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Immunity is the power of the organism to resist infections or actions of certain poisons. The immunity can be either inherited, acquired naturally or acquired artificially[(17)]. Strengthening the immunity of cultured aquatic animals is an important task since bacterial and viral diseases are a major threat to aquaculture. While fish have both “non-specific” and “specific” immunity[(12)], shrimps lack a specific immune system and are apparently entirely dependent on non-specific immune mechanism to resist infections[(15)].
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Hertrampf, J.W., Piedad-Pascual, F. (2000). Immunostimulatory Substances. In: Handbook on Ingredients for Aquaculture Feeds. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4018-8_22
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