Iil: IIL joins hands with ICAR-CIFA to develop freshwater fish vaccine against Hemorrhagic Septicemia | India News - Times of India
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HYDERABAD: Vaccine maker Indian Immunologicals Ltd on Monday said it has entered into a partnership with Bhubaneswar-based Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture ( CIFA ), an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institute, for the commercial development of a freshwater fish vaccine against Hemorrhagic Septicemia . Also called Aeromonas Septicemia , Ulcer Disease or Red-Sore Disease, Hemorrhagic Septicemia is an infection caused by Aeromonas Hydrophila, an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium, in freshwater fish. All the cultured freshwater fish species in India like Rohu, Catla, Mrigal, Silver Carp, Grass Carp, Common Carp, Medium Carp, Channel Catfish and Eel are susceptible to this disease, which is the scourge of fresh and brackish water fish farming worldwide and has emerged as a significant economic problem in Indian aquaculture over the past few decades, IIL said. Pointing out that over the years, antibiotics and chemo-therapeutants have been used for