Oral Fish Vaccine is a Crazy Idea
Written by WTJ on October 20, 2008 – 4:36 pm -
Oral vaccine is not a new concept in the field of vaccination. However professor Yang Huey-lang’s research team at National Cheng Kung University developed oral vaccines for fish. This achievement have won them the “2008 Crazy Idea” contest, which is a biotechnology competition organized by Taiwan’s Industrial Development Bureau. Patents have been granted in Taiwan and the US for the vaccines which are developed with gene-engineering techniques. Vaccines are transformed into carrier bacteria and the bacteria are fed to plankton. The planktons that contain vaccine will be fed to fish to induce immunological response to pathogens. The development of the vaccines took the team three years and 60,000 cobias were tested. The chance of surviving after oral vaccination is increased from 40% to 80%. The oral vaccination is easier and more convenient in term of cost and time compared to conventional vaccines injection.
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