selected publications
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- Functional feeds marginally alter immune expression and microbiota of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) gut, gill, and skin mucosa though evidence of tissue-specific signatures and host-microbe coadaptation remain. Animal Microbiome. 4. 2022
- Ontogeny of the cortisol stress response and glucocorticoid receptor expression during early development in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 231:119-123. 2019
- Introduction to the XIIIth ICBF conference special issue. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 236:110519. 2019
- Comparison of Channel Catfish and Blue Catfish Gut Microbiota Assemblages Shows Minimal Effects of Host Genetics on Microbial Structure and Inferred Function. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9:1073. 2018
- Targeted gene expression panels and microbiota analysis provide insight into the effects of alternative production diet formulations on channel catfish nutritional physiology. Aquaculture. 489:46-55. 2018
- Ontogenetic Characterization of the Intestinal Microbiota of Channel Catfish through 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing Reveals Insights on Temporal Shifts and the Influence of Environmental Microbes. PLOS One. 11:e0166379. 2016
- Development of a multitissue microfluidic array for assessing changes in gene expression associated with channel catfish appetite, growth, metabolism, and intestinal health. Aquaculture. 464:213-221. 2016
- Comparison of Growth, Body Composition, and Stress Response of Three Select Lines and Industry Channel Catfish. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 41:156-162. 2010
- Response of the somatotropic axis to alterations in feed intake of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 153:457-463. 2009
- Stability of reference genes for real-time PCR analyses in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) tissues under varying physiological conditions. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 151:296-304. 2008
- Elucidating the effects of cortisol and stress on economically important traits in channel catfish. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 70:223-235. 2008
- Endocrine gene responses in fast and slow growing catfish families. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 70:240-250. 2008
- Effects of GH on immune and endocrine responses of channel catfish challenged with Edwardsiella ictaluri. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 146:47-53. 2007
- Effect of feeding frequency on feed consumption, growth, and feed efficiency in aquaria-reared Norris and NWAC103 channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 37:490-495. 2006
- Reduction in channel catfish hepatic growth hormone receptor expression in response to food deprivation and dietary administration of exogenous cortisol. Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 31:340-356. 2006
- Bovine growth hormone treatment increased IGF-I in circulation and induced the production of a specific immune response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquaculture. 246:437-445. 2005
- Effects of exogenous cortisol on the GH/IGF-I/IGFBP network in channel catfish. Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 28:391-404. 2005
- Establishment of a time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay for measuring plasma insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in fish: effect of fasting on plasma concentrations and tissue mRNA expression of IGF-I and growth hormone (GH) in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 28:202-215. 2005
- Effects of bovine growth hormone (Posilac) on growth performance, body compositio, and IGFBPs in two strains of channel catfish. Aquaculture. 232:651-663. 2004
- Effects of fasting on circulating IGF-binding proteins, glucose, and cortisol in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 26:231-240. 2004
- Effects of administration of somatostatin-14 and immunoneutralization of somatostatin on endocrine and growth responses in rainbow trout. Journal of Fish Biology. 63:506-522. 2003