Flowers, James
Clinical Assistant Professor

Phone: 919-513-6404
Fax: 919-513-6464
Email: james_flowers@ncsu.edu

DEGREE: Ph.D., 1994.
UNIVERSITY: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
MAJOR: Zoology
ADVISOR: Dr. Grover C. Miller
DISSERTATION: Larval Trematodes and Freshwater Mollusks from Eastern North Carolina.

DEGREE: B.S., 1988.
UNIVERSITY: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
MAJOR: Zoology

Teaching

July 1998 - Present. College of Veterinary Medicine, NCSU. Assist with Veterinary Parasitology (VMM 932) for the second year veterinary students and Clinical Parasitology (VMM 978) for fourth year veterinary students. Directly assist students in and out of lab, with questions and identification of parasite specimens and ova. Development of an on-line course supplement for Veterinary Parasitology which includes interactive parasite keys, and case-based clinic exercises. Manage two teaching laboratories.

Other Teaching Experiences

• Biology Department, University of North Carolina; Vertebrate Zoology (Biology 63)
• Biology Department, North Carolina State University; General Biology (Biology 125)
• Zoology Department, North Carolina State University; General Zoology (Zoology 201), Basic Anatomy & Physiology (Zoology 212), Vertebrate Zoology (Zoology 303), Cellular and Animal Physiology Laboratory (ZO 305).
• Division of Science, North Carolina Wesleyan College; Life Sciences (Biology 101)

Teaching Awards

• Member (2001) of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers, North Carolina State University.
• The 2001 Outstanding Teachers Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University.
• The 1992 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University.
• The Betsy Tharrington Teaching Award for the Outstanding Teaching Assistant 1991-1992, Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University.

Research

Binational Science Foundation Grant. January 2001 - Present. Trematodes in Aquaculture.
Development of strategic control methods against parasitic trematodes infesting aquaculture ponds, using molecular (PCR) probes. A collaboration with Israeli scientists.

Southern Regional Aquaculture Grant. January 2002 - Present. Bolbophorus study.
Identification, characterization, and control of Bolbophorus-like trematodes.

Fisheries Resource Grant. February 2000 - July 2002. White Grub Study.
Field evaluation of the use of increased salinity in hybrid striped bass aquaculture ponds as a method to control grub infections. Also, to investigate the life cycle of an unidentified white grub that causes mortality in hybrid striped bass fingerlings.

Resulting Publications

• Levy MG, Flowers JR, Poore MF, Khoo L, Pote LM, Mullen JE, Paperna I, Litaker RW. 2002. Morphologic, Pathologic, and Genetic Investigations of Bolbophorus spp. (Diplostomatidae, Trematoda) Affecting Cultured Ictalurus punctatus in the Mississippi Delta. Journal of aquatic Animal Health. 14: 235-426

Heterobilharzia Case Study. November 2000 - December 2001. Canine Heterobilharziasis Case Report.
Diagnosis and investigation of the first confirmed case of Canine Blood-fluke disease in North Carolina and only the second successful case of canine heterobilharziasis in the United States.

Resulting Publications

• Flowers James R., Bruce Hammerberg, Sheri L. Wood, David E. Malarkey, Govert J. van Dam, Michael G. Levy, Dail McLawhorn. 2002. Clinical Signs, Pathology, Treatment and a Novel Serological Approach to Diagnosis of a Case of Severe Canine Heterobilharziasis. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 220: 193-196.

CVM Grant. January 1997 - January 1998. Yellow Grub Study.
Evaluation of possible size resistance of Hybrid Striped Bass to the infection of the digentetic trematode, Clinostomum complanatum (yellow grub).

Resulting Publications

• Levy MG, Correa MT, Flowers JR, Frinsko M. 1999. Yellow Grubs: A threat to North Carolina's Hybrid Striped Bass Aquaculture. Pamphlet. Raleigh, NC: NC State Cooperative Extension.
• Levy MG, Correa MT, Flowers JR, Frinsko M. 1999. Yellow Grub Disease: Life Cycle of Clinostomum. Laminated Brochure. Raleigh, NC: NC State Cooperative Extension.

Graduate Study. August 1989 - June 1994. Graduate Research
Extensive survey of digenetic trematode larvae and their molluscan hosts in the upper Neuse River basin and Swift Creek, Johnston and Wake counties, North Carolina.

Resulting Publications

• Flowers, James R. 1996. Notes on the Life History of Fascioloides magna in North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 112(3): 115-118.
• Flowers, James R. 1996. Three Amphistome Cercariae (Paramphistomidae) from North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 112(2): 80-86.
• Flowers, James R. and Grover C. Miller. 1995. Armatae xiphidiocercaria of North Carolina. J. of Helm. Soc. Wash. 62: 174-182.
• Flowers, James R. and Grover C. Miller. 1993. New molluscan (Gastropoda & Bivalvia) records for the Neuse River basin, North Carolina. Brimleyana. 19: 61-64.
• Flowers, James R. and Grover C. Miller. 1993. Molluscs collected from Swift Creek, Wake and Johnston Counties, North Carolina. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 47: 359-365.

Other Publications

• Howell, J.M., J-M Luginbuhl, M.J. Grice, K.L. Anderson, P. Arasu, and J. R. Flowers. 1999. Control of gastrointestinal parasite larvae of ruminant using nitrogen fertilizer, limestone and sodium hypochlorite solutions. Small Ruminant Research. 32:197-204.
• Noga, Edward J., and James R. Flowers. 1995. Invasion of Tilapia mossambica (Cichilidae) Viscera by the Monogenean Enterogyrus cichlidarum. Journal of Parasitology. 81(5): 815-817.

Current Associations

• American Society of Parasitologists.
• Helminthological Society of Washington.
• Southeastern Society of Parasitologists.
• The Wildlife Disease Association.
• Association of Southeastern Biologists.
• North Carolina Academy of Science, Inc.