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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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