Senior Lecturer
Institute of Aquaculture Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/jlbaily
I am a board certified veterinary pathologist and fish vet with extensive experience in aquatic animal health and disease investigation. My research focuses on emerging infectious disease processes within aquatic ecosystems, predominantly fish and marine mammals. I am particularly interested in studying the land-sea transfer of bacteria and parasites and the emergence of pathogens in aquatic vertebrate hosts subjected to wider ecosystem disruption.
I qualified as a vet in 2002 from Toulouse, shortly before completing a Master’s degree in Aquatic Veterinary Studies at the University of Stirling. Throughout my career I have worked for two fish veterinary practices in Scotland, providing support to the Scottish aquaculture industry, completed a 3 year residency in veterinary pathology at the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in marine mammal pathology between the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews and the Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh in which I investigated infectious disease prevalence in Scottish grey seals with particular emphasis on environmental microbial pollution using genomics.
My research to date focuses on infectious disease within aquatic ecosystems, predominantly fish and marine mammals.
I am particularly interested in studying the land-sea transfer of bacteria and parasites and the emergence of pathogens in aquatic vertebrate hosts subjected to wider ecosystem disruption.
I am also fascinated by emerging disease processes within aquatic organisms, in particular those affecting the aquaculture industry.
Article
Watkins CA, Gaines T, Strathdee F, Baily JL, Watson E, Hall AJ, Free A & Dagleish MP (2022) A comparative study of the fecal microbiota of gray seal pups and yearlings ‐ a marine mammal sentinel species. MicrobiologyOpen, 11 (3). https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1281
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Dagleish M, Flockhart A, Baily J, Hall A, Simpson TI & Longbottom D (2021) Presence of DNA from Chlamydia-like organisms in the nasal cavities of grey seal pups (Halichoerus grypus) and three different substrates present in a breeding colony. BMC Veterinary Research, 17 (1), Art. No.: 328. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-03032-3
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Papadopoulou A, Garvey K, Hill T, Ramirez‐Paredes JG, Monaghan SJ, Baily JL, Davie A, Katsiadaki I, Verner‐Jeffreys D, Wallis T, Migaud H & Adams A (2021) Novel atypical Aeromonas salmonicida bath challenge model for juvenile ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta, Ascanius). Journal of Fish Diseases, 44 (6), pp. 823-835. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13312
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Dagleish MP, Perri A, Maley M, Ballingall KT, Baily JL, Davison NJ, Brownlow AC & Rocchi MS (2021) Novel Dermatitis and Relative Viral Nucleic Acid Tissue Loads in a Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with Systemic Cetacean Morbillivirus Infection. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 183, pp. 57-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2021.01.005
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Eliasen K, Patursson EJ, McAdam BJ, Pino E, Morro B, Betancor M, Baily J & Rey S (2020) Liver colour scoring index, carotenoids and lipid content assessment as a proxy for lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus L.) health and welfare condition. Scientific Reports, 10, Art. No.: 8927. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65535-7
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Foster G, Baily JL, Howie F, Brownlow AC, Wagenaar JA, Gilbert MJ, Miller WG, Byrne BA, Clothier KA, Schmitt T, Patterson T, Reid RJ & Dagleish MP (2020) Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. caledonicus and C. pinnipediorum subsp. pinnipediorum recovered from abscesses in pinnipeds. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 142, pp. 41-46. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03544
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Longué C, Dagleish M, McGovern G, Brownlow A & Baily J (2020) Intrasarcoplasmic Polyglucosan Inclusions in Heart and Skeletal Muscles of Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas) may be Age-Related. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 181, pp. 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2020.09.011
Conference Proceeding
Ir-Man: An Information Retrieval Framework for Marine Animal Necropsy Analysis
Carmichael AFB, Bhowmik D, Baily J, Brownlow A, Gunn GJ & Reeves A (2020) Ir-Man: An Information Retrieval Framework for Marine Animal Necropsy Analysis. In: BCB '20: Proceedings of the 11th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics. 11th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM-BCB 2020), Virtual, 21.09.2020-24.09.2020. New York: ACM, p. 67. https://doi.org/10.1145/3388440.3412417
