Abstract
In contrast to the substances covered in the previous chapter, vaccines are medicines used to stimulate specific immunity, that is, immunity to one or a very limited number of pathogens. Specific immunity is thus limited in the range of protection given; and its development is often at a temperature-dependent rate which means that it is slow in all fish and particularly so in those inhabiting cold waters. However, it is more longlasting than non-specific immunity; and once an organism has developed a specific immunity, even though that immunity has “disappeared” it is remembered and can be redeveloped (“recalled”) in a very much shorter time than the initial development.
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Treves-Brown, K.M. (2000). Vaccines. In: Applied Fish Pharmacology. Aquaculture, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0761-9_20
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