Characterisation of Lactococcal and Streptococcal proteins critical for fish pathogenesis

该项目与生物科学和生物技术部门保持一致，特别是通过改善粮食安全和生产，以及提高一系列对英国水产养殖具有重要商业意义的鱼类的抗病能力，包括虹鲑鱼和大比目鱼。它还将影响一系列正在蓬勃发展的英国产业的鱼类物种，如罗非鱼、鳕鱼、鲶鱼和Barramundi，每一种鱼都容易感染链球菌病。如果英国要提高粮食生产的自力更生能力，就必须研究更多种类鱼类的替代养殖，同时研究提高鲑鱼产业现有生产能力的战略，改进疾病控制将对鱼类健康、福利和整体生产力产生积极的连锁反应。

This project aligns to the bioscience and biotechnology sectors specifically through improving food security and production and increasing the disease resistance of a range of commercially important fish species for UK aquaculture including rainbow trout and turbot. It will also impact on a range of fish species that are burgeoning UK industries such as tilapia, seabass, catfish, and barramundi, each of which is susceptible to Streptococcosis. If the UK is to increase self-reliance in food production, alternate farming of more diverse species of fish must be investigated alongside strategies to increase current capacity in the trout industry and improved disease control will have positive knock on effects for fish health, welfare and overall productivity.