanidine induced phage resistant mutants in Caulobacter crescentus. Journal of General Microbiology 108, 161-163.


• Smith, P. R., Duffy, A. and Dunican, L. K. (1975). Indirect induction of a Staphylococcus aureus prophage by P11de a plasmid phage hybrid. Molecular and General Genetics 137, 79-83.


• Smith, P. R. (1975). Antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli from non-hospital environments. Irish Journal of Medical Science 144, 166-171.


• Smith, P. R. (1974). Reservations on Project K. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 18, 21-23.


• Smith, P. R., Farrell, E. and Dunican, L. K. (1974). Survival of R Escherichia coli in sea water. Applied Microbiology 27,983-984.