Our publications

Selected recent publications

• Nguyen, T. V., Ragg, N., Alfaro, A. C. Zamora, L. (2020). Physiological stress associated with mechanical harvesting and transport of cultured mussels (Perna canaliculus): A metabolomics approach. Aquaculture.
• Rusk, A. B., Alfaro, A. C., Young, T., Watts, E., Adams, S. L. (2020). Investigation of early mussel (Perna canaliculus) development using histology, SEM imaging, immunochemistry and confocal microscopy. Marine Biology Research 13:314-329.
• Lulijwa, R., Alfaro, A. C., Merien, F., Burdass, M., Meyer, J., Venter, L., Young, T. (In review). Prolonged Poly (I:C) in vivo alters Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) innate immunity, liver and plasma metabolome. Journal of Developmental and Comparative Immunology.
• Lulijwa, R., Alfaro, A. C., Merien, F., Burdass, M., Meyer, J., Venter, L., Young, T. (2020). Metabolic and immune responses of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) smolts to a short-term Poly (I:C) challenge. Journal of Fish Biology.
• Nguyen, T. V., Alfaro, A. C. (2020). Applications of flow cytometry in molluscan immunology: current status and trends. Fish and Shellfish Immunology.
• Sharma, S. S., Alfaro, A. C., Ragg, N. L. C., Zamora, L. N. (2020). Effects of temperature on early development of the New Zealand geoduck Panopea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). Aquaculture Research.
• Wong, K. L. C., Alfaro, A. C. (2019). Nutrient storage and utilization in relation to reproductive condition of the New Zealand scallop Pecten novaezelandiae. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
• Lulijwa, R., Alfaro, A. C., Merien, F., Meyer, J., Young, T. (2019). Advances in salmonid immunology: a review of methods and techniques for lymphoid tissue and peripheral blood leucocyte isolation and application. Fish and Shellfish Immunology.
• Lulijwa, R., Alfaro, A. C., Merien, F., Burdass, Venter, L., Young, T. (2019). In vitro immune response of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated by bacterial lipopolysaccharides.  Fish and Shellfish Immunology.
• Nguyen, T. V., Alfaro, A. C. (2019). Targeted metabolomics to investigate antimicrobial activity of itaconic acid in marine molluscs. Metabolomics 15:97.
• Luo, J. Q., Hamid, N., Oey, I., Leong, S. Y., Kantono, K., Alfaro, A. C. Lu, J. (2019). Physiochemical changes in New Zealand abalone (Haliotis iris) with pulsed electric field (PEF) processing and heat treatments. LWT – Food Science and Technology.
• Grandiosa, R., Young, T., Nguyen, T. V., Mérien, F., Alfaro, A. C. (2019). Immune response in probiotic-fed New Zealand black-footed abalone (Haliotis iris) under Vibrio splendidus challenge. Journal of Shellfish Immunology.
• Young, T., Walker, S., Alfaro, A. C., Fletcher, L., Murray, J. S., Lulijwa, R., Symonds, J. (2019). Impact of acute handling stress, anaesthesia and euthanasia on fish plasma biochemistry: Implications for veterinary screening and metabolomic sampling. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry.
• Nguyen, T. V., Alfaro, A. C., Young, T., Green, S., Zarate, E., Merien F. (2019). Itaconic acid inhibits growth of a pathogenic marine Vibrio strain: A metabolomics approach. Scientific Reports.
• Lulijwa, R., Rupia, E. J., Alfaro, A. C. (2019). Antibiotic use in aquaculture, policies and regulation, health and environmental risks: A review of the top 15 major producers. Reviews in Aquaculture.
• Lulijwa, R., Alfaro, A. C., Merien, F., Burdass, M., Young, T., Meyer, J., Nguyen, T. V., Trembath, C. (2019). Characterization of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) blood and validation of flow cytometry cell count and viability assay kit.  Fish and Shellfish Immunology.
• Rosani, U., Young, Y, Bai, C-M, Alfaro, A. C., Venier, P. (2019). Dual Analysis of Virus-Host Interactions: The Case of Ostreid herpesvirus 1 and the Cupped Oyster Crassostrea gigas. Evolutionary Bioinformatics.
• Alfaro, A. C., Nguyen, T. V., Mellow, D. (2019). A metabolomics approach to assess the effect of storage conditions on metabolic processes of New Zealand surf clam (Crassula aequilatera). Aquaculture 498:315-321.
• Nguyen, T. V., Alfaro, A. C., Young, T., Merien, F. (2019). Tissue-specific immune responses to Vibrio sp. infection in mussels (Perna canaliculus): A metabolomics approach. Aquaculture 500: 118-125.