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Recent developments in fish vaccinology.

Abstract
During the last 10 to 20 years vaccination has become established as an important method for prevention of infectious diseases in farmed fish, mainly salmonid species. So far, most commercial vaccines have been inactivated vaccines administered by injection or immersion. Bacterial infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria such as Vibrio sp., Aeromonas sp., and Yersinia sp. have been effectively controlled by vaccination. With furunculosis, the success is attributed to the use of injectable vaccines containing adjuvants. Vaccines against virus infections, including infectious pancreatic necrosis, have also been used in commercial fish farming. Vaccines against several other bacterial and viral infections have been studied and found to be technically feasible. Pasteurellosis, streptococcosis (lactococcosis) and infections with iridoviruses are candidate diseases for control by immunoprophylaxis in the near future. The overall positive effect of vaccination in farmed fish is reduced mortality. However, for the future of the fish farming industry it is also important that vaccination contributes to a sustainable biological production with negligible consumption of antibiotics. A potential side-effect associated with injectable vaccines is local reactions in the peritoneal cavity. The paper presents recent developments in immunoprophylaxis of fish and some problems that should be addressed by the research community in the years to come.
AuthorsR Gudding, A Lillehaug, O Evensen
JournalVeterinary immunology and immunopathology (Vet Immunol Immunopathol) Vol. 72 Issue 1-2 Pg. 203-12 (Dec 15 1999) ISSN: 0165-2427 [Print] Netherlands
PMID10614510 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
Chemical References
  • Vaccines
Topics
  • Animals
  • Aquaculture
  • Fish Diseases (immunology, prevention & control)
  • Salmon
  • Vaccination (veterinary)
  • Vaccines (administration & dosage, immunology)

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