IMMUNAQUA: ANTI-INFECTIOUS IMMUNE EFFECTORS IN MARINE INVERTEBRATES: CHARACTERISATION AND APPLICATION FOR DISEASE CONTROL IN AQUACULTURE; A EUROPEAN PROJECT

摘要

As world aquaculture is facing economical losses due to infectious diseases, collaborative work is currently developed in the frame of the EC INCO-DEV program, Immunaqua (ICA4-CT-2001-10023), to provide new data and new tools for the control of diseases in mollusc and shrimp aquaculture.Difficulties for control of diseases in marine invertebrate aquaculture comes from the etiological diversity of pathogens that affect them (namely, bacteria, viruses, fungi or protozoans) during different stages of their development. These pathologies reduce larval production and lead to profitability problems due to stock mortalities. Until recently, to overcome such problems, a common practise in hatcheries was based on the intensive use of antibiotics, which have fostered the development of drug-resistant bacteria. Discharged with wastewater, these bacteria can have harmful consequence for environment. Thus, new alternative treatments need to be developed.