Main description:

Fish Vaccines: Health Management for Sustainable Aquaculture is a timely reference book that highlights the role of vaccination in the fast-growing aquaculture industry. It discusses topics such as vaccine formulation, vaccine delivery and enhancing the immune response of fish using nanoparticles. Information related to vaccine safety, ethical approval and regulations is also discussed, together with dissemination of vaccines to fish farms across the globe. This cutting-edge book presents novel strategies to meet the growing demand for vaccines in finfish aquaculture. The book is useful to students, academics, clinicians, and professionals in the field of fisheries sciences, aquaculture, and veterinary sciences.

Contents:

Section I: Vaccines in Aquaculture: A Preface

1. Understanding Vaccine Development in Aquaculture

2. Antigens and Immune Responses in Fishes: An overview

3. Aquaculture: Facing an Array Of Pathogens

Section II: Vaccination in fishes: Types and methods

4. Concepts and types of vaccines

5. Formulations of Vaccination For Fishes

6. Methods of vaccination-Experimental strategies

Section III: Adjuvants in vaccination: An underpinning

7. Role of adjuvants in vaccination studies

8. Development of mucosal adjutants for fish vaccination

Section IV: Technological advancements and efficacy of fish vaccination

9. Biotechnological Approaches to Vaccines

10. Safety and efficacy of vaccines in aquaculture

11. Mass Vaccination in Aquaculture - possibilities and limitations

Section V: Vaccines in Aquaculture: Challenges and Perspectives

12. Fish Vaccination: How close are the fish farmers?

13. Development of Fish vaccines: Challenges and Future Perspectives

14. Fish Vaccine: From Field to Development

Index