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Fish farming, in seawater and in freshwater, in cages, tanks or ponds, makes an ever-increasing and significant contribution to the production of aquatic food in many regions of the world. During the last few decades there has been significant progress and expansion in the aquaculture sector, characterized by intensified production and the exploitation of many new species.

Aquaculture must be a sustainable bio-production, environmentally as well as economically. Disease prevention in order to reduce losses, and the use of antimicrobials is crucial in this perspective. Vaccination has, in a few years, become the most important method for disease prevention in aquaculture, and effective prophylaxis based on stimulation of the immune system of the fish is essential for further development of the industry.

This book provides general information about disease prevention in fish by vaccination, as well as specific descriptions of the correct use of vaccines against the most important bacterial and viral infectious diseases of aquatic animals. The book is written by some of the world’s leading experts in the subject, drawn from many countries where aquaculture is a significant and expanding part of the economy.

Fish Vaccination
is an encyclopedia of fish vaccinology for every present and future aquaculturist. Professionals in the aquaculture sector, including fish veterinarians and fish biologists, within the industry, in scientific institutions and regulatory authorities will all find a huge wealth of commercially important knowledge within this book. Libraries in all universities where aquaculture, biological and veterinary sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this important book on their shelves.

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Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contributors

Preface

Chapter 1: The History of Fish Vaccination

Abstract

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Aquaculture

1.3 Immunology

1.4 Disease Prevention

1.5 Scientific Production – Reviews and Conferences

1.6 Successes and Failures

1.7 The Pioneers

1.8 Concluding Remarks

References

Chapter 2: Vaccination as a Preventive Measure

Abstract

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Biosecurity and Vaccination

2.3 Use of Vaccination in Aquaculture

2.4 Vaccination Against Different Diseases

2.5 Herd Immunity

2.6 Economic Considerations

2.7 Risk Assessment

2.8 The Market for Fish Vaccines

References

Chapter 3: Non-replicating Vaccines

Abstract

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Classification

3.3 Inactivated Vaccines – Methods of Inactivation

3.4 Evaluation of Inactivation Efficacy

3.5 Measures of Efficacy for Inactivated Vaccines

3.6 Mechanisms of Vaccine Protection

3.7 Antibodies as Correlates of Protective Immunity

3.8 Antigen Dose as Correlate of Protective Immunity

References

Chapter 4: Replicating Vaccines

Abstract

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Attenuation Strategies – Bacterial Vaccines

4.3 Attenuation Strategies – Viral Vaccines

4.4 Induction of Immunity

4.5 Vaccine Delivery

4.6 Vaccine Safety Considerations

4.7 Acknowledgement

References

Chapter 5: DNA Vaccines

Abstract

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Comparison of DNA Vaccines with Conventional Inactivated Products: Advantages and Disadvantages

5.3 DNA Vaccines for Veterinary Use

5.4 Biosecurity and Regulatory Considerations

References

Chapter 6: Mucosal Vaccination of Fish

Abstract

6.1 Introduction

6.2 History of “Mucosal” Vaccination

6.3 Mucosal versus Systemic Immunity in Fish

6.4 Immersion Vaccination

6.5 Oral Vaccination

6.6 Perspectives

References

Chapter 7: Adjuvants in Fish Vaccines

Abstract

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Vaccine Formulations

7.3 Principles of Adjuvant Actions

7.4 Antigenic Component

7.5 Adjuvants

7.6 Antigen Delivery Systems

7.7 Delivery Vehicles

7.8 Emulsion Vaccines

7.9 Biodegradable Particulate Delivery Systems

7.10 Fusion Protein Delivery System

7.11 Immunomodulators

7.12 Stabilizers

7.13 Concluding Remarks and Perspectives

7.14 Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 8: The Innate Immune Response in Fish

Abstract

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Innate Immunity: A

Sensing

and an

Effector

Arm

8.3 Professional Phagocytes: The Macrophages and the Neutrophilic Granulocytes

8.4 Natural Killer (NK)-Like Cells

8.5 The Sensing Arm of Innate Immunity

8.6 TLRs are the Best Studied PRRS in Fish

8.7 NOD-Like and RIG-I Receptors are Found in Fish

8.8 Lectins are Multifunctional Sensor Molecules for Carbohydrate Ligands

8.9 PRRs AND THE INDUCTION OF IMMUNITY

8.10 Cytokines in Innate Immunity

8.11 Interferons

8.12 The Complement System

8.13 Concluding Remarks and Perspectives

References

Chapter 9: The Adaptive Immune Response in Fish

Abstract

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Lymphocytes are the Key Cells of the Adaptive Immune System

