Fish Vaccines: Health Management for Sustainable Aquaculture

This book is a timely reference text that highlights the role of vaccination in the fast-growing aquaculture industry. It discusses topics such as vaccine formulation, vaccine delivery, and enhancing the immune response of fish using nanoparticles. Information related to vaccine safety, ethical approval, and regulations is also discussed, together with dissemination of vaccines to fish farms across the globe. This cutting-edge book presents novel strategies to meet the growing demand for vaccines in finfish aquaculture. This book is useful to students, academics, clinicians, and professionals in the field of fisheries sciences, aquaculture, and veterinary sciences.

這本書是一本及時的參考書，強調疫苗在快速發展的水產養殖業中的作用。它討論了疫苗配方、疫苗傳遞以及使用納米粒子增強魚類免疫反應等主題。同時還討論了疫苗安全性、倫理審批和相關法規，以及在全球魚場中傳播疫苗的問題。這本尖端的書提出了滿足魚類水產養殖中日益增長的疫苗需求的新策略。這本書對於學生、學者、臨床醫生和水產科學、水產養殖和獸醫科學領域的專業人士都很有用。

Preetham Elumalai, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Marine Biology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India. He earned a Master's degree from the University of Madras and a PhD in biochemistry and molecular immunology from the Institute for Immunology, University of Regensburg, Germany. His research practice includes bioassay-guided identification of novel marine compounds, unveiling fish lectins in innate immune defense, aquatic vaccine development, evaluation of cost-effective feed additives and nutrigenomics, and effects of environmental pollutants on marine ecosystems. He has been a partner in numerous EU-, Indian-, and UK-funded projects (e.g., IVVN, BactiVac). He has written more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and has 2 patents in his name apart from editing 5 books (Springer, CRC Press) and has presented his work at more than 60 national and international conferences. He has been awarded the prestigious INSA fellowship (2018); MASTS, Fellowship (2019); IVVN award, UK (2020); FRSB, UK (2021); and BactiVac award, UK (2022).

Kim Thompson, PhD, is a Principal Investigator at Moredun Research Institute, where she heads the Aquaculture Research Group. She earned a BSc in biochemistry from the University of Stirling, an MSc in immunology from the University of Aberdeen, and a PhD in fish immunology from the University of Stirling. She has published over 160 articles in international journals relating to her work on fish health. Her research interests include vaccine development for fish pathogens (viral, bacterial, and parasitic), examining the immune response of fish to these pathogens and understanding the factors that influence this response. She is interested in developing alternative therapies for disease control in fish (e.g., functional feeds, immunostimulants, and probiotics).

Sreeja Lakshmi, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in collaboration with Moredun Research Institute (MRI), UK. She graduated from Calicut University and earned a PhD in biochemistry and functional genomics from the Institute for Molecular Biology, University of Regensburg, Germany. She has published research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and authored books and book chapters. She has been awarded prestigious research grants from the Bavarian Research Foundation (Bayerische Forschungsstiftung), Government of Bavaria, Germany; an HRD-Fellowship for Women Scientists from the Department of Health Research, Government of India; and a MASTS (Marine Alliance Science and Technology, Scotland) Award for Postdoctoral and Early Career Research Exchanges (PECRE), visited the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and received IVVN Fellowship grant from the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN), UK.

Preetham Elumalai博士是印度喀拉拉邦科欽科技大學海洋生物學系的副教授。他在馬德拉斯大學獲得碩士學位，並在德國雷根斯堡大學免疫學研究所獲得生物化學和分子免疫學博士學位。他的研究領域包括通過生物測試鑒定新型海洋化合物、揭示魚類凝集素在先天免疫防禦中的作用、水生疫苗開發、評估成本效益的飼料添加劑和營養基因組學，以及環境污染物對海洋生態系統的影響。他曾參與多個歐盟、印度和英國資助的項目（例如IVVN、BactiVac）。他已發表了70多篇同行評審的文章，並擁有2項專利，此外還編輯了5本書（Springer、CRC Press），並在60多個國家和國際會議上發表了他的工作。他曾獲得印度國家科學院（INSA）獎學金（2018年）、MASTS獎學金（2019年）、IVVN獎（2020年）、英國皇家生物學學會（FRSB）獎（2021年）和BactiVac獎（2022年）。

Kim Thompson博士是莫爾登研究所的首席研究員，負責水產養殖研究小組。她在斯特靈大學獲得生物化學學士學位，在阿伯丁大學獲得免疫學碩士學位，並在斯特靈大學獲得魚類免疫學博士學位。她已在國際期刊上發表了160多篇與魚類健康相關的文章。她的研究興趣包括魚類病原體（病毒、細菌和寄生蟲）疫苗開發，研究魚類對這些病原體的免疫反應以及影響這一反應的因素。她對開發魚類疾病控制的替代療法（例如功能性飼料、免疫刺激劑和益生菌）感興趣。

Sreeja Lakshmi博士是與英國莫爾登研究所合作的博士後研究科學家。她畢業於卡盧特大學，並在德國雷根斯堡大學分子生物學研究所獲得生物化學和功能基因組學博士學位。她在同行評審的國際期刊上發表了研究文章，並撰寫了書籍和章節。她曾獲得德國巴伐利亞研究基金會、印度政府衛生研究部門的HRD女性科學家獎學金，以及蘇格蘭海洋聯盟科學與技術（MASTS）博士後和早期職業研究交流（PECRE）獎和國際獸醫疫苗學網絡（IVVN）獎學金。