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Dina Zilberg

Ph.D. Auburn University, Alabama, USA, 1998; Lecturer
Bacterial and parasitic disease of ornamental and food fish; Seeking natural medicine, as alternative to chemicals and antibiotics to treat fish disease; Tetrahymena disease of guppies; Deformities of angel fish; Microalgae as a food additive for ornamental fish to improve their health status.
Phone: 972-8-6596818 | Fax: 972-8-6596742
E-mail: dzilberg@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

Publications of last 5 years

  • Zilberg, D., Findlay, V. L., Girling, P. and Munday, B. L. 2000. Effects of treatment with levamisole and glucans on mortality rates in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) suffering from amoebic gill disease. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 20(1):15-19.


  • Zilberg, D., Grizzle, J. M. and Plumb, J. A. 2000. Histopathology of juvenile largemouth bass infected with largemouth bass virus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 39:143-146.


  • Findlay, V. L., Zilberg, D. and Munday, B. L. 2000. Evaluation of levamisole as a treatment for amoebic gill disease of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. Journal of Fish Diseases. 23:193-198.


  • Zilberg, D. and Munday, B.L. 2000. Pathology of experimental amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and the effect of pre-maintenance in seawater. Journal of Fish Diseases. 23:401-407.


  • Douglas-Helders, M., Nowak, B., Zilberg, D. and Carson, J. 2000. Survival of Paramoeba pemaquidensis on dead salmon: implication of management of cage hygiene. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 20(3):167-169.


  • Zilberg, D., Gross, A. and Munday, B.L. 2000. Production of salmonid amoebic gill disease by exposure to Paramoeba sp. harvested from the gills of infected fish. Journal of Fish Diseases. 24:181-183.


  • Zilberg, D. and Munday, B.L. 2001. Responses of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. to Paramoeba antigens administered by a variety of routes. Journal of Fish Diseases. 24:181-183.


  • Zilberg, D. and Munday B.L. 2001. The effect of anti-Paramoeba antibodies on Paramoeba sp., the causative agent of amoebic gill disease. Journal of Fish Diseases. 24:345-350.


  • Munday, B. L., Zilberg, D. and Findlay, V. L. 2001. Gill disease of marine fish caused by infection with Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis – a review article. Journal of Fish Diseases. 24:497-507.


  • Douglas-Helders, G.M., O'Brien, D.P., McCorkell, B.E., Zilberg, D., Gross, A. Carson, J. and Nowak, B.F. 2003. Temporal and spatial distribution of Paramoeba sp. in the water column- a pilot study. Journal of Fish Diseases. 26:231-240.


  • Munday, B.L. and Zilberg, D. 2003. Efficacy of and toxicity associated with the use of levamisole in seawater to treat amoebic gill disease. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 23:3-5.


  • Gross, A., Nemirovsky, A., Zilberg, D., Khaimov, A., Brenner, A., Snir, E., Ronen, Z. and Nejidat, A. 2003. Soil nitrifying enrichments as biofilter starters in intensive re-circulating saline water aquaculture, Aquaculture. 223:51-62.


  • Zilberg, D., Ofir, R., Rabinski, T. and Diamant, A. 2004. Morphological and genetic characterization of swimbladder non-inflation in angelfish Pterophyllum scalare (Cichlidae). Aquaculture. 230:13-27.
  • Gross, A., Abutbul, S. and Zilberg, D. 2004. Acute and chronic effect of nitrite to shrimps, Litopenaeus vannamei, at low salinity water. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. 35:315-321.


  • Abutbul, S., Golan-Goldhirsh, A., Barazani, O. and Zilberg, D. 2004. The use of Rosmarinus officinalis as a treatment against streptococcal disease in tilapia. Aquaculture. 238:97-105.


  • Zilberg, D. Amoebic gill disease of marine fish caused by Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis – a mini paper. Acta Zoologica Sinica. Accepted.


  • Abutbul, S., Golan-Goldhirsh, A., Barazani, O., Ofir, R. and Zilberg, D. Screening of desert plants against bacterial pathogens of fish. Bamidgeh. Accepted.