9.3 Antigen Trapping and Activation of the Lymphocytes

9.4 Antigen Presenting Cells (APCS) of Myeloid Origin

9.5 Immunoglobulins and B Lymphocytes

9.6 T Lymphocytes

9.7 Cytotoxic T-Cells

9.8 Helper T-Cells

References

Chapter 10: Development, Production and Control of Fish Vaccines

Abstract

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Manufacturing License

10.3 Vaccine Development

10.4 Development of Tests

10.5 Transfers

10.6 Manufacturing

References

Chapter 11: Legal Requirements and Authorization of Fish Vaccines

Abstract

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Manufacturer Authorization

11.3 Food Safety – Maximum Residue Limits

11.4 Genetically Modified Organisms

11.5 DNA Vaccines

11.6 Prohibition of Use of Certain Vaccines

11.7 Use of Vaccines that are not Authorized

11.8 Autogenous Vaccines

11.9 Regional Rules and Competent Authorities

11.10 The European Union and Connected EEA Countries

11.11 United States of America

11.12 Japan

11.13 Other Relevant Organizations: OIE, FAO, WHO

References

Chapter 12: Vaccination Strategies and Procedures

Abstract

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Timing of Vaccination

12.3 Water Temperature

12.4 Size of Fish

12.5 Vaccination Methods

12.6 Time for Protection to Develop – Duration of Protection

12.7 Booster Vaccination

12.8 Vaccination Economy

References

Chapter 13: Side-Effects of Vaccination

Abstract

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Acute Side-Effects

13.3 Chronic Side-Effects

13.4 Injection Site Reactions

13.5 Extensive Abdominal Lesions

13.6 Lesions in Other Organs

13.7 Skeletal Lesions

13.8 Autoimmunity

13.9 Lesions in Non-Salmonid Species

References

Chapter 14: Future Fish Vaccinology

Abstract

14.1 Molecular Technologies

14.2 Recombinant Vaccines

14.3 Marker Vaccines

14.4 Mucosal Vaccination

14.5 Vaccines Against Parasitic Diseases

14.6 Vaccines for Controlling Reproduction

14.7 Improved Formulations

14.8 Immunomodulation

14.9 Cytokines and DAMPS (Danger-Associated Molecular Pattern) as Adjuvants

14.10 Concluding Remarks

References

Chapter 15: Vaccination against Vibriosis

Abstract

15.1 Vibriosis

15.2 Occurrence and Significance

15.3 Etiology

15.4 Pathogenesis

15.5 Vaccines

15.6 Vaccination Procedures

15.7 Vaccine Effect

15.8 Side-Effects

15.9 Regulations

References

Chapter 16: Vaccination against Furunculosis

Abstract

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Occurrence and Significance

16.3 Etiology

16.4 Pathogenesis and Virulence

16.5 Antigens

16.6 Vaccines

16.7 Vaccination Procedures

16.8 Effects

16.9 Side-Effects

16.10 Vaccination Against Atypical Furunculosis

16.11 Legal Aspects and Regulations

References

Chapter 17: Vaccination against Photobacteriosis

Abstract

17.1 Occurrence and Significance

17.2 Etiology

17.3 Pathogenesis

17.4 Vaccines

17.5 Vaccination Procedures

17.6 Effect

17.7 Side-Effects

17.8 Regulations

References

Chapter 18: Vaccination against Enteric Septicemia of Catfish

Abstract

18.1 Significance

18.2 Occurrence

18.3 Etiology

18.4 Pathogenesis

18.5 Virulence Factors

18.6 Vaccines and Immunity

18.7 Regulations (US)

18.8 Vaccination Practices

References

Chapter 19: Vaccination against Yersiniosis

Abstract

19.1 Yersiniosis

19.2 Occurrence and Significance

19.3 Etiology

19.4 Pathogenesis

19.5 Vaccines

19.6 Vaccination Procedures

19.7 Vaccine Effect

19.8 Side-Effects

19.9 Regulations

References

Chapter 20: Vaccination against Streptococcosis and Lactococcosis

Abstract

20.1 Occurrence

20.2 Significance

20.3 Etiology

20.4 Pathogenesis

20.5 Vaccines

20.6 Vaccination Procedures and Vaccine Effect

20.7 Side-Effects

20.8 Regulations

References

Chapter 21: Vaccination against Piscirickettsiosis

Abstract

21.1 Occurrence and Significance

21.2 Etiology

21.3 Pathogenesis

21.4 Vaccines and Vaccination

21.5 Current Vaccine Status

21.6 Future Perspectives

References

Chapter 22: Vaccination against Bacterial Kidney Disease

Abstract

22.1 Introduction

22.2 Occurrence

22.3 Significance

22.4 Etiology

22.5 Pathogenesis

22.6 Vaccines

22.7 Vaccination Procedures

22.8 Vaccine Effects and Side-Effects

22.9 Regulations

22.10 Future Directions

References

Chapter 23: Vaccination against Diseases Caused by Flavobacteriaceae Species

Abstract

23.1 Introduction

23.2 Bacterial Gill Disease (

Flavobacterium branchiophilum

)

23.3 Columnaris Disease (

Flavobacterium columnare

)

23.4 Bacterial Cold-Water Disease (

Flavobacterium psychrophilum

)

23.5 Tenacibaculosis (

Tenacibaculum maritimum

)

References

Chapter 24: Vaccination against Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia and Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis

Abstract

24.1 Occurrence and Significance

24.2 Etiology

24.3 Pathogenesis

24.4 Vaccines

24.5 Concluding Remarks

24.6 Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 25: Vaccination against Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis

