title: Furunculosis control using a paraimmunization stimulant (Baypamun) in rainbow trout.
abstract: The effect of Baypamun, a non-specific immune system stimulant, on the treatment and control of furunculosis was studied in experimentally infected rainbow trout. A statistically significant association between the Baypamun treatment and a reduction in cumulative incidence of the clinical symptoms of Furunculosis and the infection level, despite the presence of the bacteria in blood and organs was observed. A reduction in the mortality rate in Baypamun-treated fish was also observed but this was not statistically significant. The results suggest that the treatment of fish diseases with non-specific immune stimulants could be, in the future, a good defense strategy leading to a reduction in disease symptoms and a greater control of the asymptomatic carriers after an outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Dep Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: De Blas
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Muzquiz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alonso
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000333:Aeromonas; D000818:Animals; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D015994:Incidence; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; C076692:Baypamun HK; D014765:Viral Vaccines