Abstract:[Objective] To explore the immunological responses of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) after being vaccinated with Aeromonas veronii ghosts and formalin inactivated A. veronii vaccine. [Methods] The experiment was consisted of three treatments and conducted in cylindrical fiberglass tanks (260 L/tank): CLGs group injected with CL0901 ghost vaccine, FKC group with formalin killed cell vaccine and the control group with phosphate buffer solution (PBS). All treatments were injected on 1st, 15 th and 29 th day after the experiment started. Three fish in each tank were sampled for blood and tissue at every 7 days after the first inoculation. The evaluation parameters included the serum antibody titer, relative percent survival (RPS), lysozyme (LZM), respiratory burst, complement protein 3 (C3), myeloperoxidase (MPO), malonic dialdehyde (MDA) and relative expression content of hepcidin gene. [Results] After the secondary inoculation, the antibody titer in CLGs group reached 26?28, and it was significantly higher than that in other groups (P<0.05). The respiratory burst, serum LZM, MPO and expression of hepcidin gene of CLGs group were significantly higher than those of PBS group (P<0.05). C3 in CLGs group was significantly lower than that in PBS group on 35 and 42 d (P<0.05). The MPO and expression of hepcidin gene of FKC group were significantly lower than those of CLGs group (P<0.05). The RPS was 57.70% in CLGs group, but 30.77% in FKC group. [Conclusion] These results indicated that the CLGs could enhance the serum antibody titer, respiratory burst, lysozyme, myeloperoxidase and relative expression content of hepcidin gene. As a whole, the effect of immune protection of CLGs is better than that of FKC.