Vaccines in Aquaculture

Dr. Baskaralingam Vaseeharan is Professor and Department Head of Animal Health and Management at Alagappa University in Karaikudi, India. He obtained his PhD in Zoology at University of Madras and his DSc in Zoology at Periyar University, India. Dr. Vaseeharan’s lab study focuses on aquatic animal health biotechnology, crustacean molecular biology and genomics, molecular biology and immunology, and nanoscience and technology. His current research focuses on improving stress tolerance and disease resistance in aquatic animals to promote high yield in aquaculture and protect aquatic environments from toxic pollutants. Dr. Palmy Jesudhasan is Research Microbiologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service. He obtained his PhD in Zoology at the University of Madras, India, and has 25 years of experience in animal vaccine production. His area of research focuses on controlling foodborne and poultry pathogens using vaccine, genomic, and proteomic approaches. He has a background in fish pathogenesis and is well experienced applying electron beam technology to control pathogens.

Section I: Vaccine: An overview in aquaculture 1. Vaccine: History, evolution and characteristic features in aquaculture industry 2. Concept and importance of vaccination 3. Biotechnological strategies for vaccine production Section II: Types of vaccines and vaccination methods in aquaculture 4. Vaccination types and strategies for aquaculture vaccines 5. Live, inactivated, and experimental vaccines 6. Routes of administration of vaccines in aquaculture 7. Nano delivery of vaccines in aquaculture Section III: Aquatic vaccine development 8. Conventional methods and modern biotechnological approaches 9. Factors affecting the efficacy of aquatic vaccines 10. Merits and demerits of aquatic vaccines Section IV: Current status of vaccines in aquaculture 11. Recent developments in fish vaccinology 12. Progress and challenges in vaccination technology in aquatic animals 13. Opportunities and future directions of vaccines in aquaculture Section V: Mass production and commercialization 14. Development and surveillance of mass production of vaccines 15. Prospects and challenges of commercializing vaccines for aquaculture 16. Large scale production and industrial value of aquatic vaccines 17. Ethical and legal challenges to vaccines in aquaculture 18. Challenges of vaccines for aquaculture