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ANTIGEN PRODUCTION & TROUT IMMUNIZATION AGAINST INFECTIOUS HEMATOPOIETIC NECROSIS VIRUS

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2648
Amount: $180,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
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Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Route 1 Box 264
Hagerman, ID 83332
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Blake F Grant Phd
 Director Iarc
 (208) 543-6421
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Abstract

IMMUNIZATION IS THE ONLY PRACTICAL CONTROL FOR HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE INFECTIOUS HEMATOPOIETIC NECROSIS (IHN) VIRUS INFECTIONS OF TROUT AND SALMON. IHN VIRUS GROWN IN CELL CULTURE EITHER GIVES TOO LITTLE ANTIGEN OR THE MATERIAL IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY ANTIGENIC FOR USE AS A KILLED-VACCINE. BUTVIRUS REPLICATION AND SHEDDING DURING EPIZOOTICS PRODUCE HIGH LEVELS OF NATURAL INFECTIVITY AND, PERHAPS, A FORM HAVING GREATER IMMUNOGENICITY. OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO HARVEST WATERBORNE INFECTIVITY, CONCENTRATE AND TREAT IT, AND TEST RESULTING PREPARATIONS FOR CONFERRING IMMUNITY. THE APPROACH IS TO INDUCE IHN EPIZOOTICS IN TROUT POPULATIONS, PASS EFFLUENTS THROUGH ADSORPTION MEDIA, DISSOCIATE CONCENTRATED MATERIAL , KILL OR MODIFY THE VIRUS,CONTACT TROUT POSTLARVAE WITH THE KILLED PREPARATIONS AS SUCCESSFULLY DONE WITH BACTERIN VACCINES, AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL IMMUNIZATION. IF REASONABLE PROTECTION IS CONFERRED, THE PROCESSES ARE TO BE OPTIMIZED AND USED FOR VACCINE COMMERCIALIZATION.

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