Guarding Against Threats to Fish Health.

UNITED States. Agricultural Research Service; FISHES; AQUACULTURE; VACCINATION; IMMUNE response; ANIMAL health

The article reports on the strategy of the U.S. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for improving fish health in aquacultures across the country. It is informed that scientists at ARS are using genetics and selective breeding methods to develop disease-resistant fish. ARS scientists have produced vaccines that target deadly diseases and explored mechanisms of the immune system.