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Research Project: Improving Warmwater Finfish Health through Pathogen Characterization, Vaccination, and Natural Feed Additives

Location: Aquatic Animal Health Research

Title: Fantastic Flavos – An Introduction to the Special Issue, Flavobacteria: Current status and future directions

Author
item Lafrentz, Benjamin
item LOCH, THOMAS - Michigan State University
item BRUCE, TIMOTHY - Auburn University

Submitted to: Journal of Fish Diseases
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/18/2025
Publication Date: 7/23/2025
Citation: LaFrentz, B.R., Loch, T.P., Bruce, T.J. Fantastic flavos – an introduction to the special issue, Flavobacteria: current status and future directions. J. Fish Dis., 48: Article e70012. 2025.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.70012

Interpretive Summary: In this Editorial, an introduction to the Special Issue entitled, "Flavobacteria: Current status and future direction" is provided. Submissions focused on treatment and control strategies, detection and diagnosis, emergent flavobacterial pathogens, pathogenesis, host immune responses, histopathology, molecular diversity, epidemiology, disease ecology and transmission were invited. As such, the resulting special issue, includes original research focusing on (1) prevention and control, and (2) host-pathogen-environment interactions of Flavobacterium covae and Flavobacterium psychrophilum.

Technical Abstract: No abstract for this Editorial.