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Acta Biomedica Scientia

Volume 1, Issue 2, 2013
Mcmed International
Acta Biomedica Scientia
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2348 - 215X (Print), 2348 - 2168 (Online)
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bi-annual
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Abstract
Title
A REVIEW ON IMMUNOSTIMULANT EFFECTS IN FISHES
Author
R.Thangamani1*, P.Viji2, B.Govindarajan3
Email
pommi_gr@yahoo.com
keyword
Mucormycosis, Fungal Infection, Amphotericin B, Uncontrolled Diabetes.
Abstract
Fish culture in India, traditionally have strong export markets, which makes sea food industry a major net earner of foreign exchange for the country. But, in fish culture where the fish is at high challenge with infectious disease caused by bacteria, virus, parasites etc. Most infectious diseases of fish are opportunistic. This means that the simple presence of the pathogen in the environment of the fish is adequate to cause a disease outbreak. Intensive aquaculture practices have led to a growing interest in understanding fish diseases, so that they can be prevented or treated. To overcome such problems immunomdulators or immunostimulators can be used as protective and supportive therapy to promote host resistance. In Fish, non-specific defense system is activated by the immunostimulants. By definition, as immunostimulant is a chemical drug-stressor or activator that elevates the non-specific defense mechanism or the specific immune response. Immunostimulants are being used today both within aquaculture sector and in traditional animal husbandary to reduce mortality due to infections and to improve general performance of animals. Research in fish immunostimulants is developing and many immunostimulating agents are currently in use in the aquaculture industry. This review article mainly considers the recent development in this area to control the fish diseases and enhance the fish production with the help of different types of immunostimulants.
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