Abstract

25.1 Occurrence and Significance

25.2 Etiology

25.3 Pathogenesis

25.4 Vaccines and Vaccine Effect

25.5 Vaccine-Induced Immune Responses

25.6 Regulations

References

Chapter 26: Vaccination against Infectious Salmon Anemia

Abstract

26.1 Occurrence and Significance

26.2 Etiology

26.3 Pathogenesis

26.4 Vaccines

26.5 Regulatory Issues

References

Chapter 27: Vaccination against Koi Herpesvirus Disease

Abstract

27.1 Occurrence and Significance

27.2 Etiology

27.3 Pathogenesis

27.4 Vaccine and Vaccination

27.5 Efficacy

27.6 Safety

27.7 Regulatory Issues

References

Chapter 28: Vaccination against Diseases Caused by Salmonid alphavirus

Abstract

28.1 Occurrence and Significance

28.2 Etiology

28.3 Pathogenesis

28.4 Immunity and Vaccine Development

References

Chapter 29: Vaccination against Diseases Caused by Betanodavirus

Abstract

29.1 Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy (VER)

29.2 Occurrence and Significance

29.3 Etiology

29.4 Pathogenesis

29.5 Immune Status and Response to NNV

29.6 Vaccines

29.7 Replicating Vaccines

29.8 Inactivated Virus

29.9 Recombinant Protein/Peptide

29.10 DNA Vaccines

29.11 Future Prospects and Recommendations

References

Chapter 30: Immunostimulation of Crustaceans

Abstract

30.1 Introduction

30.2 Immune System of Crustaceans

30.3 Immunostimulants of Crustaceans

30.4 Acknowledgements

References

Index

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Guide

Cover

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The History of Fish Vaccination

List of Illustrations

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Fish Vaccination

Roar Gudding, Atle Lillehaug and Øystein Evensen

 

 

 

 

 

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Fish vaccination / edited by Roar Gudding, Atle Lillehaug, and Øystein Evensen.

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1. Fishes— Vaccination. 2. Fishes— Diseases— Prevention. I. Gudding, Roar. II. Lillehaug, Atle, 1954- III. Evensen, Øystein, 1959-

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Contributors

Ofer Ashoulin

Dagon, Maagan Michael fish farm, Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael D.N. Menashe, Israel 37805

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Stéphane Biacchesi

National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), 78352 Jouy en Josas, France

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[email protected]

 

Eirik Biering

Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Tungasletta 2, 7485, Trondheim, Norway

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[email protected]

 

Michel Brémont

National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), 78352 Jouy en Josas, France

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[email protected]

 

Andrew Bridle

NCMCRS University of Tasmania, Locked Bag 1370, Launceston 7250, Tasmania, Australia

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[email protected]

 

Jarl Bøgwald

Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway

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[email protected]

 

Duncan J. Colquhoun

Norwegian Veterinary Institute, PO Box 750, 0106 Oslo, Norway

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[email protected]

 

Roy A. Dalmo

Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway

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[email protected]

 

Arnon Dishon

KoVax Ltd, Bynet Build. Har Hotzvim Ind. Park, PO Box 45212 Jerusalem, Israel 90836

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[email protected]

 

Diane G. Elliott

U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, 6505 Northeast 65th Street, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA

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Øystein Evensen

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway

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Knut Falk

Norwegian Veterinary Institute, PO Box 750, 0106 Oslo, Norway

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[email protected]

 

Arne Marius Fiskum

Pharmaq, 7863 Overhalla, Norway

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[email protected]

 

Thomas Goodrich

AquaTactics Fish Health, 12015 115th Avenue NE, Suite 120, Kirkland, Washington 98034, USA

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[email protected]

 

Roar Gudding

Norwegian Veterinary Institute, PO Box 750, 0106 Oslo, Norway

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[email protected]

 

K. Larry Hammell

Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, C1A4P3, Canada

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[email protected]

 

Anja Holm

Danish Health and Medicines Authority, Axel Heides Gade 1, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark

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[email protected]

 

Eva Högfors-Rönnholm

Laboratory of Aquatic Pathobiology, Environmental and Marine Biology, Department of Biosciences, Tykistökatu 6, Biocity, Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland

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[email protected]

 

Jorunn B. Jørgensen

Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway

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Indrani Karunasagar

Department of Fisheries Microbiology, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, College of Fisheries, Mangalore - 575002, India

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[email protected]

 

Viswanath.Kiron

Aquatic Animal Health Unit, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, PO Box 1490, 8049 Bodø, Norway

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[email protected]

 

Phillip H. Klesius

USDA-ARS, Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory, 990 Wire Road, Auburn, Alabama 36832, USA

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[email protected]

 

Dag Knappskog

MSD Animal Health, Thormøhlensgate 55, 5001 Bergen, Norway

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[email protected]

 

Erling Olaf Koppang

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway

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Moshe Kotler

Department of Pathology, The Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

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Joseph Koumans

MSD Animal Health,Wim de Körverstraat 35, Post code 5381, AN Boxmeer, The Netherlands

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[email protected]

 

Inger Kvitvang

Pharmaq, 7863 Overhalla, Norway

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Atle Lillehaug

Norwegian Veterinary Institute, PO Box 750, 0106 Oslo, Norway

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Biswajit Maiti

Department of Fisheries Microbiology, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, College of Fisheries, Mangalore - 575002, India

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Sergio H. Marshall

Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, PO Box 4059, 2340025 Valparaiso, Chile

