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item Single-nuclei transcriptome analysis of channel catfish spleen provides insight into the immunome of an aquaculture-relevant species (Sep 2024)
item Columnaris disease is caused by Flavobacterium columnare and three newly described Flavobacterium spp. (Sep 2024)
item Addressing re-emergent Streptococcus agalactiae in tilapia production through international collaboration (Sep 2024)
item Bacterial communities of house flies from dairy farms highlight their role as reservoirs, disseminators, and sentinels of microbial rhreats to human and animal health (Sep 2024)
item Streptococcus iniae challenge induces minimal acute histopathological changes in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) selectively bred for disease resistance (Sep 2024)
item Ten years of selectively breeding Nile tilapia for disease resistance: Where are we and where are we going? (Jul 2024)
item Novel lytic bacteriophage AhFM11 as an effective therapy against hypervirulent Aeromonas hydrophila (Jul 2024)
item Evaluation of Recombinant Flavobacterium covae Protein Vaccines in Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) (Jul 2024)
item Temporal Dynamics of Motile Aeromonas Septicemia in Channel Catfish With Varied Skin Injury and Feeding Conditions (Jul 2024)
item The single-cell transcriptome analysis of channel catfish B and T cell lines (Jun 2024)
item Single-nuclei transcriptome analysis of channel catfish IgM-positive splenic fractions provides insight into the fish immunome from an aquaculture-relevant species (Jun 2024)
item otb: an Automated HiC/HiFi Pipeline Assembles the Prosapia bicincta Genome (Jun 2024)
item Combinatorial metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis of muscle growth in hybrid striped bass (female white bass Morone chrysops x male striped bass M. saxatilis) (Jun 2024)
item A supervised machine learning workflow for the reduction of highly dimensional biological data (Jun 2024)
item Evaluation of orally delivered Aeromonas hydrophila vaccines in channel catfish (May 2024)
item Experimental coinfection with columnaris and channel catfish virus disease in channel catfish fingerlings (May 2024)
item Culicoides midge abundance across years: Modeling inter-annual variation for an avian feeder and a candidate vector of hemorrhagic diseases in farmed wildlife (May 2024)
item Diagnosis, isolation, and description of a novel amnoonvirus recovered from diseased fancy guppies, Poecilia reticulata (May 2024)
item Expression of defensin genes across house fly (Musca domestica) life history gives insight into immune system subfunctionalization (May 2024)
item Gene expression profiles of white bass (Morone chrysops) and hybrid striped bass (M. chrysops x M. saxatilis) gill tissue following Flavobacterium covae infection (Apr 2024)
item Gene expression profiling of white bass (Morone chrysops) and hybrid striped bass (M. chrysops x M. saxatilis) gill over time following Flavobacterium columnare exposure (Apr 2024)
item Defensins of the stable fly have developmental-specific regulation and evolve at different rates (Apr 2024)
item Single-cell transcriptome analysis of channel catfish whole spleen and IgM-positive splenic fractions provides insight into the fish immunome from an aquaculture-relevant species (Apr 2024)
item Novel Lytic Bacteriophage AhFM11 As An Effective Therapy Against Hypervirulent Aeromonas hydrophila (Apr 2024)
item A photographic key to the adult female biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogondiae: Culicoides) of Florida, USA (Apr 2024)
item FAIR Header Reference genome: A TRUSTworthy standard (Mar 2024)
item Flavobacterium covae is the predominant species of columnaris causing bacteria impacting the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) industry in the southeastern USA (Mar 2024)
item Evaluating temperature effects on bluetongue virus serotype 10 and 17 coinfection in Culicoides sonorensis (Mar 2024)
item Assessment of coinfection with Flavobacterium covae and channel catfish virus In channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus fingerlings (Mar 2024)
item Flavobacterium covae is the predominant species of columnaris-causing bacteria impacting the catfish industry in the southeastern USA (Mar 2024)
item Community composition of black flies during and after the 2020 vesicular stomatitis virus outbreak in southern New Mexico, USA (Feb 2024)
item Flavobacterium covae is the predominant species of columnaris-causing bacteria impacting the channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus industry in the southeastern USA (Feb 2024)
item Columnaris disease is caused by Flavobacterium columnare and three newly described Flavobacterium spp. (Feb 2024)
item Controlled laboratory challenge demonstrates moderate additive genetic variation in resistance to tilapia lake virus in Nile tilapia (Feb 2024)
item Isolation and characterization of phage AhFM11 against hypervirulent Aeromonas hydrophila and its use in aquaculture as a therapeutant (Feb 2024)
item The effects of different feed sizes on the growth of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in a BIOFLOC system (Feb 2024)
item EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF SKIN INTEGRITY AND DIETARY STATUS ON MOTILE Aeromonas SEPTICEMIA INFECTIONS IN CHANNEL CATFISH Ictalurus punctatus (Feb 2024)
item Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) egg quality: proteomic profiles of preovulatory oocytes and ovulated eggs via machine learning (Feb 2024)
item The effects of stocking density on growth the growth of juvenile Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in a green water system (Feb 2024)
item Acute thermal stress impacts sperm quality in blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus (Feb 2024)
item Evaluation of various concentrations of a protease complex feed additive in low-salinity culture of Litopenaeus vannamei (Feb 2024)
item Inclusion of frass from black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae in aquafeeds modulates immune gene expression in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) (Feb 2024)
item Indole-3-acetic acid promotes growth in bloom-forming Microcystis via an antioxidant response (Feb 2024)
item Pathology, microbiology, and genetic diversity associated with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and novel Erysipelothrix spp. infections in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) (Feb 2024)
item Global gene expression analyses of channel catfish after being fed diets with inclusion of frass from black soldier fly larvae (Jan 2024)
item Coinfection of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) with virulent Aeromonas hydrophila and Flavobacterium covae exacerbates mortality (Jan 2024)
item Time-course gene expression analysis of the early immune response of Nile tilapia bred for resistance to Streptococcus iniae reveals candidate genes underlying major QTL (Jan 2024)
item Transcriptomic response and gene co-expression network analyses of white bass (Morone chrysops) after being fed protein substitution diets toward a more sustainable aquaculture (Jan 2024)
item Transcriptome analysis and immune gene expression of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fed diets with inclusion of frass from black soldier fly larvae (Jan 2024)
item Partial replacement of fishmeal with soy-based proteins in cultured largemouth bass (Dec 2023)
item Early divergent responses to virulent and attenuated vaccine isolates of Flavobacterium covae sp. nov. In channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Dec 2023)
item Evaluation of recombinant Flavobacterium covae protein vaccines in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) (Nov 2023)
item The role of quorum sensing response regulator luxr on Flavobacterium covae biofilm formation and virulence in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) (Nov 2023)
item Frass from black soldier fly larvae, Hermetia illucens, as a possible functional dietary ingredient on channel catfish feed (Nov 2023)
item Ultraviolet light differentially reduces viability of fish- and fish farm-associated flavobacteria (families Flavobacteriaceae and Weeksellaceae). (Oct 2023)
item White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in Alabama red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) (Oct 2023)
item Genome sequence of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) isolated from Alabama crayfish (Oct 2023)
item Evaluation of potential reference genes in the biting midge Culicoides sonorensis for real-time quantitative PCR analyses (Oct 2023)
item Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) resistance to Francisella orientalis is heritable and not genetically correlated to growth performance (Sep 2023)
item Pacific white shrimp (Liptopenaeus vannamei) transcriptome analysis after exposure to recombinant Vibrio parahaemolyticus PirA and PirB proteins (Sep 2023)
item Columnaris disease is caused by Flavobacterium columnare and three newly described Flavobacterium spp (Sep 2023)
item Controlled laboratory challenge demonstrates moderate additive genetic variation in resistance to tilapia lake virus in Nile tilapia (Sep 2023)
item Bacterial communities and prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes carried within house flies (Diptera: Muscidae) associated with beef and dairy cattle farms (Aug 2023)
item Most treatments to control freshwater algal blooms are not effective: Meta-analysis of field experiments (Aug 2023)
item Host associations of Culicoides biting midges in northeastern Kansas, USA (Aug 2023)
item A preliminary exploration of columnaris-causing bacteria isolated from cultured largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in the southeastern United States (Jul 2023)
item Flavobacterium covae is the predominant species of columnaris causing bacteria impacting the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) industry in the southeastern USA (Jul 2023)
item Exploring the molecular basis of vesicular stomatitis virus pathogenesis in swine: insights from expression profiling of primary macrophages infected with M51R mutant virus (Jun 2023)
item Investigating the ability of edwardsiella ictaluri and flavobac-terium covae to persist within commercial catfish pond sedi-ments under laboratory conditions (Jun 2023)
item Determination of the role of quorum sensing response regulator LuxR on flavobacterium covae biofilm formation and virulence in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) (Jun 2023)
item Potential roles of glutathione s-transferases in catfish skin and gills against bacterial infection (Jun 2023)
item Full utilization of liberated and modified fibers as feed binders from plant biomass (Jun 2023)
item Fish immune responses to natural infection with carp edema virus (Koi sleepy disease): An emerging fish pathogen (Jun 2023)
