Vaccines in Aquaculture: Development, Production, and Applications acknowledges the crucial part that aquatic vaccines play in disease control for the sustainable future of aquaculture. Vaccination progression has become the most important method for disease prevention and effective prophylaxis based on stimulation of the immune systems of key aquaculture species. This book provides detailed information about the evaluation, mass production, and commercialization of aquatic animal vaccines, as well as specific descriptions of the correct use of vaccines against the most important microbial diseases of aquatic animals. Written by a leading expert in aquatic animal health biotechnology, this book is systematically organized for effective delivery of its major themes. The book starts by providing an overview aquaculture vaccine history, evolution, and characteristic features before describing the various types of vaccines and vaccination methods in the industry. Latter sections discuss aquatic vaccine development, recent developments and challenges, mass production, and commercialization. The book concludes with an examination of the challenges associated with large-scale production, commercialization, and ethical and legal considerations. Vaccines in Aquaculture: Development, Production, and Applications is an important resource for researchers, ecologists, and industrialists to improve their foundational knowledge of cost-effective aquatic animal vaccine production.
Table of Contents
Section I: Vaccine: An overview in aquaculture 1. Vaccine: History, evolution and characteristic features in aquaculture industry 2. Concept and importance of vaccination 3. Biotechnological strategies for vaccine production Section II: Types of vaccines and vaccination methods in aquaculture 4. Vaccination types and strategies for aquaculture vaccines 5. Live, inactivated, and experimental vaccines 6. Routes of administration of vaccines in aquaculture 7. Nano delivery of vaccines in aquaculture Section III: Aquatic vaccine development 8. Conventional methods and modern biotechnological approaches 9. Factors affecting the efficacy of aquatic vaccines 10. Merits and demerits of aquatic vaccines Section IV: Current status of vaccines in aquaculture 11. Recent developments in fish vaccinology 12. Progress and challenges in vaccination technology in aquatic animals 13. Opportunities and future directions of vaccines in aquaculture Section V: Mass production and commercialization 14. Development and surveillance of mass production of vaccines 15. Prospects and challenges of commercializing vaccines for aquaculture 16. Large scale production and industrial value of aquatic vaccines 17. Ethical and legal challenges to vaccines in aquaculture 18. Challenges of vaccines for aquaculture
Authors
Baskaralingam Vaseeharan Alagappa University, India.Dr. Baskaralingam Vaseeharan is Professor and Department Head of Animal Health and Management at Alagappa University in Karaikudi, India. He obtained his PhD in Zoology at University of Madras and his DSc in Zoology at Periyar University, India. Dr. Vaseeharan's lab studies aquatic animal health biotechnology, crustacean molecular biology and genomics, molecular biology and immunology, and nanoscience and technology. His current research focuses on applications of artificial intelligence to promote high yield in aquaculture operations.
Palmy Jesudhasan Research Microbiologist, USDA Agriculture Research Service, USA.Dr. Palmy Jesudhasan is Research Microbiologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service. He obtained his PhD in Zoology at the University of Madras, India, and has 25 years of experience in animal vaccine production. His area of research focuses on controlling foodborne and poultry pathogens using vaccine, genomic, and proteomic approaches. He has a background in fish pathogenesis and is well experienced applying electron beam technology to control pathogens.
