The potential of mucoadhesive polymer in enhancing efficacy of direct immersion vaccination against Flavobacterium columnare infection in tilapia

In this study, we have successfully developed a mucoadhesive vaccine delivery system to enhance the efficacy of direct immersion vaccination against Flavobacterium columnare, the causative agent of columnaris disease in red tilapia. A formalin-killed negatively charged, bacterial cell suspension was used to prepare a mucoadhesive vaccine by electrostatic coating with positively charged chitosan. Our results demonstrate that the chitosan-complexed vaccine greatly increases its mucoadhesiveness, thus increasing the chances of vaccine uptake by the gill mucosa and improving the protection obtained against columnaris infection. The surface charge of the chitosan-complexed vaccine was altered from anionic to cationic after chitosan modification. Tilapia were vaccinated with the prepared chitosa...

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