item The expression of recombinant monoclonal antibodies from existing hybridoma cell lines (May 2023)
item On demand feeding and the response of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) to varying dietary protein levels in semi-intensive pond production (May 2023)
item Persistence of a wild-type virulent aeromonas hydrophila isolate in pond sediments from commercial catfish ponds: a laboratory study (Mar 2023)
item The infection dynamics of experimental Edwardsiella ictaluri and Flavobacterium covae coinfection in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) (Mar 2023)
item Genome-wide association study for Streptococcus iniae in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) identifies a significant QTL for disease resistance (Mar 2023)
item StriperHub: Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) aquaculture (Feb 2023)
item Peptidoglycan hydrolases as alternatives to antibiotics to treat Streptococcosis in fish (Feb 2023)
item House flies are underappreciated yet important reservoirs and vectors of microbial threats to animal and human health (Feb 2023)
item The impact of antimicrobial peptides on the biofilm formation of aquaculture-relevant pathogens (Feb 2023)
item A recombinant 9E1 monoclonal antibody binds membrane and soluble channel catfish immunoglobulin M (Feb 2023)
item Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus near-full-length genome sequences reveal low genetic diversity during the 2019 outbreak in Colorado, USA (Feb 2023)
item Whole genome sequencing and annotation of seven strains of aeromonas veronii isolated from channel catfish (Jan 2023)
item Complex effects of dissolved organic matter, temperature, and initial bloom density on the efficacy of hydrogen peroxide to control cyanobacteria (Jan 2023)
item Habitat type and host grazing regimen influence the soil microbial diversity and communities within potential biting midge larval habitats (Jan 2023)
item Transcriptome analysis of Pacific white shrimp (Liptopenaeus vannamei) after exposure to recombinant Vibrio parahaemolyticus PirA and PirB proteins (Jan 2023)
item Disease resistance in moronid aquaculture (Jan 2023)
item Epidemiology and economic impact of disease-related losses on commercial catfish farms: a seven-year case study from Alabama, USA (Dec 2022)
item Shrimp transcriptome analysis after exposure to recombinant Vibrio parahaemolyticus PirA and PirB toxins (Dec 2022)
item Growth performance, survival, blood chemistry, and immune gene expression of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fed probiotic-supplemented diets (Dec 2022)
item Evaluation of aqueous magnesium concentration on performance of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) cultured in low salinity water of west Alabama, USA (Dec 2022)
item StriperHub: Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) aquaculture (Nov 2022)
item Life history metrics for Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are not impacted by artificial feeding on defibrinated versus EDTA-treated blood (Nov 2022)
item Sex-specific feeding behavior of adult house flies, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) (Oct 2022)
item Polycationic surfaces promote whole-cell immobilization and induce micro-granulation of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 for enhanced biobutanol production (Oct 2022)
item Coinfection by Group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis and Flavobacterium davisii in Nile Tilapia, from the United States (Oct 2022)
item Nutritional evaluation of frass from black soldier fly larvae as potential feed ingredient for Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei (Oct 2022)
item Vesicular stomatitis virus isolated from a bovine brain sample in Costa Rica. (Sep 2022)
item Immunological and biochemical changes in Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, challenged with Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Sep 2022)
item A review of the vector status of North American Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for bluetongue virus, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, and other arboviruses of concern (Sep 2022)
item Columnaris disease is caused by Flavobacterium columnare and three newly described Flavobacterium spp. (Sep 2022)
item Additive genetic variation in resistance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to Francisella orientalis and its genetic (co)variation to both harvest weight and resistance to Streptococcus agalactiae Ib (Aug 2022)
item Identification of constitutively-expressed immune effectors in the house fly (Musca domestica L.) and the transcription factors that regulate them (Jul 2022)
item Draft genome sequences of Flavobacterium covae strains LSU-066-04 and LV-359-01 (Jun 2022)
item Novel animal feed binder from soybean hulls -evaluation of binding properties (Jun 2022)
item Effects of habitat and sampling time on bacterial community composition and diversity in the gut of the female house fly, Musca domestica Linnaeus (Diptera:Muscidae) (May 2022)
item Columnaris disease is caused by Flavobacterium columnare and three newly described Flavobacterium spp. (May 2022)
item Development of an attenuated columnaris vaccine for catfish and other fish species in the southern region (Apr 2022)
item Draft genome sequence of flavobacterium covae strain LV-359-01 (Apr 2022)
