TABLE 2.
Treatment | Administration route | No of fish challenged | Primary vaccination (TCID50 fish−1) | Booster vaccination (TCID50 fish−1) | Challenge (TCID50 fish−1) | Survival rate (%) | RPS (%) | Significant level (compared to control) |
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Day 0 | Day 21 | Day 28 | ||||||
Control (L15 media) | IP | 16 (× 2 rep.) | 0 | 0 | 9 × 105 | 28.13 ± 30.9 | NA | |
HKV | IP | 16 (× 2 rep.) | 1.8 × 106 | 1.8 × 106 | 9 × 105 | 81.3 ± 0.0 | 71.3 | p < .0001 |
FKV | IP | 15 (× 2 rep.) | 1.8 × 106 | 1.8 × 106 | 9 × 105 | 86.3 ± 0.0 | 79.6 | p < .0001 |
FKV, formalin‐killed vaccine group; IP, intraperitoneal injection; HKV, heat‐killed vaccine group; NA, not applicable; rep, replicate.