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Emilie Mérour

National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), 78352 Jouy en Josas, France

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Paul J. Midtlyng

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway

E-mail:

paul.midtlyng.aquamedic.no

 

Hetron Mweemba Munang'andu

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway

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hetronmweemba.munang'[email protected]

 

Stephen Mutoloki

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway

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Singaiah NaveenKumar

Department of Fisheries Microbiology, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, College of Fisheries, Mangalore - 575002, India

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Audun H. Nerland

Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway

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Ken Noda

Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 1-2-1 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8950, Japan

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Barbara Nowak

NCMCRS University of Tasmania, Locked Bag 1370, Launceston 7250, Tasmania, Australia

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Sonal Patel

Institute of Marine Research, Nordnesgaten 50, 5005 Bergen, Norway

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Trygve T. Poppe

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway

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Julia W. Pridgeon

USDA-ARS, Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory, 990 Wire Road, Auburn, Alabama 36832, USA

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Praveen Rai

Department of Fisheries Microbiology, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, College of Fisheries, Mangalore - 575002, India

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Linda D. Rhodes

Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, Washington 98112, USA

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Espen Rimstad

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway

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Jesus L. Romalde

Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, CIBUS-Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Jan H.W.M. Rombout

Aquatic Animal Health Unit, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, PO Box 1490, 8049 Bodø, Norway

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Byron E. Rippke

Center for Veterinary Biologics, USDA, 1920 Dayton Avenue, PO Box 844, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA

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Kira Salonius

448 Boulter Loop, RR2, Prince Edward Island, Canada COA 1JO

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Craig Shoemaker

USDA-ARS, Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory, 990 Wire Road, Auburn, Alabama 36832, USA

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Krister Sundell

Laboratory of Aquatic Pathobiology, Environmental and Marine Biology, Department of Biosciences, Tykistökatu 6, Biocity, Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland

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Carolina Tafalla

Animal Health Research Center (CISA-INIA), Carretera de Algete a El Casar km 8.1. Valdeolmos 28130, Madrid, Spain

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Jaime A. Tobar

Centrovet Ltda, Avenida Salomon Sack 255, 9201310 Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile

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E. Scott Weber III

University of California, 2108 Tupper Hall, Davis, California 95616, USA

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Gregory D. Wiens

USDA-ARS, National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, 11861 Leetown Rd, Kearneysville, West Virginia 25430, USA

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Tom Wiklund

Laboratory of Aquatic Pathobiology, Environmental and Marine Biology, Department of Biosciences, Tykistökatu 6, Biocity, Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland

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Rune Wiulsrød

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Preface

Any intensive bioproduction – whether on land or at sea – will experience disease problems. Infections that occur in a wild fish as a sporadic event may cause severe mortality in fish-farming ponds or net-pens. Several regions with aquaculture have experienced great economic losses due to outbreaks of infectious diseases. Treatment with antimicrobials may have a negative impact on human health, the aquatic environment and even the confidence in products from aquaculture. Consequently, the expansion of commercial aquaculture has necessitated more emphasis on biosecurity measures, including disease prevention, in order to obtain a sustainable production.

Vaccination may contribute to both economic as well as environmental sustainability. The prevention of diseases using vaccines has a positive effect on the revenue for the fish farmer and the aquaculture industry by reducing morbidity, mortality and the costs of therapy, and by improving product quality. Vaccination may also improve animal welfare by reducing the suffering of diseased fish. Finally, reduction of the use of chemicals with potentialy detrimental ecological effects may be a prerequisite for further development.

The book aims at a complete coverage of the subject of fish vaccinology. The general part of the book gives science-based information about topics like the immune system of the fish, production and control of vaccines, and vaccination strategies and procedures. The use of vaccines may also have side-effects, and the mechanisms and appearances are described. The specific part includes chapters about vaccination against the most important bacterial and viral diseases in commercial fish species. One chapter about the stimulation of the immune system of crustaceans is also included.

The chapters dealing with specific diseases have a similar structure. These chapters include information that is relevant for vaccination, like the significance and occurrence of the diseases, the etiological agents, the most important antigens, as well as the specific vaccine products, the vaccination procedures, and finally the effects and possible side-effects of vaccination.

The scientific output in fish vaccinology has been substantial, especially during the last 20 years. The lists of references are consequently long, although the chapter authors have been encouraged to use review papers in order to reduce the length of the lists.

Fish vaccinology is a multidisciplinary science. The authors of the different chapters are selected from among leading experts in the different fields. While not compromising on scientific quality, we – as editors – have also placed some emphasis on selecting authors from different geographic regions.

As editors, our aim has been to produce a book that will contribute to the further sustainable development of global aquaculture. Fish farming is a rapidly growing industry in many parts of the world. It is expected that aquaculture will continue to grow both in freshwater and seawater, and contribute to the production of healthy and safe food, the development of local communities, and in some countries, even alleviation of poverty.

Roar GuddingAtle LillehaugØystein Evensen

Chapter 1The History of Fish Vaccination

Roar Gudding1 and Thomas Goodrich2

1Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway

2AquaTactics Fish Health, Washington, USA

Abstract

Effective and sustainable disease prevention using vaccines has been an important factor for the successful growth of aquaculture. The first vaccine for aquaculture, a yersiniosis vaccine for salmonid fish in the US, was licensed in 1976. Since then the use of vaccines has expanded to new countries and new species, simultaneous with the growth of the aquaculture industry.

