selected publications
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academic article
- 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
- Latitude(TM) Oil as a Sustainable Alternative to Dietary Fish Oil in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Effects on Filet Fatty Acid Profiles, Intestinal Histology, and Plasma Biochemistry. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6. 2022
- An initial evaluation of fishmeal replacement with soy protein sources on growth and immune responses of burbot (Lota lota maculosa). Aquaculture. 545. 2021
- Optimizing the fatty acid profile of novel terrestrial oil blends in low fishmeal diets of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) yields comparable fish growth, total fillet n-3 LC-PUFA content, and health performance relative to fish oil. Aquaculture. 545. 2021
- Insect (black soldier fly larvae) oil as a potential substitute for fish or soy oil in the fish meal-based diet of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss. Animal Nutrition. 7:1360-1370. 2021
- Insect meal inclusion as a novel feed ingredient in soy-based diets improves performance of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquaculture. 544. 2021
- Digesta and Plasma Metabolomics of Rainbow Trout Strains with Varied Tolerance of Plant-Based Diets Highlights Potential for Non-Lethal Assessments of Enteritis Development. Metabolites. 11. 2021
- Insect (black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens) Meal Supplementation Prevents the Soybean Meal-induced Intestinal Enteritis in Rainbow trout and Health Benefits of Using Insect Oil. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 109:116-124. 2021
- Chronic Exposure to Environmental Cadmium Affects Growth and Survival, Cellular Stress, and Glucose Metabolism in Juvenile Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Aquatic Toxicology. 230. 2021
- Apparent digestibility of protein, amino acids and gross energy in rainbow trout fed various feed ingredients with or without protease. Aquaculture. 524:735270. 2020
- Effects of lowering dietary fishmeal and crude protein levels on growth performance, body composition, muscle metabolic gene expression, and chronic stress response of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquaculture. 513:734435. 2019
- Rapid acclimation of the cortisol stress response in adult turquoise killifish Nothobranchius furzeri. Laboratory Animals. 53:383-393. 2019
- 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
- Characterization of a third ghrelin receptor, GHS-R3a, in channel catfish reveals novel expression patterns and a high affinity for homologous ligand. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 229:1-9. 2019
- Exposure to environmentally relevant cadmium concentrations negatively impacts early life stages of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C, Toxicology and Pharmacology. 216:43-51. 2019
- Introduction to the XIIIth ICBF conference special issue. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 236:110519. 2019
- Characterization of two channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus , glucocorticoid receptors and expression following an acute stressor. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 216:42-51. 2018
- 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
- Differential Seasonal Steroid and Gonadotropin Expression in Full - Sibling Female Channel Catfish Maturing at Two or Three Years of Age under Normal and Accelerated Thermoperiods. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 79:18-26. 2017
- 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
- Enhancing fish performance in aquaculture. American Society of Animal Science. 6:42-49. 2016
- Functional characterization of insulin-like growth factors in an ancestral fish species, the Shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 199:21-27. 2016
- Assembly of 500,000 inter-specific catfish expressed sequence tags and large scale gene-associated marker development for whole genome association studies. Genome Biology. 11. 2010
- 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
- Effects of loading density on golden shiner survival during and after hauling. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 71:24-29. 2009
- Evaluation of sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate as a potential catfish egg disinfectant peroxide. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 21:117-123. 2009
- 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
- Sequence, genomic organization and expression of two channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, ghrelin receptors. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 154:451-464. 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
- Effect of Carp Pituitary Extract and Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Analog Hormone on Reproductive Indices and Spawning of 3-Year-Old Channel Catfish. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 70:138-146. 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
- Comparison of estradiol, testoterone, vitellogenin and cathespin profiles among young adult channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) females from four selectively bred strains. Aquaculture. 264:390-397. 2007
- Effects of rested-harvest using AQUI-S on channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, physiology and fillet quality. Aquaculture. 262:302-318. 2007
- 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
- Efficacy of formalin as an egg disinfectant for improving hybrid catfish (Ictalurus punctatus x I. furcatus) hatching success. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 68:9-13. 2006
- Improvements in channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus growth after two generations of selection and comparison of performance traits to blue catfish I. furcatus and hybrid catfish I. punctatus x I. furcatus fingerlings in an aquarium rack system. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 68:92-98. 2006
