SCHOLAR DETAILS
Name
John Burka
Email
burka@upei.ca
Position
Emeritus Professor
Department(s)
Biomedical Sciences
Status
Retired
Biography

Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Sciences

Dr. John Burka was named Professor Emeritus during UPEI's morning convocation ceremony on May 11, 2013. A founding faculty member at AVC, Dr. Burka retired in 2012 from his position as a professor of pharmacology with AVC's Department of Biomedical Sciences. In addition to his accomplishments in teaching and research, Dr. Burka is well known for his long-standing involvement in the annual science fair at the provincial and national levels, and in the annual Ten Thousand Villages craft sales on P.E.I.

Recent Citations
Haemolymph fluid osmolality influences the neutral-red retention assay in the eastern oyster
Journal of Molluscan Studies, 2017
Survival and growth performance of Crassostrea virginica along an estuarine gradient
Aquaculture International, 2014
Lepeophtheirus salmonis: a persisting challenge for salmon aquaculture
Animal Frontiers, 2014
Sea lice population and sex differences in P-glycoprotein expression and emamectin benzoate resistance on salmon farms in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada.
Pest Management Science, 2013
Immunostimulation of Salmo salar L., and its effect on Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer) P‐glycoprotein mRNA expression following subsequent emamectin benzoate exposure
Journal of Fish Diseases, 2013
Research Interests
Fish pharmacology
Biology of the host-parasite relationship between sea lice and salmonid fishes
Developing sustainable and effective sea lice management strategies
Resistance mechanisms to chemotherapeutants used to treat salmon for sea lice