URI praised for fish vaccination

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- Researchers at the University of Rhode Island are being honored for developing a novel way to vaccinate fish.

Professors Marta Gomez-Chiarri and David Nelson created a way to vaccinate fish by immersing them in a vaccine bath. The process is considered easier and less expensive that existing, which involve injecting one fish after another with vaccinations.

The two professors recently received a university award for their patented process.

Fish vaccinations are used in fish farms to prevent outbreaks of disease.

The researchers are now working to commercialize their vaccination method.