- Rates of cortisol increase and decrease in channel catfish and sunshine bass exposed to an acute confirment . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C, Toxicology and Pharmacology. 143:134-139. 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
- Using portable lactate and glucose meters for catfish research: acceptable alternatives to established laboratory methods?. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 68:291-295. 2006
- Purification, cDNA cloning and characterization of ghrelin in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 143:201-210. 2005
- Pathogen levels, Lysozyme, and cortisol response in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) with susceptibility differences to Edwardsiella ictaluri. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 17:138-146. 2005
- Effects of cortisol and stress on channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) pathogen susceptibility and lysozyme activity following exposure to Edwarsiella ictaluri. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 142:255-261. 2005
- Differences in growth and nutrient efficiency between and within two channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus strains. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 36:8-13. 2005
- Effect of fasting on nychthemeral concentrations of plasma growth hormone (GH) insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), and cortisol in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 142:217-223. 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
- Genomic structure of the proopiomelanocortin gene and expression during temporal stress in channel catfish. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 143:104-112. 2005
- Lipopolysaccharide regulates myostain and MyoD independently of an increase in plasma cortisol in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 28:64-73. 2005
- Routine measures of stress are reduced in mature channel catfish during and following AQUI-STM anesthesia and recovery. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 67:72-78. 2005
- Effects of transport water temperature, aerator type, and oxygen level on channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fillet quality. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 35:412-419. 2004
- Accounting for water temperature during hydrogen peroxide treatment of channel catfish eggs. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 66:162-164. 2004
- Effect of dietary cortisol administration on growth and reproductive success of channel catfish. Journal of Fish Biology. 64:589-596. 2004
- Effect of isoeugenol sedation on plasma cortisol, glucose, and lactate dynamics in channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus exposed to three stressors. Aquaculture. 238:469-481. 2004
- 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
- Identification of a calcium-critical period during channel catfish embryo development. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 35:291-295. 2004
- Molecular cloning of proopiomelanocortin cDNA and multi-tissue mRNA expression in channel catfish. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 137:312-321. 2004
- Pathogen loads, clearance, and plasma cortisol response in channel catfish following challenge with Edwardsiella ictaluri. Journal of Fish Diseases. 26:433-437. 2003
- Anesthetic efficacy of metomidate and comparison of plasma cortisol responses to tricaine methanesulfonate, quinaldine and clove oil anesthetized channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus. Aquaculture. 218:177-185. 2003
- Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the measurement of plasma growth hormone (GH) levels in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus): assessment of environmental salinity and GH-secretagogues on plasma GH levels. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 133:314-322. 2003
- Hydrogen peroxide treatment during egg incubation improves channel catfish hatching success. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 65:314-317. 2003
- Effects of fasting on pituitary growth hormone expression and circulating growth hormone levels in striped bass. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 64:278-283. 2002
- Validation of a time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay for measuring plasma cortisol in channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 33:184-187. 2002
- Effect of low-temperature incubation of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, eggs on development, survival and growth. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 32:49-54. 2001
- Sequence and expression of cDNA encoding both pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide and a growth hormone-releasing hormone-like peptide in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 122:354-363. 2001
- Optimization of feed formulation for mature female striped bass. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 62:290-293. 2000
- Quantitative dietary lysine requirement of juvenile striped bass, Morone saxatilis. Aquaculture Nutrition. 6:207-212. 2000
- Amino acid availability of four practical feed ingredients fed to striped bass, Morone saxatilis. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 30:58-64. 1999
- Effect of dietary carbohydrate on growth, glucose tolerance and liver composition of juvenile striped bass (Morone saxatilis). North American Journal of Aquaculture. 61:286-292. 1999
- Quantitative dietary threonine requirement of juvenile striped bass, Morone saxatilis. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society. 30:319-323. 1999
- Estimating the quantitative essential amino acid requirements of striped bass, Morone saxatilis, using fillet A/E ratios. Aquaculture Nutrition. 4:224-232. 1998