Vibriosis Vaccine Development: Pathogenesis, Immunological And Molecular Characterization Of Vibrio Alginolyticus
The aim of the research is to develop an effective vaccine against vibriosis. Vibriosis is a bacterial disease caused by Vibrio spp due to the intensive production activity of brackishwater ponds and cage-cultured fish. The pathogenicity study of V alginolyticus was performed by challenging the j...
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2000
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11211/1/FPSK_M_2001_1.pdf |
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| Summary: | The aim of the research is to develop an effective vaccine against vibriosis.
Vibriosis is a bacterial disease caused by Vibrio spp due to the intensive
production activity of brackishwater ponds and cage-cultured fish. The
pathogenicity study of V alginolyticus was performed by challenging the juvenile
seabass (10±0.75 g) with 5 different isolates of V alginolyticus at different cell
concentrations. All the isolates caused mortality to fish at a concentration as low
as 0.2 optical density (6.28 X 103 CFU/ml). Ultrastructure changes observed by
scanning and transmission electron microscopy, revealed the presence of
V .alginolyticus in the gills, liver, muscle, spleen and kidney of infected fish. In
addition, the V .alginolyticus cells were observed in the spleen. These
pathological changes showed that V alginolyticus was responsible for the death of
the infected seabass. |
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