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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Attila Karsi, Starkville, MS (US);
Mark L. Lawrence, Starkville, MS (US);
Hossam Abdelhamed, Starkville, MS (US);
Attila Karsi, Starkville, MS (US);
Mark L. Lawrence, Starkville, MS (US);
Hossam Abdelhamed, Starkville, MS (US);
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Mississippi State, MS (US);
Abstract
A live attenuatedbacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional evpB protein and a method of using the same to protect fish against infection from virulent. The methods and compositions for protecting fish against infection from virulentcomprising administering to a fish a therapeutically effective amount of an attenuatedbacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional EvpB protein. The bacterium may include an insertion and/or deletion mutation in the evpB gene. The fish include catfish, preferably catfish fingerling or a catfish fry. The composition may be delivered via immersion delivery, an injection delivery, an oral delivery, or combinations thereof.