Sophie St. Hilaire, D.V.M, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor 
190
Gale Life Sciences Bldg
(208) 282-5416
sthisoph@isu.edu
Dr. St. Hilaire has created an Excel-based program for risk assessment for the spread of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and disinfection recommendations. For the 2007 version click here. If you prefer the older (1997) version, click here.
Biographical Sketch
Dr. St-Hilaire received her veterinary degree from the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1994. She then completed her MSc and PhD in veterinary epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Guelph, respectively. Since 1994 she has been involved in a number of disease outbreak investigations ranging from viral to parasitic in origin in both wild and farmed animal populations. She has also been actively involved in developing a number of surveillance programs for monitoring pathogens and assessing disease control strategies. She has conducted several field research projects to study disease in natural populations. She is particularly interested in aquatic animal and avian diseases.
She is currently involved in the following research projects: 1) Investigating the use of black soldier fly larvae as a tool for managing animal waste and providing a food source for aquaculture industries; 2) Investigating the cause and prevention strategies for strawberry disease in rainbow trout; 3) Investigating the pathogenesis of different strains of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis found in boreal toad (Bufo boreas boreas) populations in Wyoming; 4) evaluating the effect of multiple parasites in juvenile coho salmon in Oregon; 5) assessing the trends in turberculosis in Southeast Idaho; and 6) evaluating a screening program for COPD at the VA hospital in Boise.
Publications (selected)
St-Hilaire S., Mark A. McGuire, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Katie Cranfill, Erin E. Mosley, Larry Newton, Wendy Sealey, Stephen Irving and Craig Sheppard. (2007). Fish offal recycling by the black soldier fly produces a foodstuff high in omega-3 fatty acids. Journal of World Aquaculture 38(2), 309-313.
St-Hilaire S., Sheppard, C., Tomberlin, JK., Irving, S., Newton, L., McGuire MA., Mosley, E., Hardy,R., and Sealy, W. (2007). Fly prepupae as a feedstuff for Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Journal of World Aquaculture 38, Issue 1, 59 -67.
Gozlan, RE., Peeler, EJ., Longshaw, M., St-Hilaire, S., Feist, S.W. 2006. Effect of microbial pathogens on the diversity of aquatic populations notably in Europe. Microbes and Infection 8; 1358-1364.
Whipps, CM., Burton,T., Watral, V., St-Hilaire, S., and Kent, ML. (2006). Assessing the accuracy of a polymerase chain reaction test for Ichthyophonus hoferi in Yukon River Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 68; 141-147.
St-Hilaire, S., Beevers, N., Way, K., Le Deuff, R-M., Martin, P., and Joiner, C. (2006). Reactivation of latent infections of KHV in Common carp Cyprinus carpio. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 67;15-23.
Gozlan, R.E., St-Hilaire, S., Feist, S.W., Martin, P., and Kent, M.L. (June 23 2005). An emergent infectious disease threatens European fish biodiversity. Nature 435(7045); p.1046.
St-Hilaire, S., Ellis, T., Cooke, A., North, B.P., Turnbull, J.F., Knowles, T. and Kestin, S. (September 30, 2006). Fin erosion on commercial rainbow trout farms in the UK. The Veterinary Record 447-451.
Wilson , J., Tice, G., Brash, M., and St. Hilaire, S. (2005). Manifestations of Clostridium perfringens and Related Bacterial Enteritides in Broiler Chickens. World Poultry Science Journal 61(3);435-449
St-Hilaire, S. and Mander, B. (2004). Ulcer disease in common carp fisheries in the UK. Fish Veterinary Journal 8; 90-95.
St-Hilaire, S., Gubbins, M., and Bayley, A. (2004). Investigation of a wild fish kill on the River Tyne. Fish Veterinary Journal 8; 96-100.
St-Hilaire, S. and Sears, W. (2003). Trends in cellulitis condemnations in the Ontario chicken industry. Avian Diseases 47; 537-548.
St-Hilaire, S., Arellano, S., and Ribble, C.S. (2003). Association between cellulitis (enlarged sternal bursa) and focal ulcerative dermatitis in turkeys raised in Ontario, Canada. Avian Diseases 47; 531-536.
St-Hilaire, S., Ribble, Stephen, C., Anderson, E., Kurath, G., and Kent, M.L. (2002) Epidemiological investigation of infectious hematopoietic necrosis viral disease in the Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry in British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture 212, 49–67.
St-Hilaire, S., Burrows, M., Higgins, M., Barnes, D., and Kieser, D. (2002) An epidemiological study of Parvicapsula minibicornis in wild sockeye salmon in British Columbia, Canada. J. of Fish Diseases 25, 107-120.
St-Hilaire, S., Stephen, C., Kent, M., Ribble, C. (2001). Sentinels in the bay: Using sentinel fish to monitor for pathogens in the environment. ICES journal of Marine Sciences 58, 369-373.
St-Hilaire, S., Ribble, LaPatra, S., Chartrand, S., Davies, T., and Kent, M.L. (2001) Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus specific antibody profiles in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 46, 1-6.
St-Hilaire, S., Ribble, C., Traxler, G., Davies, T., and Kent, M.L. (2001) Evidence for a carrier state of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawtscha). Disease of Aquatic Organisms 46, 173-179.