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Brad  Richardson
                        Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit

                        




                        
                        Research Fish Biologist
                        Phone: (662) 686-3163
                        
                        
                        Fax: (662) 686-3593(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsImproving the Productivity and Quality of Catfish Aquaculture
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 437404Apple Snail (Pomacea Maculata) Integrated Pest Management Tactics for Crawfish, Catfish, and Rice Crop Production
                                                    Interagency Reimbursable Agreement
                                                                    (I)Accession Number: 443298Optimizing Production Systems for Removal of Ammonia
                                                    Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (R)Accession Number: 443947Economic Analysis of the Impact of Apple Snails on the U.S. Crawfish Industry
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 445506Apple Snail (Pomacea maculata) Integrated Pest Management Tactics for Crawfish, Catfish, and Rice Crop Production
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 443703**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Influence of probiotic and prebiotic supplementation on intestinal microbiota and resistance to Edwardsiella ictaluri infection in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) following florfenicol administration
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Older, C.E., Griffin, M.J., Richardson, B.M., Waldbieser, G.C., Reifers, J.G., Goodman, P.M., Ware, C., Gatlin Iii, D.M., Wise, D.J., Yamamoto, F.Y. 2023. Influence of probiotic and prebiotic supplementation on intestinal microbiota and resistance to Edwardsiella ictaluri infection in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) following florfenicol administration. Journal of Fish Diseases. 47(4):e13910. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13910.Evaluating nanopore sequencing for microbial community characterization in catfish pond water
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Older, C.E., Richardson, B.M., Wood, M.L., Waldbieser, G.C., Ware, C., Griffin, M.J., Ott, B.D. 2023. Evaluating nanopore sequencing for microbial community characterization in catfish pond water. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jwas.13002.Resource productivity and costs of aquaculture practices: Economic-sustainability perspectives from U.S. catfish farming
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Kumar, G., Engle, C., Van Senten, J., Sun, L., Hedge, S., Richardson, B.M. 2023. Resource productivity and costs of aquaculture practices: Economic-sustainability perspectives from U.S. catfish farming  . Aquaculture Economics & Management. 574:739715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739715.Simple, low-cost traps may help manage snails and reduce trematode risk in catfish ponds

- (Popular Publication)Richardson, B.M., Mischke, C.C., Griffin, M.J., Wise, D.J. 2023. Simple, low-cost traps may help manage snails and reduce trematode risk in catfish ponds. Fish Farming News. 2023(1), 8-10.Repeated low-dose copper sulfate applications may be a safe and effective way to manage catfish trematode infections

- (Popular Publication)Mischke, C.C., Richardson, B.M., Griffin, M.J., Wise, D.J. 2023. Repeated low-dose copper sulfate applications may be a safe and effective way to manage catfish trematode infections. Fish Farming News. 2023(1), 3-5.Evaluation of snail trap prototype for monitoring the intermediate gastropod hosts of Bolbophorus spp. in commercial catfish ponds in the southeastern United States
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Richardson, B.M., Reifers, J.G., Walker, C.M., Byars, T.S., Mischke, C.C., Griffin, M.J., Wise, D.J. 2023. Evaluation of snail trap prototype for monitoring the intermediate gastropod hosts of Bolbophorus spp. in commercial catfish ponds in the southeastern United States. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. 54(5):1247-1259. https://doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12962.NAJA Feature: Rotenone has little effect on water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton or macroinvertebrates in aquaculture nursery ponds

- (Popular Publication)Mischke, C.C., Richardson, B.M., Wise, D.J., Tiwari, A. 2023. NAJA Feature: Rotenone has little effect on water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton or macroinvertebrates in aquaculture nursery ponds. American Fisheries Society Newsletter. 2023(1): 18-19.NAJA Feature: Rotenone has little effect on water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton or macroinvertebrates in aquaculture nursery ponds

- (Popular Publication)Mischke, C.C., Richardson, B.M., Wise, D.J., Tiwari, A. 2023. NAJA Feature: Rotenone has little effect on water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton or macroinvertebrates in aquaculture nursery ponds. American Fisheries Society Newsletter. 18(1):4-5.Copper toxicity to the ghost rams-horn snail Biomphalaria havanensis
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mischke, C.C., Richardson, B.M., Tiwari, A., Griffin, M.J., Wise, D.J., Rehman, J.U., Ashfaq, M.K., Nanayakkara, P., Khan, I.A. 2022. Copper toxicity to the ghost rams-horn snail Biomphalaria havanensis. North American Journal of Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1002/naaq.10279.First Isolation of a Herpesvirus (Family Alloherpesviridae) from Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Johnston, A.E., Shavalier, M.A., Scribner, K., Soto, E., Griffin, M.J., Waldbieser, G.C., Richardson, B.M., Winters, A.D., Yun, S., Baker, E.A., Larson, D.L., Kiupel, M., Loch, T.A. 2022. First Isolation of a Herpesvirus (Family Alloherpesviridae) from Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens). Animals. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233230.Rotenone has little effect on water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton or macroinvertebrates in aquaculture nursery ponds
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mischke, C.C., Richardson, B.M., Wise, D.J., Tiwari, A. 2023. Rotenone has little effect on water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton or macroinvertebrates in aquaculture nursery ponds. North American Journal of Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1002/naaq.10276.Pathology and virulence of edwardsiella tarda, edwardsiella piscicida, and edwardsiella anguillarum in channel (ictalurus punctatus), blue (ictalurus furcatus), and channel (female) x blue (male) hybrid catfish
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Armwood, A.R., Griffin, M.J., Richardson, B.M., Wise, D.J., Ware, C., Camus, A.C. 2022. Pathology and virulence of edwardsiella tarda, edwardsiella piscicida, and edwardsiella anguillarum in channel (ictalurus punctatus), blue (ictalurus furcatus), and channel (female) x blue (male) hybrid catfish. Journal of Fish Diseases. 00:1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13691.Cross-protection efficacy of a live-attenuated Edwarsiella ictaluri vaccine against heterologous Edwardsiella piscicida isolates in channel and channel x blue hybrid catfish
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Lopez-Porras, A., Griffin, M.J., Ware, C., Richardson, B.M., Greenway, T.E., Rosser, T.G., Aarattuthodiyil, S., Wise, D.J. 2022. Cross-protection efficacy of a live-attenuated Edwarsiella ictaluri vaccine against heterologous Edwardsiella piscicida isolates in channel and channel x blue hybrid catfish. Journal of Fish Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13623.Activation of Henneguya ictaluri actinospores by non-ictalurid fish species, with implications for management of proliferative gill disease in catfish aquaculture
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Richardson, B.M., Mischke, C.C., Rosser, G.T., Woodyard, E.T., Ware, C., Wise, D.J., Griffin, M.J. 2022. Non-specific activation of Henneguya ictaluri actinospores. North American Journal of Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1002/naaq.10242.


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