Crustacean Immunology

Course ID: M330148J

Credits: 3

Objective: The aim of this course is to help students understand the immune system of crustaceans, its interactions with fish pathogens, and responses to various environmental stimuli and vaccines. Crustaceans thrive in both marine and freshwater environments, which are rich in different pathogens and parasites. Therefore, a robust defense system to resist the invasion of foreign pathogens and parasites is the optimal strategy. The course will also include the study and discussion of relevant literature from the current field of invertebrate immunology research.

Course Prerequisites: Biology, Aquaculture.

Outline: 

1.Introduction 

2.The Evolution of immune system 

3.Crustacean physiological features and barriers 

4.Hemocyte and cell-mediated immunity (I) 

5.Hemocyte and cell-mediated immunity (II) 

6.Humoral immunity (I) 

7.Humoral immunity (II) 

8.Stress and immune response 

9.Crustacean disease (I) 

10.Crustacean disease (II) 

14.Defence mechanisms in crustaceans 

15.Immunostimulants 

16.Aquatic vaccine and vaccinology 

17.Aquatic functional diet and the application

Teaching Method:  

Lecturing; the lecture performs oral presentation to deliver information on each subject. Use PowerPoint to present lecture information with key words, concepts, figures and images or videos.

Reference:  

1.Söderhäll. (2010). Invertebrate immunity. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 

2.Selvin, J., Ninawe, A. S., & Lipton, A. P. (2009). Shrimp disease management: Prospective approaches. Ane Books. 

3.Fish Defenses, Vol I: Immunology. Edited by G. Zaccone et al., (2017). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group Adams, A. 2016.