Dr. Yamamoto

Bio

My research is primarily focused on finfish nutrition for an efficient and sustainable aquaculture.

I am interested in investigating alternative ingredients in aquafeeds, feeding practices, feed formulation, and feed supplements to improve health and to modulate the intestinal bacterial population.

Awards & Honors

William M. White Special Project Award
Mississippi State DAFVM

Prof Dr. Newton Castagnolli award for best presentation
8th International Symposium of Fish Nutrition and Health

Tom Slick Fellowship
Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Innovation Challenge
Alltech

Pinnacle Award
International Ingredient Corporation

Education

Texas A&M University
Ph.D.
Wildlife and Fisheries Science

University of São Paulo
M.S.
Animal Science and Pasture

Federal University of Santa Catarina
B.S.
Aquaculture Engineering

Publications

2025

Gonçalves, L. U., Oliveira, J. B., Dantas, F. M., Yamamoto, F., Santos, D. 2025. Defatted black soldier fly meal in diets for juvenile pirarucu, Arapaima gigas: Digestibility, growth performance and health parameters. Aquaculture 598:742071. Download

Nobre, A. D., Mendonça, R., Farias, A., Yamamoto, F., Gonçalves, L. 2025. Dietary Schizochytrium sp. Meal Enhances the Fatty Acid Profile in Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) Fillets with No Effect on Growth Performance and Health Status. Animals 15. Download

Older, C., Richardson, B., Griffin, M. J., Reifers, J. G., Goodman, P., Ware, C., Gatlin III, D. M., Wise, D. J., Yamamoto, F. 2025. Impact of prebiotic and probiotic diets on gut bacterial microbiota and susceptibility to Edwardsiella ictaluri challenge in oxytetracycline-treated channel catfish. Journal of Fish Diseases 48(3).

Suehs, B., Yamamoto, F., Older, C., Asiri, F., Gatlin III, D. 2025. Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate supplementation enhanced the growth and immune responses of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). . Aquaculture 594(739429):1-10. Download

Yamamoto, F., Older, C., Khoo, L. H., Romano, N., Richardson, B., Ott, B., Wise, D. J., Ware, C., Goodman, P., Reifers, J., Griffin, M. J. 2025. Dietary iron fortification did not affect the intestinal microbiome for channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) juveniles, but decreased their resistance against Edwardsiella ictaluri. Journal of Fish Diseases 48(3).

2024

Bosworth, B. G., Koshy, M., Ware, C., Yamamoto, F., Byars, T., Wise, D. J. 2024. Susceptibility of Delta Select and Delta Control Channel Catfish lines to experimental Edwardsiella ictaluri and Edwardsiella piscicida infection. North American Journal of Aquaculture 86(3). Download

Chen, K., Yamamoto, F., de Cruz, C., Gatlin III, D. 2024. Nutritional value of torula yeast as an alternative protein feedstuff for hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops × M. saxatilis). North American Journal of Aquaculture 86(1):74-83. Download

Huang, J., Jordan, H. R., Older, C., Griffin, M. J., Allen, P. J., Wise, D. J., Goodman, P., Reifers, J., Yamamoto, F. 2024. Lactococcus lactis MA5 is a potential autochthonous probiotic for nutrient digestibility enhancement and bacterial pathogen inhibition in hybrid catfish (Ictalurus punctatus × I. furcatus). Journal of Fish Diseases 47(10).

Older, C., Richardson, B., Griffin, M., Waldbieser, G., Reifers, J. G., Lucas, P., Wise, D., Gatlin III, D., Yamamoto, F. 2024. 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):1-10. Download

Romano, N., Yamamoto, F., Rawles, S. D., Webster, C. D. 2024. Type of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae frass influences the nutritional value when included in a prepared diet for Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus). Aquaculture 589:740946.

Santana, T., Dantas, F., Prestes, A., Jeronimo, G., da Costa, J., dos Santos, D., Pastrana, Y., Yamamoto, F., Goncalves, L. 2024. Evaluation and economic analysis of fermented fish viscera silage in diets for tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) and its effects on the physical quality of pellets, growth performance, health parameters. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 108:1665-1677. Download

Silva, V., Mouriño, J., Martins, M., Carvalho, P., Rodrigues, E., Gatlin III, D., Griffin, M. J., Older, C., Yamamoto, F. 2024. Dietary supplementation of mineral nanoparticles for channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 50:2225-2236.

Yamamoto, F., Huang, J., Suarez-Barazeta, C., Craig, S., Older, C., Richardson, B., Santana, T., Griffin, M. J., Reifers, J. G., Goodman, P., Gatlin III, D. M. 2024. Exploring the nutritional value of corn fermented protein as a replacement for soybean meal in diets for juvenile channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus): impacts on production performance, intestinal health, and disease resistance. Aquaculture 587(740824):1-11. Download

Yamamoto, F., Griffin, M., Richardson, B., Stilwell, J., Romano, N., Goodman, P., Reifers, J. G., Wise, D. 2024. Iron supplementation in the diets of hybrid catfish (Ictalurus punctatus × I. furcatus) juveniles affected haematocrit levels and potentially decreased disease resistance to Edwardsiella ictaluri. Journal of Fish Diseases 47(3):1-10. Download

