Oral and parenteral vaccines against Flavobacterium columnare: Evaluation of humoral immune response by ELISA and in vivo efficiency in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Aquaculture International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-666

  Leal, C A G ^a   Carvalho Castro, G A ^a   Sacchetin, P S C ^b   Lopes, C O ^a   Moraes, A M ^b   Figueiredo, H C P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELISA; Flavobacterium columnare; Nile tilapia; Protection; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AQUACULTURE; CICHLID; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PEST OUTBREAK; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 77953081678     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: 1573143X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10499-009-9287-x     Document Type: Article

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