This chapter gives a review of the history of fish vaccinology, including information about the achievements in research and presentation of some of the pioneers of the vaccine industry.

1.1 Introduction

The knowledge of immunity is many hundreds of years old. Thucydides, a Greek historian living around 400 bc, described plague in his second book of the history of the Peloponnesian war. He noticed that a person who had recovered from plague was protected when exposed a second time (Humphrey and White, 1970).

The modern history of vaccination for prevention of infectious diseases started more than 200 years ago. In 1796, the English physician Edward Jenner inoculated a boy with infectious material from cowpox in order to induce immunity to smallpox. He had noticed that dairy farmers exposed to cowpox had become resistant to smallpox (Jenner, 1798). Jenner used the term “vaccine inoculation”, which was gradually changed to vaccination. Vaccine is derived from the Latin word vacca, which means cow.

Louis Pasteur and co-workers demonstrated that administration of attenuated and live microorganisms gave protection upon challenge with pathogenic microorganisms (Fenner et al., 1997). Their experiments with prevention of rabies were followed by research on various pathogenic microorganisms with great significance for human and animal health (Humphrey and White, 1970).

In a speech in 1881 Pasteur suggested that the word “vaccination” should be a general word for preventive inoculation of microorganisms as a tribute to the work of Jenner (Fenner et al., 1997). The word “vaccinology” is of more recent vintage. Salk and Salk (1977) introduced the term vaccinology in 1977 to describe the interdisciplinary dimension of disease prevention based upon microorganisms stimulating the immune system to prevent infectious diseases in individuals and populations.

Disease prevention by vaccination is one of the milestones of modern medicine. The use of prophylaxis based on vaccines is expanding in many ways. Vaccination is now considered to be a safe and efficient method for prevention of diseases in human as well as in veterinary medicine.

1.2 Aquaculture

Compared with animal husbandry, fish farming is a relatively new method for bioproduction in many countries. When diseases appeared in aquaculture operations with salmonid fish, antibiotics or chemotherapeutics were used for disease treatment, and even for disease prevention. However, the need for efficacious immunoprophylaxis in hatcheries for salmonid fish was expressed as early as the late 1930s.

The first report of disease prevention using vaccines seems to have been by Snieszko et al. (1938) who published a paper about protective immunity in carp immunized with Aeromonas punctata. However, their paper was written in the Polish language which reduced the availability of the information. The first reports in English seem to have been written by Duff who showed protection against Aeromonas salmonicida in trout immunized by parenteral inoculation and by oral administration (Duff, 1939, 1942).

The most important reason for the disinterest in immunoprophylaxis was probably the availability of antimicrobial compounds in the years after World War II. A study by Snieszko and Friddle (1949) concluded that chemotherapy with sulfamerazine was superior to oral administration of a vaccine for the control of furunculosis. It was not until the 1970s that vaccines were applied in commercial aquaculture. Even in the scientific literature there are a limited number of reports about disease prevention by vaccination (Newman, 1993). In aquaculture, the first 30 years after World War II is therefore called the era of chemotherapy (Evelyn, 1997).

1.3 Immunology

Vaccinology includes different disciplines. Immunology is one of them. During the last 150 years there have been various studies of fish immunology and biology with relevance to vaccinology, reviewed by Van Muiswinkel (2008). The background of these scientists has been varied, including biology, anatomy, hematology, physiology, ichthyology, microbiology, pathology, fish diseases and others. Research on the induction of humoral antibodies in immunized fish was published before World War II (Nybelin, 1935; Pliszka, 1939), and continued with studies of immunoglobulins and complement as well as the cellular basis of the immunological response (Ridgway et al., 1966; Cushing, 1970; Corbel, 1975; Press, 1998). Fish were also included in studies of comparative and developmental immunology in order to get a better understanding of the evolutionary development of the immune system (Ambrosius, 1967).

Different fish species, including carp and salmonid fish, were included in the immunological studies, and factors of importance in vaccinology, like temperature and other environmental factors, were also studied (Snieszko, 1974). The role of adjuvants in fish is important for progress in both immunology and vaccinology. Ambrosius and Lehmann (1965) found that adjuvants like aluminum hydroxide and Freund's adjuvant increased the quantity of immunoglobulins, the former slightly and the latter significantly.

The method of administration was also studied. Trout was found to produce a good immune response when injected with antigens from Aeromonas salmonicida (Krantz et al., 1963). However, parenteral introduction of antigens seemed to be economically prohibitive and might even be harmful to the fish. Oral immunization was therefore considered to be the only way for practical disease prevention (Snieszko, 1970).

This assessment was also influenced by results from studies on humans and terrestrial animals. The successful vaccination against poliomyelitis in humans and Newcastle disease in poultry by oral administration probably influenced priorities and the direction of research of scientists working with fish immunology and vaccinology (Stone et al., 1969; Sabin and Boulger, 1973). Industrial production of poultry and fish had similarities, and scientists working with different vertebrates shared information.

