Ingrid Buxton (left)                           Jo Ann Burke (right)
         author of the website                      THE GOLDFISH GURU
Jo Ann's credentials
1960   Started on her family of 8 children
1962   University of Vermont
1976   Starting keeping fish
1986   Started importing and selling fancy Goldfish nationwide, continously -- present
1991   University of Florida graduate level coursework leading to certification in diagnosis
           and treatment of fish disease
           http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~fishweb/Programs/Deptcourses.htm#Graduate courses
1991   Diagnostician for local fish farmers in Alabama (catfish, talapia and grass carp)
           - present
1992   Advanced courseware in bacteriology at University of Florida
1994   Wrote Health Care Standards for Goldfish and Koi
 
 
 
 
 

Ingrid's credentials
1975  Zoology; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee B.A.
1979  Zoology/Microbiology; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee M.S.
1991  Microbiology (Minor: Genetics);  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis  Ph.D.
1993  to the present Professor; Department of Physics Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
          - the rest
1995  or so starting keeping koi, then goldfish
1996  Mon, 28 Oct 1996: was introduced to Jo Ann thru a mutual friend (online of course)
          went down to Alabama during next spring break (1997) for an intensive 1 week crash
          course in Goldfish disease, diagnosis and treatment