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Feasibility of protecting rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, by immunizing against the eye fluke, Diplostomum spathaceum
Author(s) -
Speed P.,
Pauley G. B.
Publication year - 1985
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.1095-8649.1985.tb04314.x
Subject(s) - rainbow trout , salmo , biology , trematoda , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , zoology , trout , helminths
Rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri , were immunized with sonicated metacercarial antigens from the eye fluke, Diplostomum spathaceum . Immunization increased survival times in rainbow trout by about 4 months when compared with unimmunized controls. Survival time increased with both size of the fish and strength of the antigen dose.