title: Bacteriophage therapy of infectious diseases in aquaculture.
abstract: Bacteriophages may be candidates as therapeutic agents in bacterial infections. Here we describe the protective effects of phages against experimentally induced bacterial infections of cultured fish and discuss the potential for phage therapy in aquaculture.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Fish Pathology, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan. nakaitt@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Se Chang
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D001435:Bacteriophages; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D017045:Lactococcus; D011549:Pseudomonas; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D017105:Pseudomonas Phages