Although the level of these genes was generally higher in the animals exposed to DMSO compared to those exposed to antibiotics, independent of the infection, some of them were downregulated by SVCV challenge in the DMSO-treated fish (c4, serpina1, serpina1l, serpinf2a, tfa), whereas they were not significantly affected by the infection in the fish exposed to antibiotics (Figure 8). This evidence concerns the gene F3 and infection.