Experience from the poultry industry was probably also the basis for spray vaccination of fish as a method for administration of antigens. Spray vaccination of fish was given a US patent (Garrison et al., 1980), but the method was not widely used in the field.

1.4 Disease Prevention

Diseases are the final results of interactions between an agent, a host and the environment of the host and the pathogen (Snieszko, 1974) (see Figure 1.1). In a population of wild fish, diseases have been considered as part of a normal biological process. In cultures of fish this situation gradually changed. The number of fish and the density increased. Diseases that were considered to be a phenomenon in the wild fish population sometimes became a problem in a fish farm.

Fig 1.1 The health triangle. (Source: Adapted from Snieszko 1974. Reproduced with permission of John Wiley & Sons.)

Disease prevention should be based upon measures including all three interacting factors. However, aquaculture has some disadvantages compared with bioproduction of terrestrial animals. Pathogenic microorganisms may be transmitted through water. Furthermore, disinfection is difficult, or, as in the marine environment, even impossible. Furthermore, the side-effects and risks associated with chemotherapy reduce the use of antibiotics to therapeutic use, and even that should be limited. Some environmental factors might be controlled, but others, like water temperature, could not be influenced. The resistance of the fish, based on natural or acquired immunity, is therefore a crucial factor for the health of farmed fish.

During the short history of modern aquaculture it is accepted that disease prevention based on stimulation of the immune system has become an integrated part of the management of aquaculture operations. The history of fish vaccination consists of both success and failures. Due to scientific efforts and rapid transfer of scientific progress into practical measures, vaccination has become an important part of the development of the global aquaculture industry.

1.5 Scientific Production – Reviews and Conferences

The scientific production in fish vaccinology and related areas has been considerable. A search on “fish vaccination” in scientific databases showed a total of around 10,000 papers (Science Direct, Blackwell). Most of them have been published during the last 20 years. The total number of publications was slightly above 100 at the end of the 1980s (Newman, 1993).

Fish vaccination has been the subject of many review articles (e.g., Snieszko, 1970; Harrell, 1979; Leong and Fryer, 1993; Newman, 1993; Press and Lillehaug, 1995; Ellis, 1997; Gudding et al., 1999; Vinitnantharat et al., 1999; Sommerset et al., 2005; Toranzo et al., 2009). Several international conferences on fish vaccinology and the proceedings from these have contributed to the progress (Anderson and Hennesen, 1981; de Kinkelin, 1984; Gudding et al., 1997; Midtlyng, 2005). Fish vaccination was also the subject of many dissertations before the turn of the century (e.g., Lamers, 1985; Erdal, 1990; Lillehaug, 1993; Kolb, 1994; Hoel, 1997; Joosten, 1997; Midtlyng, 1998). In addition, there are numerous dissertations on related subjects like fish immunology, fish bacteriology and disease prevention in fish farming. Disease prevention in aquaculture by vaccines has also been reviewed in textbooks and book chapters (e.g., Ellis, 1988; Tatner, 1993; Adams et al., 1997; Midtlyng, 1997).

1.5.1 Salmonids

Whereas research in fish immunology has included different fish species, studies on fish vaccinology have been mainly restricted to salmonid fish. In a chapter about furunculosis, the status in the late 1960s is summarized (Bullock et al., 1971). Under the heading Prophylactic chemotherapy the following statement is made:

“Although the practice of feeding low levels of drugs to control enzootic furunculosis may be useful, it must be done with caution to avoid toxicity to the fishes and alertness to possible appearance of drug resistant strains of

A. salmonicida

”.

As for vaccination, the authors concluded that oral immunization against furunculosis with antigens incorporated in the feed was the only feasible way for routine immunization. However, the authors indicated that the era of chemotherapy in aquaculture should come to an end and vaccination should be used for disease prevention.

An early presentation of vaccination against vibriosis was made by Hayashi et al. (1964). Based on immunization studies they concluded that injection of a concentrated vaccine might be a useful prophylactic way to control vibriosis in rainbow trout. One year later, Ross and Klontz (1965) showed that enteric redmouth disease (yersiniosis) could be prevented in fingerling rainbow trout fed pelleted food containing bacterial cells of the redmouth bacterium (Yersinia ruckeri).

During the 1970s immunoprophylaxis became recognized as method for prevention of infection caused by fish pathogenic species of Vibrio and Yersinia in aquaculture. The first product license for a fish vaccine was issued in 1976 when an enteric redmouth bacterin produced by Wildlife Vaccine Inc. was approved (Tebbit et al., 1981). The effect on morbidity and mortality was documented by both scientific studies as well as by experience from commercial operations. Protection could be achieved by inactivated vaccines without adjuvants, administered by injection or immersion (Bullock and Anderson, 1984; Evelyn, 1984).

In the 1980s a new costly disease initially named “Hitra disease” appeared in salmonid aquaculture in Norway. There was some dispute about the etiology of the disease. It was soon concluded that the disease was an infectious disease caused by a new pathogenic bacterium, Vibrio salmonicida (Egidius et al., 1986). Since 1988 most Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout in Norway have been vaccinated (initially via immersion) against this disease, which was given the name cold-water vibriosis.

