“…The bacteria spread with host faeces and survive in water, sediments and biofilms for months, and even surviving fish without signs may serve as carriers, emphasizing that control methods are indispensable in infected systems (Coquet et al., 2002 ; Valtonen et al., 1992 ; Willumsen, 1989 ). Vaccines, immunostimulants, prebiotics and probiotics have been shown to confer some protection against Y. ruckeri (Adel et al., 2020 ; Austin et al., 2003 ; Bilen et al., 2020 ; Medina et al., 2020 ; Ohtani et al., 2020 ; Rashidian et al., 2020 ; Yamaguchi et al., 2019 ; Yilmaz et al., 2020 ). Among these approaches, vaccination is the most successful strategy providing a high relative percentage of survival (RPS) and the protection may be promoted through optimization of administration methods, water temperature, booster vaccination and adjuvants (Chettri et al., 2013 ; Jaafar et al., 2015 ; Raida & Buchmann, 2008a ; Skov et al., 2018 ; Soltani et al., 2014 ; Yamaguchi et al., 2019 ).…”