Claims
- 1. A vaccine comprising a protective amount of the attenuated Pasteurella piscicida bacterium with ATCC accession number 202110.
- 2. A vaccine comprising a protective amount of an attenuated Pasteurella piscicida bacterium, wherein said attenuated Pasteurella piscicida bacterium comprises the artificial aroA gene mutation as found in the bacterium with ATCC accession number 202110.
- 3. The vaccine as recited-in claim 1, wherein said bacterium is the progeny of the bacterium with ATCC accession number 202110; wherein said bacterium has the aromatic amino acid auxotrophic characteristics of the bacterium with ATCC accession number 202110.
- 4. The vaccine as recited in claim 1, wherein said bacterium additionally comprises an exogenous gene encoding an antigenic peptide or antigenic protein that is native to a fish pathogen other than Pasteurella piscicida.
- 5. A method of reducing the susceptibility of a fish to Pasteurellosis, comprising administering to the fish the vaccine as recited in claim 2.
- 6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the fish is selected from the group consisting of percichthyids, serranids, carangids, balistids, and sparids.
- 7. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said administering step comprises immersing the fish in said vaccine.
- 8. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said administering step comprises feeding the fish a food product comprising said vaccine.
- 9. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said administering step comprises injecting the fish with said vaccine intraperitoneally.
- 10. The vaccine as recited in claim 2, wherein said attenuated Pasteurella piscicida bacterium additionally comprises an exogenous gene encoding an antigenic peptide or antigenic protein that is native to a fish pathogen other than Pasteurella piscicida.
- 11. A method of reducing the susceptibility of a fish to infection by a pathogen that expresses the antigenic peptide or antigenic protein that is encoded by the exogenous gene of the attenuated Pasteurella piscicida bacterium comprised in the vaccine of claim 10, comprising administering to the fish a protective amount of said vaccine.
- 12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the fish is selected from the group consisting of percichthyids, serranids, carangids, balistids, and sparids.
- 13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein said administering step comprises immersing the fish in said vaccine.
- 14. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein said administering step comprises feeding the fish a food product comprising said vaccine.
- 15. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein said administering step comprises injecting the fish with said vaccine intraperitoneally.
Parent Case Info
The benefit of the Apr. 11, 1997 filing date of provisional application serial number 60/043,768 is claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) in the United States, and is claimed under applicable treaties and conventions outside the United States.
Government Interests
The development of this invention was partially funded by the United States Government under grant 93-34310-9057 and Hatch grant, both from the United States Department of Agriculture. The United States Government may have certain rights in this invention.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
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Kind |
PCT/US98/07066 |
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WO |
00 |
Publishing Document |
Publishing Date |
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Kind |
WO98/46725 |
10/22/1998 |
WO |
A |
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Provisional Applications (1)
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Date |
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60/043768 |
Apr 1997 |
US |