In salmonids the great challenge in disease prevention was furunculosis caused by Aeromonas salmonicida. Based on the positive experience with prevention of Vibrio-infections using immersion vaccines, there were great expectations for similar effects with a furunculosis vaccine. However, immersion of furunculosis bacterins was found to give insufficient protection. Injection of simple whole-cell culture bacterins stimulated a protective immunity, but the magnitude and duration were less than desired.

In vaccines for terrestrial animals, adjuvants had been added to vaccines for decades. Al-hydrogel, which was used in vaccines for both man and animals, provided improved protection also when used in fish vaccines (Erdal and Reitan, 1992; Lillehaug, 1993). However, in order to achieve a long-lasting effect, oil adjuvants like mineral oils were found to reduce morbidity and mortality to an acceptable level, both in challenge tests as well as in aquaculture operations (Midtlyng, 1998). The local reactions caused by adjuvants were recognized as serious side-effects, but effective disease prevention was considered more important than animal welfare by authorities as well as by the industry and consumers.

Bacterins produced with antigens from V. anguillarum, V. salmonicida and A. salmonicida and added mineral oil adjuvants contributed to effective control of diseases, which without immunoprophylaxis would have caused great losses to the industry. The large amount of antimicrobials for disease treatment before introduction of vaccines was not acceptable for an industry that claimed to be sustainable. The impact of vaccination on the success of Norwegian aquaculture was expressed by a senior in the industry as follows: “The industry might have survived with the economic losses due to high mortality, but it could not survive with the negative effects of high use of antibiotics”. Vaccination was consequently one of the factors contributing to the development of the salmonid aquaculture industry. The figures for use of antibiotics in Norwegian aquaculture represent a success story in the history of vaccinology (Gudding, 2014).

The reasons for the success in fish vaccinology in Norway are many. Innovative scientists in public and private institutions and companies deserve to be acknowledged. However, good cooperation between the scientific community, authorities and the industry were also important contributing factors. Vaccines for fish diseases were developed, produced and tested experimentally in the field at a high speed.

Even the approval of vaccines by the authorities was a fast process in Norway with little bureaucracy. During early years of fish vaccination, licensing of fish vaccines was the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture. The regulatory requirements were few and approval of fish vaccines was considered to be a part of the learning process. Safety and efficacy in the field were emphasized. The transfer of responsibility to the Norwegian Medicines Agency in 1993 represented a change to a more comprehensive regulatory framework in line with international rules. However, retrospectively it can be stated that the simplistic but effective regulatory work during the first years of aquaculture in Norway contributed significantly to the decrease in antibiotic use in the industry without causing significant negative effects (Midtlyng et al., 2011).

During the early years of aquaculture, major viral diseases included infectious pancreatic necrosis, viral hemorrhagic septicemia and infectious hematopoietic necrosis. For the latter two viral diseases, biosecurity has mainly been based on eradication of diseased populations, and research on vaccination was not prioritized. The first successful experiments on vaccination against these diseases included live vaccines, either avirulent or attenuated strains (Fryer, 1976; Vestergaard-Jørgensen, 1976; Hill et al., 1980). The live vaccines provided acceptable or even good protection under experimental conditions, but safety considerations stopped further work. Some of the vaccines showed residual virulence to groups of vaccinated fish at an unacceptable level. The safety concern for other fish species in the aquatic environment also contributed to limit research on vaccines that could be used in commercial operations.

Inactivated viral vaccines for fish have provided some effect, especially under experimental conditions. However, the protective immunity in the field from inactivated vaccines has been relatively low compared with the protection achieved by most of the bacterial vaccines. Consequently, the aquaculture industry has not been satisfied with the efficacy (Biering et al., 2005).

1.5.2 Non-salmonids

The success with fish farming of salmonids stimulated aquaculture of marine fish species. In the Mediterranean countries, production of sea bass, sea bream and turbot increased, and so did disease-related problems. In the US, bacterial diseases were a challenge for the channel catfish industry. Vaccines were introduced in many countries and continents for disease prevention (Håstein et al., 2005). Some of these were commercial vaccines with national or international licenses, while some were autogenous or experimental vaccines used in a few fish farms.

Two important bacterial diseases for Mediterranean farmed species were vibriosis and pasteurellosis. Inactivated vaccines with the same antigenic composition as the microorganisms causing disease were found to provide acceptable to good protection (Santos et al., 1991; Gravningen et al., 1998). Vaccination against these diseases is now a part of the biosecurity programme in many regions with production of sea bass, sea bream and turbot.

Bacterial diseases were the primary concern in the US channel catfish industry. The primary bacterial pathogens in this industry are Edwardsiella ictaluri, Flavobacterium columnare and Aeromonas hydrophila. Vaccines have had limited use due to the extensive nature of the husbandry. Current vaccines against infections caused by E. ictaluri and F. columnare consist of attenuated live immersion vaccines (Shoemaker et al., 2009).

Most of the global aquaculture is located in countries in Asia. So far vaccination has not become an integral part of biosecurity in that region. However, there is a growing interest in disease prevention by vaccines in production of tilapia, pangasius and other species. The first commercial vaccine against a disease in pangasius was licensed in Vietnam in 2011.

