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Steven R. Craig

Steven R. Craig, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
Fish Nutrition
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
 
e-mail: scraig@vt.edu
Capsule Biography (PDF)

Education

1994 Ph.D, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
1989 M.S., Marine Science
Corpus Christi State University
Corpus Christi, Texas
1984 B.S., Biology
Baylor University
Waco, Texas

Research Interests

  • My research interests include nutritional requirements for emerging aquaculture species, development of species-specific diets, alternative protein and lipid sources, organic nutritional research, neuroendocrine/nutrition/immune axis in fish, and gene expression.
  • Species currently investigated at Virginia Tech include summer and southern flounder, cobia, hybrid striped bass, yellow perch, tilapia, Pacific white shrimp and zebra fish.
  • For more information about Dr. Craig's research, please visit the Virginia Tech Aquaculture Center website.

Professional Experience

2003-present Associate Professor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Blacksburg, Virginia
2001-2003 Research Associate Professor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Blacksburg, Virginia

Professional Memberships

Selected Publications

  • Lunger, A.N., E. McLean, E. and S.R. Craig, S.R. (2007). The effects of organic protein supplementation upon growth, feed conversion and texture quality parameters in juvenile cobia (Rachycentron canadum). Aquaculture, 264, 342-352.
  • Kuhn, D.D., G.D. Boardman, S.R. Craig, G.J. Flick Jr. and E. McLean. (2007). Evaluation of tilapia effluent with ion supplementation for marine shrimp production in a recirculating aquaculture system. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 38, 74-84.
  • Craig, S.R., Schwarz, M.H. and McLean, E. (2006). Juvenile cobia (Rachycentron canadum) can utilize a wide range of protein and lipid levels without impacts on production characteristics. Aquaculture, 261, 384-391.
  • González, S., G.J. Flick S.R. Craig, E. McLean, S.E. Duncan, S.F. O'Keefe and S. Smith. (2006). Composition of aquacultured and wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens). Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 19, 720-726.
  • González, S., G.J. Flick, S.F. O'Keefe, S.E. Duncan, E. McLean, S.R. and Craig, S.R. (2006). Chemical, physical and sensorial differences in farmed southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) fed commercial or crab meal-supplemented diets. Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 15, 69-79.
  • Lunger, A., S.R. Craig and McLean, E. (2006). Replacement of fish meal in cobia (Rachycentron canadum) diets using an organically certified protein. Aquaculture, 257, 393-399.
  • Schwarz, M.H., E. McLean and S.R. Craig. (2006). Research experience with cobia: larval rearing, juvenile nutrition and general physiology. Book Chapter In Cobia Aquaculture: Research, Developments and Commercial Production. (I.C. Liau, ed). Co-Published by the Asian Fisheries Society, Fisheries Society of Taiwan, and World Aquaculture Society.
  • McLean, E., B. Reid, D. Fegan, D. Kuhn, and S.R. Craig, S.R. (2006). Total replacement of fishmeal with an organically certified yeast-based protein in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) diets: Laboratory and field trials. Ribarstvo, 64, 47-58.
  • Craig, S.R. and E. McLean. (2006). Sustainable feeds for cobia aquaculture: case studies with organically certifiable protein sources. pp. 403-411, In: Nutritional Biotechnology in the Food and Feed Industry: Delivering on the Nutrigenomics Promise. (K. Jacques and P. Lyons, Eds.). Nottingham University Press, UK.
  • González, S., S.R. Craig, E. McLean, S.E. Duncan, S.F. O'Keefe, M.H. Schwarz and G.J. Flick. (2005). The Dietary protein requirement of southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma). Journal of Applied Aquaculture 17(3), 37-50.