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Immune responses of salmonids : a) Oral immunization against Flexibacter columnaris : b) Effects of combining antigens in parenterally administered polyvalent vaccines

Creator:

Ransom, David Peter

Abstract:

Juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were orally immunized against the bacterium Flexibacter columnaris (formerly Chondrococcus columnaris), the causative agent of columnaris disease in fish, with a vaccine-food preparation containing formalin-killed cells. Fish immunized for 1, 2, 3, and 4 months were challenged with selected concentrations of F. columnaris by exposure...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

given the sonicated vaccine were not protected from columnaris disease. However, coho salmon fed the