Health & Welfare
Israeli firms developing oral medicines for shrimp and finfish aquaculture
Israeli companies ViAqua Therapeutics and TransAlgae say their orally administered medicines for shrimp and fish aquaculture are in the pipeline.
Health & Welfare
New circular DNA vaccines and heritable, anti-viral immunity possible for shrimp
Author evaluates production of new circular DNA vaccines and heritable anti-viral immunity for shrimp based on viral defense mechanisms.
Health & Welfare
Studying the stubborn salmon disease SRS from afar
Piscirickettsia salmonis, or P. sal, is a persistent pathogen in the waters off Chile, causing millions of dollars of damage to the nation’s massive aquaculture industry. A university researcher 6,000 miles to the north hopes to provide insight that leads to the development of an effective vaccine.
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Developing live bacterial vaccines by selecting resistance to antibacterials
As wide use of antibiotics has led to antibiotic resistance in fish pathogens, vaccines present an alternative control method to prevent bacterial diseases.
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Tilapia vaccines: important disease prevention, biosecurity tools
Tilapia vaccines can protect the fish against infectious diseases by providing pathogen-specific acquired immunity that prevents recurring infections.