Comparative Pathobiology
 

Joseph W. Camp, Jr., Ph.D.


Professor of Veterinary Parasitology
Secretary of Faculties
School of Veterinary Medicine
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: 765-496-2463
FAX: 765-494-9830
Email: jcamp@purdue.edu

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Education

Institution Field Major Concentrations Degree Year
Illinois State University Biology   B.S. 1974
Illinois State University Biology parasitology, parasite ecology M.S. 1977
Wake Forest University Biology parasite ecology, aquatic ecology Ph.D. 1980

Professional Experience

current Coordinator for Hatch/Animal Health projects, School of Veterinary Medicine
2002-2003 Acting Chair Biology/Chemistry Department, PUNC
2000-2002 Director of the PUNC Biological Sciences Field Station
1999-2003 Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, PUNC
1990-1999 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, PUNC
1985-1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, PUNC
1983-1985 Assistant Professor, Mundelein College
1982-1983 Assistant Professor, Alice Lloyd College
1982 Lecturer, Illinois Benedictine College
1980-1981 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Puerto Rico, Immunoparasitology

Overview of Research

Veterinary Parasitology
    Epidemiology and ecology of parasitic diseases; parasite induced changes in morphology, physiology, and behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate hosts; Identification of peptide sequences related to apicomplexan proteins from Sarcocystis neurona.

Publications

Refereed journals

Wilson, S. and J.W. Camp, Jr. 2003. Helminths of bluegills, Lepomis macrochirus,
from a northern Indiana pond. Comparative Parasitology. 70:88-92.

Camp, J.W., L.M. Blaney, and D.K. Barnes. 1999. Parasites of the round goby,
Neogobius melanostomus (Perciformes: Gobiidae), from Southern Lake Michigan,
Indiana. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington. Journal of the
Helminthological Association of Washington. 66:70-72.

Dietrich, N., S. Pruden, T.G. Ksiazek, S.P. Morzunov, and J.W. Camp. 1997. A small-
scale survey of hantavirus in mammals from Indiana. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 33:818-822.

Camp, J.W. 1992. Occurrence of Allocreadium neotenicum in aquatic hosts
from northern Indiana. The American Midland Naturalist 128:203-208

Camp, Jr., J. W. 1990. Metazoan parasites of Semotilus atromaculatus from
Sugar Creek, McLean County, Illinois. Journal of the Helminthological
Society of Washington 57:162-164

Camp, J. W. 1989. Population biology of Allocreadium lobatum (Trematoda:
Allocreadiidae) in creek chubs Semotilus atromaculatus. The American
Midland Naturalist 122:236-241

Camp, J.W. 1988. Occurrence of the trematodes Uvulifer ambloplitis (Hughes,
1927) and Posthodiplostomum minimum (McCallum, 1921) in juvenile
Lepomis macrochirus from Northeastern Illinois. Proceedings of the
Helminthological Society of Washington 55:219-221

Camp, J.W., J.M. Aho, and G.W. Esch. 1982. Long-term study on various
aspects of the population biology of Ornithodiplostomum ptychocheilus
in a South Carolina cooling reservoir. Journal of Parasitology 68:709-718

Aho, J.M., J.W. Camp, and G.W. Esch. 1982. Long-term studies on the
Population biology of Diplostomum scheuringi in the mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis in a thermally altered reservoir. Journal of Parasitology
68:695-708.

Camp, Jr., J.W. and H.W. Huizinga. 1980. Seasonal population interactions
Of Acanthocephalus dirus (Van Cleave 1931) in the creek chub, Semotilus
atromaculatus, and the isopod, Asellus intermedius. Journal of
Parasitology 66:299-304.

Camp, J.W. and H.W. Huizinga. 1979. Altered color, behavior and predation
Susceptibility of the isopod Asellus intermedius infected with
Acanthocephalus dirus. Journal of Parasitology 65:667-669.