1.6 Successes and Failures

The history of fish vaccination is generally a story of success. The fact that a small fish can be protected against an infectious disease by immersion for a few seconds in a diluted vaccine solution is one example of the remarkable ability of living organisms to cope with biological challenges.

However, there have also been obstacles in the use of the fish immune system for disease prevention. Studies of various fish species have showed that the basic mechanisms of immunity in fish, birds and mammals are similar. However, the history of fish vaccinology also includes results of studies showing differences between species with great influence on the strategy and methods for immunoprophylaxis.

Maternal immunity is a fundamental part of protection against infectious diseases in newborn individuals of mammals and birds. It would be reasonable to believe that a similar mechanism existed for fish. Maternal immunity has been found to be transferred from immunized mothers to offspring in the ovoviviparous guppy (Takahashi and Kawahara, 1987). In salmonid fish the transfer of maternal antibodies seems to be at very low levels and insufficient to provide protection for the offspring against infections (Lillehaug et al., 1996).

The failure of passive immunization is compensated by the early maturation of the immune system. Fish at a size of 2 g were protected after immersion vaccination (Johnson et al., 1982b). The duration of immunity and the development of immunological memory, both crucial in vaccinology, increased with size (Johnson et al., 1982a). Maximum duration of protection was achieved in rainbow trout immersion vaccinated at a size of 4 g. In commercial aquaculture, the duration of protection needed is directly related to the length of the production cycle, that is, the period between vaccination and harvest.

Effective prevention of several bacterial infections in fish by vaccination is well documented in the literature. However, infections caused by intracellular microorganisms are a challenge. This includes both viruses and intracellular bacteria. Attenuated vaccines and/or DNA vaccines seem to be a possible solution.

1.7 The Pioneers

The history of fish vaccination includes the achievements by many scientists working in universities and research institutes. Their production is presented and documented in the scientific literature.

Vaccines are also commercial products, developed, produced and marketed by private companies. Manufacturers of fish vaccines were generally small businesses with a few enthusiastic pioneers involved in many parts of the process, from ideas to use of the vaccine in the field. These industrial entrepreneurs were important for progress in the early days of vaccinology. In addition to know-how about the product, they contributed with knowledge about the correct use of the vaccines.

Many of the early pioneers were excellent scientists who combined theoretical expertise and practical knowledge about disease prevention using vaccines with a commercial interest. A list of companies and pioneers can never be complete and fair for those involved.

The Colorado company Wildlife Vaccines, with Guy Tebbit, John Rohovec and Thomas Goodrich as experts, was the first manufacturer with a licensed fish vaccine. The company produced bacterins for the domestic and international market. Tavolek Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, was the second company with a licensed fish vaccine. Keith Johnson and Don Amend were technical experts involved in most parts of the development and production of the enteric redmouth vaccine and other bacterins. However, Tavolek Inc., and Wildlife Vaccines operated at a time when the market was too small for a profitable business.

In the 1980s Biomed Research Laboratories in Seattle entered the market. Stephen Newman, Tony Novotny, James Nelson and Robert Busch were a competent group of aquaculturists and vaccinologists, with expertise on disease prevention in hatcheries in the Northwestern US and from the manufacture of bacterins.

Two other small companies deserve to be mentioned in the history of vaccinology. Aqua Health Inc., with William Patterson as technical and scientific expert, and Aquaculture Vaccines Ltd., started as a subsidiary of Wildlife Vaccines, with Patrick Smith as expert, played significant roles in the early days of fish vaccination.

The growth of salmon production in Europe was the basis for the establishment of vaccine companies near the markets. Apothekernes Laboratorium, later Alpharma, was an international pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Oslo. The company saw a commercial potential in aquaculture and started fish vaccine production in Tromsø and later in Overhalla. In the early 1990s the company merged with Biomed Research Laboratories as part of the Alpharma group. The aquaculture part of the company was later separated from the parent company under the name Pharmaq.

In Bergen, Norbio was established with the scientists from the university as experts. Norbio was sold to the Dutch company, Intervet, which later merged with Shering-Plough which had also absorbed Aquaculture Vaccines Ltd. The fish vaccine production has from 2011 been a part of Merck Sharp Dome.

Trading of companies is not unusual in the vaccine industry, and some pharmaceutical companies and investors see the economic potential in fish vaccine production. The international pharmaceutical company Novartis has grown in the fish vaccine business, based on competence acquired with the Canadian company Aqua Health Inc.

In countries with a growing aquaculture industry, vaccine companies have been established based on a possible economic potential. Companies like Centrovet in Chile and Kovax in Israel are examples of regional fish vaccine manufacturers with the goal to provide efficacious and safe vaccines for the aquaculture industry.

1.8 Concluding Remarks

The history of fish vaccinology is a documentation of how the immune system of fish can be stimulated by vaccines to prevent the accidental effects of pathogenic microorganisms. In a few years scientists in universities, research institutes and industry have produced basic and applied knowledge about the biology of microorganisms and the immune system of fish species in aquaculture, and this knowledge has been used for development, production, marketing and use of important products for the aquaculture industry.

Fish vaccinology is still in its infancy. Most of the products are first-generation vaccines, but a comprehensive scientific production and valuable practical experience are a good basis for development of improved products that will contribute to environmental, social and economic sustainability in global aquaculture.

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