Efficacy of a Live‐attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri Oral Vaccine in Channel and Hybrid Catfish |
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| Authors: | Nagaraj Chatakondi Brian C Peterson Terrence E Greenway Todd S Byars David J Wise |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 127 Experiment Station Road, PO Box 38, Stoneville, Mississippi 38776, USA;2. National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 25 Salmon Farm Road, Franklin, Maine 04634, USA;3. Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, Delta Research and Extension Center, 127 Experiment Station Road, PO Box 197, Stoneville, Mississippi 38776, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study evaluated the efficacy of an oral live‐attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri vaccine against enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC) in channel and hybrid catfish. The vaccine was delivered one time orally by feeding fish a diet coated with an attenuated E. ictaluri isolate at four doses to deliver between 4 × 106 to 3.2 × 107 viable vaccine cells/g wet feed. Thirty‐five days postvaccination, control and vaccinated fish were challenged with virulent E. ictaluri and mortality was examined for 30 d postchallenge. Mortality of nonvaccinated hybrids (85%) and nonvaccinated channel catfish (73%) was similar but significantly greater than all groups of vaccinated fish. In channel catfish, a trend toward increasing mortality with decreasing dose was observed. Mortality of channel catfish vaccinated with the lowest dose (26.6%) was significantly higher than fish vaccinated with the highest dose (14.1%) but similar to fish vaccinated at the intermediate doses (17.5 and 19.4%). In contrast, mortality of four doses of vaccinated hybrid catfish was similar and ranged between 10.4 and 14.0%. The data demonstrate that the attenuated E. ictaluri vaccine at all four doses tested is effective at reducing ESC‐related mortalities in hybrid and channel catfish. |
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| Keywords: | dose of vaccine enteric septicemia of catfish hybrid catfish oral vaccine |
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