Fernando Yamamoto is an Assistant Research Professor at the Thad Cochran Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Delta Research and Extension Center-Stoneville at Mississippi State University (MSU). He is also a faculty member affiliated with the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture at MSU. He received his B.S. degree in Aquaculture Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2012) and his M.Sc. in the Animal Science and Pasture Department at the College of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz (University of São Paulo) (2015). In 2019 he got his Ph.D. degree at the Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences department at Texas AM University. His research interest is mainly focused on fish nutrition, alternative ingredients in fish feeds, feed additives to improve health and intestinal microbiome. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Stressors agents, as poor water quality and crowding, affect the physiological condition of cultured fish and consequently, it may affect their immune system negatively resulting in susceptibility to infections and later decreased production. Trying to overcome these problems the prevention of disease, like the use of immunomodulators, seems to be more advantageous than drugs intervention…
The replacement of fish meal and fish oil by vegetable ingredients may have an immunosuppressive effect for fish. This project aims at evaluating dietary supplementation of vitamin E for the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and assesses diet immunostimulatory and antioxidant activity. The trial will be set up in a completely randomized design, with five treatments (0; 200; 400; 600 and 800 …
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