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Glencross BD, Baily J, Berntssen MHG, Hardy R, MacKenzie S & Tocher DR (2020) Risk assessment of the use of alternative animal and plant raw material resources in aquaculture feeds. Reviews in Aquaculture, 12 (2), pp. 703-758. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12347
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Chang Y, Hamlin-Wright H, Monaghan S, Herath T, Baily J, del Pozo J, Downes J, Preston A, Chalmers L, Jayasuriya N, Bron JE, Adams A & Fridman S (2019) Changes in distribution, morphology and ultrastructure of chloride cell in Atlantic salmon during an AGD infection. Journal of Fish Diseases, 42 (10), pp. 1433-1446. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13073
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Fernandez C, Mascolo D, Monaghan SJ, Baily JL, Chalmers L, Paladini G, Adams A, Bron JE & Fridman S (2019) Methacarn preserves mucus integrity and improves visualization of amoebae in gills of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Journal of Fish Diseases, 42 (6), pp. 883-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12988
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Baily JL, Willoughby K, Maley M, Chapman J, Pizzi R, Hall AJ & Dagleish MP (2019) Widespread neonatal infection with phocid herpesvirus 1 in free-ranging and stranded grey seals Halichoerus grypus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 133 (3), pp. 181-187. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03345
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Pinho MD, Foster G, Pomba C, Machado MP, Baily JL, Kuiken T, Melo-Cristino J & Ramirez M (2019) Streptococcus canis Are a Single Population Infecting Multiple Animal Hosts Despite the Diversity of the Universally Present M-Like Protein SCM. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, Art. No.: 631. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00631
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Hoare R, Jung S, Ngo TPH, Bartie K, Baily J, Thompson KD & Adams A (2019) Efficacy and safety of a non-mineral oil adjuvanted injectable vaccine for the protection of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) against Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 85, pp. 44-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2017.10.005
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Foster G, Nymo IH, Kovacs KM, Beckmen KB, Brownlow A, Baily J, Dagleish MP, Muchowski J, Perrett LL, Tryland M, Lydersen C, Godfroid J, McGovern B & Whatmore AM (2018) First isolation of Brucella pinnipedialis and detection of Brucella antibodies from bearded seals Erignathus barbartus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 128 (1), pp. 13-20. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03211
Book Chapter
Challenges relating to the collection of high quality field samples and how to overcome them
Baily J (2017) Challenges relating to the collection of high quality field samples and how to overcome them. In: Paulsen P, Bauer A & Smulders F (eds.) Game meat hygiene: Food safety and security. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 175-188. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-840-7_10
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Fiegna C, Clarke CL, Shaw DJ, Baily J, Clare FC, Gray A, Garner TJ & Meredith AL (2017) Pathological and Phylogenetic characterisation of Amphibiothecum sp. infection in an isolated amphibian (Lissotriton helveticus) population on the island of Rum (Scotland). Parasitology, 144 (4), pp. 484-496. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182016001943
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Fathi M, Dickson C, Dickson M, Leschen W, Baily J, Muir K, Ulrich K & Weidmann M (2017) Identification of Tilapia Lake Virus in Egypt in Nile tilapia affected by 'summer mortality' syndrome. Aquaculture, 473, pp. 430-432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.03.014
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Baily J, Foster G, Brown D, Davison N, Coia JE, Watson E, Pizzi R, Willoughby K, Hall AJ & Dagleish MP (2016) Salmonella infection in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), a marine mammal sentinel species: pathogenicity and molecular typing of Salmonella strains compared with human and livestock isolates. Environmental Microbiology, 18 (3), pp. 1078-1087. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13219
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Drew SJ, Perpinan D & Baily J (2016) Concurrent Transitional Meningioma and Ceruminous Gland Adenocarcinoma in a Scottish Wildcat Hybrid (Felis silvestris). Journal of Comparative Pathology, 154 (2-3), pp. 253-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.11.005
