SEAFDECINSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY
    • English
    • ไทย
    • 日本語
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Burmese
    • Filipino
    • Khmer
    • Lao
    • Tiếng Việt
  • English 
    • English
    • ไทย
    • 日本語
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Burmese
    • Filipino
    • Khmer
    • Lao
    • Tiếng Việt
  • Login
View Item 
  •   SEAFDEC Institutional Repository (SIR)
  • 03 SEAFDEC External Publications
  • Journal Articles, Conference Papers and Book Chapters by SEAFDEC Staff
  • Journal Articles
  • AQD Journal Articles
  • View Item
  •   SEAFDEC Institutional Repository (SIR)
  • 03 SEAFDEC External Publications
  • Journal Articles, Conference Papers and Book Chapters by SEAFDEC Staff
  • Journal Articles
  • AQD Journal Articles
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Immunization regimen in Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) broodfish: A practical strategy to control vertical transmission of nervous necrosis virus during seed production

Thumbnail
View/Open
Date
2018-08
Author
Pakingking, Rolando V., Jr.
de Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace
Reyes, Ofelia
Bautista, Norwell Brian
Page views
1,725
Metadata
Show full item record

Cited times in Scopus



Share 
 
Abstract
Outbreaks of viral nervous necrosis (VNN) in Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) at the larval stages via vertical transmission of nervous necrosis virus (NNV) from asymptomatic broodfish remain as a major deterrent during seed production. A five-year study was conducted to produce NNV-specific-free sea bass broodfish reared in land-based tanks through an annual immunization regimen with the formalin-inactivated NNV. We primarily immunized (intraperitoneal injection) sea bass juveniles (5 g) and monitored the neutralizing antibody (Nab) titers in the sera of these fish at scheduled intervals post-immunization. Nab titers in the sera of immunized fish peaked at Month 2 (titer: 1:4480 ± 1185) but thereafter gradually declined and significantly dropped (1:260 ± 83) at Month 12 post-primary immunization. Booster immunization of these fish at Month 12 post-immunization led to abrupt increases in Nab titers in booster immunized (B-Im) fish at Month 1 (1:12800 ± 6704) but thereafter declined and dropped at Month 12 (1:480 ± 165) post-booster immunization. The annual booster injections with the inactivated vaccine or L-15 (Unimmunized [U-Im]) were consecutively conducted for 4 years until the fish became sexually mature. Mature fish from both groups were successively induced to spawn twice (1-month interval) via intramuscular injection with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue (LHRH-a; 100 µg/kg BW). NNV was not detected by RT-PCR in oocytes and milts, and spawned eggs of B-Im fish. In contrast, oocytes and milts, and spawned eggs of U-Im fish were NNV positive. Spawned eggs of B-Im broodfish exhibited Nab titers ranging from 1:192 ± 34 to 1:240 while such was not detected (<1:40) in eggs of U-Im fish. Taken together, current data clearly demonstrate that annual immunization regimen with inactivated NNV vaccine is a pragmatic approach for sustaining immunocompetent sea bass broodfish reared in land-based tanks and circumvent the risk of vertical transmission of NNV from asymptomatic broodfish to their offspring under stress of repetitive spawning.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10862/3325
Suggested Citation
Pakingking, R. V., Jr., de Jesus-Ayson, E. G., Reyes, O., & Bautista, N. B. (2018). Immunization regimen in Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) broodfish: A practical strategy to control vertical transmission of nervous necrosis virus during seed production. Vaccine, 36(33), 5002-5009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.015 
DOI
10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.015
Subject
immunization; necrosis; vaccines; PCR; viruses; disease transmission; seed production; culture tanks; epidemics; oocytes; sea bass; Lates calcarifer; LH; inactivated vaccines; Viral nervous necrosis; experimentation; immunoglobulins
Taxonomic term
Lates calcarifer
Collections
  • AQD Journal Articles [1249]

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

  • Thumbnail

    Mass mortalities associated with viral nervous necrosis in hatchery-reared sea bass Lates calcarifer in the Philippines 

    Maeno, Yukio; de la Peña, Leobert D.; Cruz-Lacierda, Erlinda R. (Ministry of Tropical Agricultural Research Centre, 2004)
    Viral nervous necrosis (VNN), also known as viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (VER), is an emerging disease affecting larvae and juveniles of many farmed marine fish species in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. ...
  • Thumbnail

    Immunolocalisation of nervous necrosis virus indicates vertical transmission in hatchery produced Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer Bloch)—A case study 

    Azad, I. S.; Jithendran, K. P.; Shekhar, M. S.; Thirunavukkarasu, A. R.; de la Pena, L. D. (Elsevier, 2006)
    A probable vertical mode of piscine nodavirus transmission is reported in the present investigation based on a case of nodavirus associated larval mortalities in hatchery produced Asian sea bass. Polyclonal rabbit anti-SJNNV ...
  • Thumbnail

    Culture of grouper, sea bass and red snapper 

    Toledo, Joebert D. (University of the Philippines Aquaculture Society, Inc., 2001)
    Marine fish production has increased dramatically in the past ten years and majority of the cultured species were produced in Asia in 1992. Increase in production was accompanied with concerns on increasing outbreak of ...

© SEAFDEC 2025
Contact Us
 

 

Browse

All of SIRCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

View Usage Statistics
Related Links
SEAFDEC/TD IRSEAFDEC/AQD IRSEAFDEC/MFRDMD IRSEAFDEC/IFRDMD IR

© SEAFDEC 2025
Contact Us