An experimental vaccine against Aeromonas hydrophila can induce protection in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)
Journal of Fish Diseases
By: S. E. LaPatra, K.P. Plant, S. Alcorn, V. Ostland, and J. Winton
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Abstract
A candidate vaccine against Aeromonas hydrophila in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, was developed using a bacterial lysate. To test the strength of protection, A. hydrophila challenge models were compared using injection into both the intraperitoneal (IP) cavity and the dorsal sinus (DS) with selected doses of live bacteria washed in saline or left untreated. Unlike the IP route, injection into the DS with either saline washed or unwashed cells resulted in consistent cumulative mortality and a dose response that could be used to establish a standard challenge having an LD50 of approximately 3 × 107 colony forming units per fish. Survivors of the challenge suffered significantly lower mortality upon re-challenge than naïve fish, suggesting a high level of acquired resistance was elicited by infection. Passive immunization using serum from hyper-immunized fish also resulted in significantly reduced mortality indicating protection can be transferred and that some portion of resistance may be antibody mediated. Vaccination of groups of rainbow trout with A. hydrophila lysate resulted in significant protection against a high challenge dose but only when injected along with Freund’s complete adjuvant. At a low challenge dose, mortality in all groups was low, but the bacterial lysate alone appeared to offer some protection.
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LaPatra, S., Plant, K., Alcorn, S., Ostland, V., Winton, J., 2010, An experimental vaccine against Aeromonas hydrophila can induce protection in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum): Journal of Fish Diseases, v. 33, no. 2, p. 143-151, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01098.x.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | An experimental vaccine against Aeromonas hydrophila can induce protection in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) |
| Series title | Journal of Fish Diseases |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01098.x |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication Date | January 14, 2010 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| Publisher location | Oxford, UK |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Journal of Fish Diseases |
| First page | 143 |
| Last page | 151 |