A University of Lethbridge undergraduate student discovered a new, prolific aquatic parasite which has been named for a 'deserving' retired U of L professor.
WATCH: While out searching for snails, a University of Lethbridge undergraduate student discovered a new aquatic parasite. In naming the species, a retired U of L professor has been 'immortalized.'“ kind of just stumbled upon this fish that had some bulging eyes and scooped it up in a Tim Horton’s cup and brought it inside,” said Tilley.
“ kind of serendipitous, I guess, that it just stumbled into our lap, but it has been found at many sites in southern Alberta now. So, it goes to show that it’s pretty prolific in spreading.”At the time of the discovery… Tilley was an undergraduate student and took her new find to her professor, Cam Goater. Tilley now works in Goater’s lab at the U of L.
“Molly came to the lab and said, ‘I want to study this new parasite’ and that’s where we end up today in this species description,” Goater said of the discovery. “We needed to diagnose the parasite and that was the first step. So, the parasite causes the fish’s eyes to bulge and they produce these big lesions and so we would look inside the lesions for diagnostic characteristics of particular parasites,” said Goater.Canada braces for wildfires, more named storms than usual this fall
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