Fish Disease Prevention: Immune Defense and Vaccine Development
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Welfare, Health and Disease".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aquaculture; disease prevention and control; vaccine；physiology and pathology; immunology; toxicology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the continuous expansion of intensive aquaculture, disease prevention has become one of the most critical challenges facing aquaculture. The outbreak of infectious diseases not only leads to significant economic losses but also threatens the sustainability and environmental safety of aquaculture practices. Strengthening immune defense mechanisms and promoting vaccine development are therefore essential strategies to enhance disease resistance in aquatic species and support a healthy aquaculture system.
This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality research articles and reviews on recent advances in understanding immune mechanisms, developing effective vaccines, and implementing practical disease prevention strategies in farmed fish and other aquatic animals. We welcome submissions of original research articles, reviews, and perspectives related to, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Innate and adaptive immune mechanisms in aquatic species;
- Development and efficacy evaluation of vaccines against major aquatic pathogens;
- Immunostimulants and functional feed additives for enhancing disease resistance;
- Diagnostic tools and health monitoring techniques for early disease detection;
- Interaction between nutrition, immunity, and disease prevention;
- Pathogen virulence factors and host–pathogen interactions;
- Biosecurity measures and sustainable disease management practices;
- Emerging approaches: phage therapy, quorum quenching, nanotechnology, and microbiome modulation.
Dr. Rongrong Ma
Dr. Yongxiang Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fish disease prevention
- immune mechanisms
- vaccine development
- diagnostics and biosecurity
- aquaculture
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