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Catfish studies underway to reduce losses.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 26-NOV-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Mississippi State University (MSU) researchers are working to develop a new vaccine to protect catfish from a devastating bacterial disease that costs the industry millions of dollars each year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded more than $371,400 to MSU's College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) to study enteric septicemia, or ESC. Researchers believe a modified live vaccine against the disease could dramatically reduce economic losses to catfish farmers.

Project director Attila Karsi, an assistant research professor,...

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