Learning Modules: Vaccination
Vaccination is a vital tool in many types of aquaculture for controlling the risk of disease outbreaks and limiting losses due to disease. If you want to know more about the principles of vaccination, especially for salmonids, start with the presentation below.
NB: This link launches a multi-media presentation that require Macromedia flash player to be installed on your computer. You should also have audio switched on.
Further Resources
If you found the presentation interesting you might like to explore the potential costs and benefits of vaccination for your farm (or one that you are familiar with) using this simple cost-benefit calculator:
- Cost-benefit calculator - (MS Excel)
- Cost-benefit calculator - (OpenOffice Calc)
- Cost-benefit calculator - (zipped OpenOffice Calc)
NB. These files are for illustration and education use only
Taking it further
If you have reached this point you probably now have lots of questions… So head for the discussion forum on vaccination and post your question there, or browse previous discussion threads (note you need to have registered with Aquainnovation or Aquamedia and be logged on to use the discussion forums).
If you are ready to stretch yourself further, you may wish to write up a vaccination plan for your farm, or a farm that you are familiar with. This would include such aspects as specifying the products to be used, vaccination methods, timings, equipment and labour requirements, and the precautions you would take before and after the vaccination procedures, and the expected cost benefit calculation. You can then upload it to Aquainnovation for review. You can specify whether your document(s) should be made available for anyone to review, or if you would only like suggestions and feedback from academic tutors or commercial consultants/suppliers from the CSN-INTRAN consortium. You can also help us to expand and improve this site by uploading additional supporting materials (spreadsheets, pictures, videos etc).
