Immersion and injection vaccination of salmonids against furunculosis with an avirulent strain of Aeromonas salmonicida
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Abstract
Replicate groups of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) immunized by intraperitoneal injection of graded dilutions of an avirulent strain of Aeromonas salmonicida were protected from a virulent challenge. Mean mortality after challenge was 88% in control trout, 66% in trout immunized with 3 × 106 or 3 × 105 cells, and 39% in trout immunized with 3 × 104 to 3 × 10¹ cells. In brook trout challenged after immersion for 60 s in a culture containing 2.3 × 109 avirulent cells of A. salmonicida per milliliter, mortality was 44%, compared with 94% in controls. In Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), similarly vaccinated by immersion, mortality was 12.5% after challenge compared with 87.5% in controls. In additional studies, mean mortality of Atlantic salmon vaccinated by immersion was 14%, whereas that of control salmon was 92%.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Immersion and injection vaccination of salmonids against furunculosis with an avirulent strain of Aeromonas salmonicida |
| Series title | Progressive Fish-Culturist |
| DOI | 10.1577/1548-8659(1982)44[167:IAIVOS]2.0.CO;2 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford Academic |
| Contributing office(s) | Leetown Science Center |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 167 |
| Last page | 169 |