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Last published 2024
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Isaac Buyinza

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Researcher

Graduate Student Researcher

1 h-index 3 pubs 14 cited

  • Ictaluridae
  • Animal Feed
  • Diet
  • Iron
  • Anemia
  • Animals
  • Catfishes
  • Liver Diseases
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Ferritins
  • Receptors, Transferrin
  • Transferrin
  • Inflammation
  • Intestines
  • Diet, Vegetarian

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Isaac Buyinza is a graduate student at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, whose research encompasses aquaculture nutrition, fish biology, and iron metabolism. His work explores the effects of dietary iron on channel catfish, specifically how different forms and concentrations of iron impact growth, anemia prevention, and organ health. Buyinza's investigations extend to the molecular level, examining the gene expression of ferritin, transferrin, and transferrin receptors in catfish fed varying iron diets. His research has demonstrated that while elevated iron concentrations can prevent anemia, they may also induce damage to the liver and intestines, depending on whether the iron is organic or inorganic.

His primary research focus is on the interplay between iron metabolism, diet, and overall health in aquaculture species.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 3
  • Citations: 14

Selected Publications

  • <scp>Plasma and tissue transferrin and ferritin</scp>, <scp>and gene expression of ferritin</scp>, <scp>transferrin</scp>, <scp>and transferrin receptors</scp> I <scp>and II in channel</scp><scp>catfish</scp><i>Ictalurus punctatus</i><scp>fed diets with different concentrations of inorganic or organic iron</scp> (2024)
    Journal of Fish Diseases DOI OpenAlex
  • Elevated concentrations of organic and inorganic forms of iron in plant-based diets for channel catfish prevent anemia but damage liver and intestine, respectively, without impacting growth performance (2023)
    Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Elevated concentrations of organic and inorganic forms of iron in plant-based diets for channel catfish prevent anemia but damage liver and intestine, respectively, without impacting growth performance (2022)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex

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