Zoology

Current research interests include nutritional and environmental influences on processes of growth, immunity and stress tolerance, and reproduction in aquatic species.

For more information on my research program, please see my lab webpage.

Recent Publications

Trushenski, J.T., and C.C. Kohler. Joint replacement of marine feedstuffs with stabilized poultry protein meal and fat in practical diets for sunshine bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, In press.

Trushenski, J.T., R.L. Lane, and C.C. Kohler. Significant augmentation of sunshine bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis fillet highly unsaturated fatty acid content without impact on oxidative stability or sensory attributes. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, In press.

Trushenski, J.T., T. Flagg, and C.C. Kohler. Use of Hatchery Fish for Conservation, Restoration, and Enhancement of Fisheries. Inland Fisheries Management in North America, 3rd edition. Hubert, W., and M. Quist, editors. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, In press.

Trushenski, J.T., J. Boesenberg, and C.C. Kohler. Influence of grow-out feed fatty acid composition on finishing success in Nile tilapia. North American Journal of Aquaculture, In press.

Li, P., K. Mai, J.T. Trushenski, and G. Wu. New developments in fish amino acid nutrition: towards function and environmentally oriented aquafeeds. Amino Acids, In press.

Trushenski, J.T., H.A. Lewis, and C.C. Kohler. 2008. Fatty acid profile of sunshine bass: I. Profile change is affected by initial composition and differs among tissues. Lipids 43:629-641.

Trushenski, J.T., H.A. Lewis, and C.C. Kohler. 2008. Fatty acid profile of sunshine bass: II. Profile change differs among fillet lipid classes. Lipids 43:643-653.

Trushenski, J.T., and C.C. Kohler. 2008. Influence of vitamin E source and dietary supplementation level on production performance of sunshine bass Morone chrysops ♀ x M. saxatilis ♂, fillet tocopherol content, and immunocompetency during stress and bacterial challenge. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 39:454-466.

Trushenski, J.T., and C.C. Kohler. 2008. Influence of stress, exertion, and dietary natural source vitamin E on prostaglandin synthesis, hematology, and tissue fatty acid composition of sunshine bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis. North American Journal of Aquaculture 70:251-265.

Trushenski JT, Kohler CC. 2007. Influence of stress and dietary natural-source vitamin E on nonspecific immunocompetence, tissue tocopherol composition, and postslaughter fillet oxidative stability in sunshine bass. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 69: 330-339.

Lane RL, Trushenski JT, Kohler CC. 2006. Modification of fillet composition and evidence of differential fatty acid turnover in sunshine bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis following change in dietary lipid source. LIPIDS 41: 1029-1038.

Trushenski JT, Kasper CS, Kohler CC. 2006. Challenges and opportunities in finfish nutrition. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 68: 122-140.

Trushenski JT, Kohler CC. 2006. Evaluation of natural-source vitamin E, RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, as a micronutrient in sunshine bass feed. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 68: 186-191.