Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member


Brian Avila

Brian in Gunnison Gorge with brown trout

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Email: brianw.avila@colostate.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Avila, B.W., K.P. Huyvaert, D.L. Winkelman, and E.R. Fetherman. Factors affecting post-challenge survival of Flavobacterium psychrophilum in susceptible Rainbow Trout. Pathogens 2022, 11, 1318 DOI:10.3390/pathogens11111318 | Download August 2022
Avila, B.W., D.L. Winkelman, and E.R. Fetherman. Survival of Whirling Disease Resistant Rainbow Trout Fry in the Wild: A Comparison of Two Strains. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 30:280-290. DOI: 10.1002/aah.10040 | Download November 2018
Avila, B.W., D.L. Winkelman, and E.R. Fetherman. Biotic and abiotic factors affecting survival of two Rainbow Trout strains. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 43:786-793. DOI:10.1002/nafm.10895 | Download March 2023
Avila B.W., D.L. Winkelman, and E.R. Fetherman. 2022. Dual Resistance to Flavobacterium psychrophilum and Myxobolus cerebralis in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum) . Journal of Fish Diseases DOI:10.1111/jfd.13605 | Abstract | Download February 2022
Presentations Presentation Date
Avila, B.W., E.R. Fetherman, D.L. Winkelman. Raft and floating antenna systems for detecting PIT-tagged fish in rivers. 2014 Annual Meeting of the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, March 4-6, Laramie, WY. March 2014
Avila, B.W., D.L. Winkelman, and E.R. Fetherman. Whirling disease resistant Rainbow Trout fry survival: a comparison of two strains. 2018 Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society. Anchorage, AK. May 2018
Avila, B.W., D.L. Winkelman, and E.R. Fetherman. Quality vs. quantity: manipulating rearing density as a strategy for increasing survival of Rainbow Trout fry pre- and post-stocking. 2018 Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society. Anchorage, AK. May 2018
Avila, B.W., D.L. Winkelman, and E.R. Fetherman. Quality vs. quantity: manipulating rearing density as a strategy for increasing survival of Rainbow Trout fry pre- and post-stocking. 2018 Annual Meeting of the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Laramie, WY. March 2018
Avila, B.W., D.L. Winkelman, E.R. Fetherman. Evaluation of resistant Rainbow Trout fry stocking in Colorado February 2015