Fish Immunological Mechanism and Control of Pathogens
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Welfare, Health and Disease".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 90
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aquatic disease control and prevention; fish immunology; pathogenesis; host–pathogen interaction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquaculture has made remarkable contributions to ensuring high-quality food, enhancing farmers' income, and fostering social and economic development. However, with the expansion of aquaculture varieties and scale, intensification improvements, and increased circulation of aquatic animals, aquatic diseases are characterized by higher frequency, wider incidence area, a greater variety, complex etiology, and strong sudden onset. The challenge of epidemic control is also increasing. Understanding the process and underlying mechanisms of fish immune responses to pathogens infections will be beneficial for screening safe and effective fishery drugs, developing vaccines and immune enhancers, and breeding new varieties with disease resistance. Therefore, comprehending fish immunological mechanisms is crucial for disease control.
This Special Issue aims to collect and publish original research manuscripts or reviews that focus on the cutting-edge research of fish immunological mechanisms and control of pathogens. Research topics may include but are not limited to the following: fish–pathogen interactions, functions of immune-related molecules, fish innate or adaptive immune responses against important pathogens, effective strategies (vaccines, immunopotentiators, probiotics, antimicrobial peptides, etc.) to safeguarding the health of aquaculture.
Dr. Fei Zhao
Dr. Yanwei Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- innate immunity
- adaptive immunity
- fish–pathogen interaction
- immune defense mechanism
- aquatic pathogen
- disease prevention
- disease control
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