Vaccination of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) against marine flexibacteriosis ...
Tenacibaculum maritimum (formerly Flexibacter maritimus) is a well known pathogen in a number of cultured fish species worldwide. It is a marine bacterium that causes necrotic lesions on the body, head, fins and gills, with erosive lesions on the external surface as the prominent clinical sign. A la...
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University Of Tasmania
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23242430 https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Vaccination_of_Atlantic_salmon_Salmo_salar_against_marine_flexibacteriosis/23242430 |
| Summary: | Tenacibaculum maritimum (formerly Flexibacter maritimus) is a well known pathogen in a number of cultured fish species worldwide. It is a marine bacterium that causes necrotic lesions on the body, head, fins and gills, with erosive lesions on the external surface as the prominent clinical sign. A large outbreak of the disease occurred in Tasmania over 15 years ago causing significant mortalities. Management strategies have reduced the incidence of outbreaks, however smaller outbreaks continue to occur. There is limited information on the biological factors that could initiate further outbreaks of the disease and patterns of infection are variable. Chemotherapeutants such as antibiotics are undesirable for use with problems of bacterial resistance, residence times in tissues and effects on other flora and fauna in the surrounding marine environment. Therefore, development of a safe and effective vaccine against T. maritimum is the focus of this research. To characterise and to understand the similarities and ... |
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