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Foster G, Whatmore AM, Dagleish MP, Baily J, Deaville R, Davison N, Koylass MS, Perrett LL, Stubberfield EJ, Reid RJ & Brownlow A (2015) Isolation of Brucella ceti from long-finned pilot whales (Globicephela melas) and a Sowerby‘s beaked whale (Mesoploden bidens). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 51 (4), pp. 868-871. https://doi.org/10.7589/2014-04-112
Research Report
Investigation into the long-finned pilot whale mass stranding event, Kyle of Durness, 22nd July 2011
Brownlow A, Baily J, Dagleish MP, Deaville R, Foster G, Jensen S, Krupp E, Law R, Penrose R, Perkins M, Read F & Jepson P (2015) Investigation into the long-finned pilot whale mass stranding event, Kyle of Durness, 22nd July 2011. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme. DEFRA. http://robedwards.typepad.com/files/kyle-of-durness-mass-stranding-report.pdf
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Baily J, Meric G, Bayliss S, Foster G, Moss SE, Watson E, Pascoe B, Mikhail J, Pizzi R, Goldstone RJ, Smith DGE, Willoughby K, Hall AJ, Sheppard SK & Dagleish MP (2015) Evidence of land-sea transfer of the zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter to a wildlife marine sentinel species. Molecular Ecology, 24 (1), pp. 208-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13001
Research Report
Baily J, Foster G, Brown D, Coia JE, Davison N, Moss SE, Watson E, Willoughby K, Hall AJ & Dagleish MP (2014) Prevalence and Risk Factors for Infection with Pathogenic Faecal Bacteria in Scottish grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) (Briefing Paper). NERC Special Committee on Seals. Special Committee on Seals (SCOS) Report, 2014. Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/
Letter
RHDV variant 2 presence detected in Scotland
Baily J, Dagleish MP, Graham M, Maley M & Rocchi MS (2014) RHDV variant 2 presence detected in Scotland. Veterinary Record, 174 (16), p. 411. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.g2781
Research Report
Brownlow A, Baily J, Dagleish MP, Davison N, Deaville R, Foster G, Jensen S, Jepson P, Krupp E, Law R, McGovern B, Morell M, Penrose R, Perkins M & Read F (2013) Investigation into the long-finned pilot whale mass stranding event, Pittenweem, Fife, 2nd September 2012. Scottish Government - Enterprise, Environment & Digital - Marine Scotland. Marine Scotland.
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Baily J, Morrison LR, Patterson IA, Underwood C & Dagleish MP (2013) Primitive neuroectodermal tumour in a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) with features of ependymoma and neural tube differentiation (Medulloepithelioma). Journal of Comparative Pathology, 149 (4), pp. 514-519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2013.06.003
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Foster G, Stevenson K, Reid RJ, Barley JP, Baily J, Harris RN & Dagleish MP (2013) Infection due to Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium in a free-ranging common seal (Phoca vitulina) in Scotland. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 49 (3), pp. 732-734. https://doi.org/10.7589/2012-07-178
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The fate of Lernaeocera branchialis (L.) (Crustacea; Copepoda) in Atlantic Cod, (Gadus morhua (L.))
Baily JE, Baily J, Wootten R & Sommerville C (2011) The fate of Lernaeocera branchialis (L.) (Crustacea; Copepoda) in Atlantic Cod, (Gadus morhua (L.)). Journal of Fish Diseases, 34 (2), pp. 139-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2010.01222.x
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The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Dagleish MP, Baily J, Foster G, Reid RJ & Barley JP (2010) The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). Journal of Comparative Pathology, 143 (4), pp. 284-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.02.001
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Undifferentiated carcinoma of the salivary gland in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
Baily J, Campbell-Ward M, Else RW & Johnston PEJ (2010) Undifferentiated carcinoma of the salivary gland in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 22 (1), pp. 152-155. https://doi.org/10.1177/104063871002200134
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Baily J, Wootten R & Sommerville C (2007) The pathology of the early stages of the crustacean parasite, Lernaeocera branchialis (L.), on Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L.. Journal of Fish Diseases, 30 (1), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00787.x
I am Programme director for the Aquatic Veterinary Studies and Aquatic Pathobiology MSc courses.
I teach on the BSc (Hons) Marine Biology, MSc Aquatic Veterinary Science and MSc Aquatic Pathobiology courses in areas relating to aquatic animal health and welfare.
I cover subjects including histopathology, aquaculture health management, marine mammal pathology, disease legislation and research ethics.
