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Economics of vaccination against enteric redmouth disease of salmonids
Author(s) -
HORNE M. T.,
ROBERTSON D. A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1987.tb00131.x
Subject(s) - biology , vaccination , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , fishery , immunology , medicine
. The use of vaccines as a cost‐effective means of controlling bacterial disease is now widely accepted in the trout and salmon farming industries. This paper quantifies the savings obtained from vaccination against enteric redmouth disease using published data for the performance of commercial vaccines under field conditions. Costings are made on the basis of prices current in January 1986. A model is derived which enables the value of vaccination to be determined at any particular site and some comparisons are made with antibiotic therapy.