Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus

A small project about ISAVirus brought to you by a group of Year 2 MBIO students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

Click on the pastel orange box on the left for the names of the students involved in this project.

Thank you.

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Vaccines for ISAV
Thursday, 26 January 2012 @ 12:35

  • Oral vaccination against Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus.
Using ISAV-derived antigens expressed in yeast cells that will then be encapsulated and consumed by the fish through its fish feed. Fish fed with these encapsulated ISAV vaccine has shown an increase in Anti-ISAV antibody (IgM) titers.
  • Vaccine though injection in freshwater
Vaccine through injection may induce stress-related effects on fish, such as immunosuppression, reduction in feeding rate and mortality.