Immersion vaccine for enteric redmouth
AssigneeTavolek, Inc.
InventorDonald F. Amend
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Abstract
The invention involves the immunizing of fish against Enteric Redmouth by immersing the fish in a vaccine prepared from killed organisms of Y. ruckeri.
Claims4
A method for the immunization of fish weighing at least about one gram against Enteric Redmouth which consists essentially of the non-pressurized immersion without hyperosmotic treatment of the fish in a vaccine comprising an immunologically effective amount of the killed organism Y. ruckeri for a period of time sufficient to confer immunity to the fish.
A method for the immunization of fish weighing at least about one gram against Enteric Redmouth which consists essentially of the non-pressurized immersion without hyperosmotic treatment of the fish in a vaccine comprising an immunologically effective amount of the killed organism Y. ruckeri in a concentration of at least 10.sup.4 of said killed organism per ml of vaccine for at least 5 seconds.
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