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Fish biologics: Serodiagnostics and vaccines
Journal ofImmunologicaIMethods, 78 (1985) 167 171
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Elsevier JIM03408
Book Reviews Hennessen, W. (ed.), Fish Biologics: Serodiagnostics and Vaccines, xii + 490 pp., illus. Karger, Basel, 1981 This book, Vol. 49 of the Developments in Biological Standardization series, contains proceedings of a symposium organized by the International Association of Biological Standardization and held in April 1981 at the National Fish Health Research Laboratory in Leetown, WV, U.S.A. The papers are grouped in 7 sessions. In sessions I and II the uses of serological methods in identifying fish viral and bacterial pathogens respectively are dealt with, III is devoted to related topics such as antisera preparation, IV and V are concerned with the properties of fish immune responses and the environmental factors influencing them, VI includes presentations on the preparation, testing and use in fishes of specific vaccines, and VII consists of summaries and conclusions. Among the methods discussed in I and II indirect immunofluorescence appears to be widely accepted for virus identification while enzyme immunoassay is favoured next to haemagglutination and immunofluorescence in the diagnosis of fish bacterial infections. An interesting aspect of the discussion of fish immunity is the analysis of the contribution of antibodies versus non-specific humoral factors to protection from pathogens. As far as the development of vaccines is concerned, a number of bacterins are available commercially and they have been successfully tested. In contrast, a commercial production of viral vaccines for fishes was not achieved up to the time of the symposium, but possibilities for its realization were discussed therein. The text is followed by the list of participants, index of speakers, and a subject index. As an account of the first immunological standardization symposium devoted to fishes, this volume deserves the attention of fish health specialists as well as those engaged in fish farming, a rapidly developing branch of modern agriculture. F. BOREK
JIM03423
Sordat, B. (ed.), Immune-Deficient Animals, xiv + 446 pp. Karger, Basel, 1984. SFr.195.-/DM234.- ($117.00), ISBN No. 3-8055-3741-7 This is a collection of reports and reviews presented at the 4th International Workshop on Immune-Deficient Animals in Experimental Research, held from 31 October to 3 November 1982 in Chexbres near Lausanne, Switzerland. The aim of this meeting and its predecessors, formerly known as Nude Mice Workshops and convened since 1973 under the auspices of the International Council for Laboratory 0022-1759/85/$03.30 © 1985 ElsevierScience Publishers B.V. (Biomedical Division)
167
Elsevier JIM03408
Book Reviews Hennessen, W. (ed.), Fish Biologics: Serodiagnostics and Vaccines, xii + 490 pp., illus. Karger, Basel, 1981 This book, Vol. 49 of the Developments in Biological Standardization series, contains proceedings of a symposium organized by the International Association of Biological Standardization and held in April 1981 at the National Fish Health Research Laboratory in Leetown, WV, U.S.A. The papers are grouped in 7 sessions. In sessions I and II the uses of serological methods in identifying fish viral and bacterial pathogens respectively are dealt with, III is devoted to related topics such as antisera preparation, IV and V are concerned with the properties of fish immune responses and the environmental factors influencing them, VI includes presentations on the preparation, testing and use in fishes of specific vaccines, and VII consists of summaries and conclusions. Among the methods discussed in I and II indirect immunofluorescence appears to be widely accepted for virus identification while enzyme immunoassay is favoured next to haemagglutination and immunofluorescence in the diagnosis of fish bacterial infections. An interesting aspect of the discussion of fish immunity is the analysis of the contribution of antibodies versus non-specific humoral factors to protection from pathogens. As far as the development of vaccines is concerned, a number of bacterins are available commercially and they have been successfully tested. In contrast, a commercial production of viral vaccines for fishes was not achieved up to the time of the symposium, but possibilities for its realization were discussed therein. The text is followed by the list of participants, index of speakers, and a subject index. As an account of the first immunological standardization symposium devoted to fishes, this volume deserves the attention of fish health specialists as well as those engaged in fish farming, a rapidly developing branch of modern agriculture. F. BOREK
JIM03423
Sordat, B. (ed.), Immune-Deficient Animals, xiv + 446 pp. Karger, Basel, 1984. SFr.195.-/DM234.- ($117.00), ISBN No. 3-8055-3741-7 This is a collection of reports and reviews presented at the 4th International Workshop on Immune-Deficient Animals in Experimental Research, held from 31 October to 3 November 1982 in Chexbres near Lausanne, Switzerland. The aim of this meeting and its predecessors, formerly known as Nude Mice Workshops and convened since 1973 under the auspices of the International Council for Laboratory 0022-1759/85/$03.30 © 1985 ElsevierScience Publishers B.V. (Biomedical Division)