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Factors influencing the uptake of 14 C‐labelled Vibrio anguillarum vaccine in direct immersion experiments with rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson
Author(s) -
Tatner M. F.,
Horne M. T.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1983.tb04218.x
Subject(s) - vibrio anguillarum , salmo , rainbow trout , biology , immersion (mathematics) , microbiology and biotechnology , vibrio , fishery , food science , fish <actinopterygii> , bacteria , genetics , mathematics , pure mathematics
The factors influencing the uptake of a 14 C‐labelled Vibrio anguillarum vaccine in direct immersion experiments with rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri were studied. Immersion times of longer than 10 s did not increase vaccine uptake. A pre‐immersion dip in a hyperosmotic solution had no effect on uptake, even at lower vaccine bath concentrations. It appeared that the head end of the fish was implicated in uptake. Vaccine uptake decreased at lower temperatures, whereas the use of an adjuvanted vaccine and a soluble vaccine preparation led to increased uptake. Larger fish took up more vaccine.