Vaccines

The Aquaculture Innovation Showcase is coming in September. Ahead of the event in London, The Fish Site spoke to TransAlgae’s VP of research and development, Ofra Chen, to discuss how algae can revolutionise the health and nutrition of farmed fish.…

Market forecasters estimate that the sector will reach $336 million by 2026.

A new project that aims to improve tilapia production in Haiti has been launched by IDH and Taino Aqua Ferme, the nation’s largest aquaculture operator, today.

A consortium in Scotland is taking a significant step toward the development of a commercial vaccine for rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS) – a pervasive disease among trout.

A new £680,000 project will use cutting-edge techniques to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Vietnamese catfish – addressing a major challenge for the global aquaculture industry.

The Spanish company CZ Vaccines and Irish firm Marrinovak Ltd have today launched the new aquaculture-focused pharmaceutical venture Aquatreck Animal Health.

Hopes for the development of an effective vaccine to protect tilapia from Streptococcus have been given a boost following the publication of the results of a new study.

New vaccination techniques developed by Mississippi State University (MSU) should help the state’s catfish industry save $40 million a year.

The Ghanaian government has announced plans to be more vigilant against imported tilapia, which are taking the blame for a spate of mortalities that has wiped out up to 80 per cent of the stocks at so…

The Norwegian salmon sector purchased 34.9 million doses of salmon vaccines in November – up from 33.0 million in the same month last year.

Fish farmers in Ghana are calling for government action to stem significant fish mortalities in Lake Volta – home to 90 per cent of the country’s aquaculture production.

Osmo Systems, a Silicon Valley-based startup that makes a new type of water quality sensor for the aquaculture industry, won the Innovation Award at the GOAL conference in Ecuador this week.

Results of a trial that reduced the impact of a new vaccine that proved efficacious against Listonella anguillarum in sea bass were presented at Aqua2018 by Hipra.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies Canada (CATC) has received a licence that will allow it to conduct QC testing of regulated aquaculture vaccines.

The use of Halamid during vaccine administration effectively controls the risk of biosecurity breaches despite personnel and equipment moving from site to site.

​On April 17th, Hipra organised a theoretical training course in health and prevention, known as Hipra University, in Palma de Mallorca (Spain).

Sales of salmon vaccines in Norway ended at 13.1 million doses, up from 12.8 million doses in April 2017.

A vaccine to help protect sea bass against Vibriosis and Pasteurellosis was launched on the Greek market by Hipra this month.

Pharmaq’s new injectable vaccine to help fish farmers combat Nodavirus in European sea bass has received marketing authorisation in Spain, Italy, Croatia and Greece.

Developments in fish vaccines featured prominently at the latest - and last ever - gathering of the Veterinary Vaccinology Network.