2023

Carvalho, P. L., Xavier, W. d., Guimarães, M. G., Rodrigues, E. J., Furuya, W. M., Yamamoto, F., Pezzato, L. E., Gatlin, D. M., Barros, M. M. 2023. Dietary glutamine improves growth and intestinal morphology of juvenile GIFT tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) but has limited effects on innate immunity and antioxidant capacity. Aquaculture 563(1):738976. Download

Luo, Q., Qian, R., Qiu, Z., Yamamoto, F., Du, Y., Lin, X., Zhao, J., Xu, Q. 2023. Dietary α-ketoglutarate alleviates glycinin and β-conglycinin induced damage in the intestine of mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio). Frontiers in Immunology 14:1140012. Download

Older, C. E., Yamamoto, F., Griffin, M. J., Ware, C., Heckman, T. I., Soto, E., Bosworth, B. G., Waldbieser, G. C. 2023. Comparison of high‐throughput sequencing methods for bacterial microbiota profiling in catfish aquaculture. North American Journal of Aquaculture 86(1):39-54. Download

Qiu, Z., Xu, Q., Xie, D., Yamamoto, F., Xu, H., Zhao, J. 2023. Effects of the replacement of dietary fish meal with poultry by-product meal on growth and intestinal health of Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis). Animals 865(13):1-14. Download

Romano, N., Datta, S., Sasmita, P., Sinha, A. K., Yamamoto, F., Beck, B., Webster, C. 2023. Dietary inclusions of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae frass enhanced production of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) juveniles, stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) and lavender (Lavaridula angustifolia) in an aquaponic system. Aquaculture 575:739742. Download

Suehs, B., Yamamoto, F., Asiri, F., Gatlin III, D. 2023. Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate has limited effects on growth and immune responses of juvenile hybrid striped bass Morone chrysops × M. saxatilis, and red drum Sciaenops ocellatus based on in vivo and in vitro approaches. Aquaculture 570(739429):1-10. Download

2022

Candelaria, B., Yamamoto, F., Gatlin, D. M. 2022. The Effects of Dietary Cottonseed Oil on Growth Performance of Juvenile Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus L.) and Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone chrysops × M. saxatilis S.). Aquaculture Nutrition 2022(1077178). Download

Ordoñez, B. M., Santana, T. M., Carneiro, D. P., dos Santos, D. K., Parra, G. A., Moreno, L. C., Teixeira Filho, N. P., Aguilar, F. A., Yamamoto, F. Y., Gonçalves, L. U. 2022. Whole Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens) as Dietary Replacement of Extruded Feed for Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) Juveniles. Aquaculture Journal 2(4):246-256. Download

Romano, N., Sinha, A. K., Fischer, H., Nugroho, R. A., Powell, A., Yamamoto, F. 2022. Pregelatinized starch improves growth and mitigates adverse liver/intestinal histomorphology in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, juveniles. Animal Feed Science and Technology 291:115381. Download

Yamamoto, F. Y., Suehs, B. A., Ellis, M., Bowles, P. R., Older, C. E., Hume, M., Blake, G. G., Cammack, J. A., Tomberlin, J. K., Gatlin III, D. M. 2022. Dietary fishmeal replacement by black soldier fly larvae meals affected red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) production performance and intestinal microbiota depending on what feed substrate the insect larvae were offered. Animal Feed Science and Technology 283(115179). Download

Yamamoto, F., Ellis, M., Bowles, P. R., Suehs, B. A., Carvalho, P. L., Older, C. E., Hume, M. E., Gatlin, D. M. 2022. Dietary Supplementation of a Commercial Prebiotic, Probiotic and Their Combination Affected Growth Performance and Transient Intestinal Microbiota of Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus L.). Animals 12(19):2629. Download

Zhang, Y., Rossi, W., Yamamoto, F., Velasquez, A. M., Wang, A., Gatlin, D. M. 2022. Effects of Dietary Aflatoxin B1 on Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone chrysops × M. saxatilis) and Assessment of Supplemental Arginine as a Potential Aflatoxicosis Alleviator. Aquaculture Nutrition 2022(5161222). Download

2021

Castillo, S., Yamamoto, F., O'Reilly, C., Fluckey, J. D., Gatlin III, D. M. 2021. Use of deuterium oxide (2H2O) to assess muscle protein synthesis in juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) fed complete, and valine-deficient diets. Amino Acids 53:1431-1439. Download

Lee, P., Yamamoto, F., Low, C., Loh, J., Chong, C. 2021. Gut immune system and the implications of oral-administered immunoprophylaxis in finfish aquaculture. Frontiers in Immunology 12(773193). Download

Yamamoto, F., Older, C. E., Hume, M. E., Rodrigues-Hoffmann, A., Gatlin III, D. M. 2021. Effects of butyrate, propionate, and their combination in vitro, and the impacts of their supplementation in high-plant-protein diets to the production performance, innate immune responses, and intestinal microbiota of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Aquaculture 545(737225). Download

Yamamoto, F., Chen, K., Castillo, S., de Cruz, C. R., Tomasso, J. R., Gatlin III, D. M. 2021. Growth and physiological effects of replacing fishmeal with dry-extruded seafood processing waste blended with plant protein feedstuffs in diets for red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus L.). Animal Feed Science and Technology 280(115046). Download