item Draft genome sequence of flavobacterium covae strain LSU-066-04 (Apr 2022)
item White bass broodstock and genome resources development in support of hybrid striped bass aquaculture (Mar 2022)
item Analysis of variation of immunoglobulin (Ig) M transcripts in channel catfish vaccinated with extracellular proteins of virulent Aeromonas hydrophila (Mar 2022)
item Identification and characterization of differentially expressed channel catfish IgM transcripts after vaccination with antigens of virulent aeromonas hydrophila (Jan 2022)
item The fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare represents four distinct species: Flavobacterium columnare, Flavobacterium covae sp. nov., Flavobacterium davisii sp. nov. and Flavobacterium oreochromis sp. nov. (Jan 2022)
item The effect of piscidin antimicrobial peptides on the formation of Gram-negative bacterial biofilms (Jan 2022)
item House fly larval grazing alters dairy cattle manure microbial communities (Dec 2021)
item A windowed correlation based feature selection method to improve time series prediction of dengue fever cases (Nov 2021)
item Characterization of novel soybean hull-based binders for aqua-feed pellets (Nov 2021)
item A review of bacterial co-infections in farmed catfish: Components, diagnostics, and treatment directions (Nov 2021)
item Catfish columnaris disease cases dominated by one genetic type of Flavobacterium columnare (Nov 2021)
item Use of a Flavobacterium columnare DnaK recombinant protein vaccine to guard against columnaris disease in channel catfish (Oct 2021)
item The effect of fluctuating incubation temperatures on West Nile virus infection in Culex mosquitoes (Sep 2021)
item Use of an immersion adjuvant with a Flavobacterium columnare recombinant protein vaccine in channel catfish (Sep 2021)
item Failure of phenotypic markers to accurately identify black bass species and associated hybrids in Mobile River Basin, Alabama (Jul 2021)
item Three cases of acute bacterial sepsis in pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis Liberiensis) calves siblings (Jun 2021)
item Response of phosphine-resistant and -susceptible Lasioderma serricorne adults to different light spectra (May 2021)
item Genetic characterization of Flavobacterium columnare isolates from the Pacific Northwest, USA (May 2021)
item Toxicity of recombinant PirA and PirB derived from Vibrio parahaemolyticus in shrimp (Apr 2021)
item Bioeconomics of Flavobacterium columnare Vaccine Pond Trials with Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Apr 2021)
item Bioeconomics of Flavobacterium columnare vaccine pond trials with channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Apr 2021)
item Mechanical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by house flies (Apr 2021)
item A novel paper-based and pH-sensitive intelligent detector in meat and seafood packaging (Mar 2021)
item Infection, dissemination, and transmission potential of North American Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex tarsalis, and Culicoides sonorensis for Oropouche virus (Feb 2021)
item Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) communities differ between a game preserve and nearby natural areas in northern Florida (Jan 2021)
item A review of the control of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in the continental United States (Jan 2021)
item Cantaloupe facilitates Salmonella Typhimurium survival within and transmission among adult house flies (Musca domestica L.) (Jan 2021)
item Differential production and secretion of potentially toxigenic extracellular proteins from hypervirulent Aeromonas hydrophila under biofilm and planktonic culture (Jan 2021)
item Comparison of the effect of insecticides on bumble bees (Bombus impatiens) and mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus) by standard mosquito research methods (Dec 2020)
item Draft genome sequences of Cetobacterium somerae 2G large and two novel Cetobacterium isolates from intestines of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) (Oct 2020)
item Proteome analysis of virulent Aeromonas hydrophila reveals the upregulation of iron acquisition systems in the presence of a xenosiderophore (Oct 2020)
item Short-term and long-term modeling of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Hubei Province (Aug 2020)
item Development of IglC and GroEL recombinant vaccines for francisellosis in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Aug 2020)
item Genetic (co)variation between harvest weight and resistance to both Streptococcus iniae and S. agalactiae capsular type Ib in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (Jul 2020)
item Streptococcosis in fish (Jul 2020)
item Environmental and sex effects on bacterial carriage by adult house flies (Musca domestica L.) (Jun 2020)
item Evaluation of stocking density and dietary fish meal inclusion for intensive tank production of Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) cultured in low salinity waters of west Alabama (May 2020)
item Use of dietary frass from black soldier fly larvae, Hermetia illucens, in hybrid tilapia (Nile x Mozambique, Oreocromis niloticus x O. mazambique) diets improves growth and resistance to bacterial diseases (May 2020)
item EasyParallel: a GUI platform for parallelization of STRUCTURE and NEWHYBRIDS analyses (Apr 2020)
item Highlights of mosquito and vector biology and control in Latin America (Jan 2019)