Jacob Bledsoe
Jacob W. Bledsoe
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist — Aquaculture Research
Office
Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station
Phone
208-837-9096 x1105
Email
Mailing Address
Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station
3059F National Fish Hatchery Rd.
Hagerman, ID 83332
Jake works to improve economic and environmental sustainability of aquaculture production through applied research (fish microbiome, nutritional physiology, disease, genetics and water quality). Extension priorities included workforce development and marketing.
Ph.D., University of Idaho, 2019
M.S., Southern Illinois University, 2015
B.S., Purdue University, 2012
A.S., Purdue University, 2012
- Aquaculture microbiome
- Nutritional physiology
- Fish health and disease
- Genetics and genomics
- Water quality and policy
- Workforce development
- Marketing
- Bledsoe, J.W., Ma, J., Cain, K., Bruce, T.J., Rawles, A., Abernathy, J., Welker, T. and Overturf, K., 2022. Multi-tissue RNAseq reveals genetic and temporal differences in acute response to viral (IHNV) infection among three selected lines of rainbow trout with varying resistance. Fish & Shellfish Immunology.
- Bledsoe, J.W., Pietrak, M.R., Burr, G.S., Peterson, B.C. and Small, B.C., 2022. Functional feeds marginally alter immune expression and microbiota of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) gut, gill, and skin mucosa though evidence of tissue-specific signatures and host–microbe coadaptation remain. Animal Microbiome, 4(1), pp.1-20.
- Hong, J., Bledsoe, J.W., Overturf, K.E., Lee, S., Iassonova, D. and Small, B.C., 2022. LatitudeTM Oil as a Sustainable Alternative to Dietary Fish Oil in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Effects on Filet Fatty Acid Profiles, Intestinal Histology, and Plasma Biochemistry. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6, p.837628.
- Palma, M.†, Bledsoe, J.W.†, Tavares, L.C., Romano, N., Small, B.C., Viegas, I. and Overturf, K., 2021. Digesta and Plasma Metabolomics of Rainbow Trout Strains with Varied Tolerance of Plant-Based Diets Highlights Potential for Non-Lethal Assessments of Enteritis Development. Metabolites, 11(9), p.590.
- Blaufuss, P.C., Bledsoe, J.W., Gaylord, T.G., Sealey, W.M., Overturf, K.E. and Powell, M.S., 2020. Selection on a plant-based diet reveals changes in oral tolerance, microbiota and growth in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) when fed a high soy diet. Aquaculture, 525, p.735287.
- Bledsoe, J.W., Waldbieser, G.C., Swanson, K.S., Peterson, B.C. and Small, B.C., 2018. Comparison of channel catfish and blue catfish gut microbiota assemblages shows minimal effects of host genetics on microbial structure and inferred function. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, p.1073.
- Bledsoe, J.W., Peterson, B.C., Swanson, K.S. and Small, B.C., 2016. Ontogenetic characterization of the intestinal microbiota of channel catfish through 16S rRNA gene sequencing reveals insights on temporal shifts and the influence of environmental microbes. PLoS One, 11(11), p.e0166379.