Novartis Ag

Prodigene, Inc.

Novartis Animal Health Us, Inc.

Linda Bootland

Katherine Beifuss

Nathalie C Simard

Plants are produced that express an amino acid sequence that, when administered to a fish, produce an antigenic or immune response in the fish. The amino acid sequence in one embodiment is an antigen from an organism that causes pathology in fish. The plant tissue may be fed to the fish, or mixed with other materials and fed to fish, or extracted and administered to the fish.

Immunization of fish with plant-expressed recombinant proteins

A vaccine comprises a portion of IHNV G protein and a portion of a second protein from a fish pathogen, or their respective nucleic acid coding sequences. The presence of the IHNV G protein boosts the immune response to the second protein, resulting in a protective effect against infection by the fish pathogen and/or mortality caused by the fish pathogen from which the second protein is derived.

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Crapaud, Canada

Linda Bootland