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INTRODUCTION<br />

but the results showed short-term protection. The best protection against<br />

pseudotuberculosis was obtained with an ECP-<strong>en</strong>riched bacterin (Magariños et al., 1994,<br />

1997, 1999). This vaccine is curr<strong>en</strong>tly commercially avai<strong>la</strong>ble and has be<strong>en</strong> successfully<br />

employed in several European countries including Spain, Portugal and Greece. In<br />

addition, a dival<strong>en</strong>t vaccine with bacterin and formaline-inactivated ECPs of V. harveyi<br />

and P. damse<strong>la</strong>e subsp. piscicida has shown promising results in sole (Arijo et al.,<br />

2005).<br />

Future tr<strong>en</strong>ds in vaccine formu<strong>la</strong>tions against P. damse<strong>la</strong>e subsp. piscicida inclu<strong>de</strong><br />

the use of proteins from cellu<strong>la</strong>r <strong>en</strong>velope (Magariños et al., 1994) and iron-regu<strong>la</strong>ted<br />

OMPs as protective antig<strong>en</strong>s.<br />

The combination of vaccination and immunostimu<strong>la</strong>nts appears as the most<br />

effective strategy to prev<strong>en</strong>t and fight against infectious diseases in fish (Sakai, 1999).<br />

At pres<strong>en</strong>t, the use of immunostimu<strong>la</strong>nts, in addition to chemotherapeutic ag<strong>en</strong>ts and<br />

vaccines, has be<strong>en</strong> wi<strong>de</strong>ly accepted by fish farmers. However it is necessary search for<br />

new immunostimu<strong>la</strong>nt ag<strong>en</strong>ts effective against pathog<strong>en</strong>s and with reduced production<br />

costs.<br />

Finally, probiotics, microbial cells orally administered capable to induce positive<br />

effects on host health repres<strong>en</strong>t another alternative to combat diseases affecting farmed<br />

fish.<br />

4.2. IMMUNOMODULATION. IMMUNOSTIMULATION<br />

Immunomodu<strong>la</strong>tion is the ability of certain substances to regu<strong>la</strong>te the immune<br />

system, may be immunostimu<strong>la</strong>tion or immuno<strong>de</strong>pression, stimu<strong>la</strong>ting or <strong>de</strong>pressing the<br />

immune system, respectively. The main reason to search for new immunostimu<strong>la</strong>nt<br />

ag<strong>en</strong>ts is the great <strong>de</strong>velopm<strong>en</strong>t of the aquaculture and the increase of stress situations<br />

and diseases caused by int<strong>en</strong>sive cultures. Some studies have reported that the negative<br />

effects associated to immuno<strong>de</strong>pression were overcome by immunostimu<strong>la</strong>nts, since the<br />

immunostimu<strong>la</strong>nts increase resistance against infectious diseases, by <strong>en</strong>hancing nonspecific<br />

<strong>de</strong>f<strong>en</strong>ce mechanisms. Immunostimu<strong>la</strong>nts facilitate phagocytic cells function and<br />

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