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Probiotic Supplements in Aquaculture: Latest Developments and Future Trends

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Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing fish farming venture in the world. With the intensification of culture practices, different methods and technologies have developed simultaneously. Usage of different chemical additives, antibiotics, prophylactics, medicines, etc. has become more widespread for reducing disease risk and to increase production for commercial benefit. Some of this methods, technologies, and substances may bring commercial benefits for producers; but, over the year, adverse health effect of these substances for consumption has become a great concern. The probiotic application instead of other chemotherapeutic drug is more safely, eco-friendly because it is nonantibiotic and alternative source of antibiotic. It fights against different infectious disease by increasing the population of beneficial bacteria. It accelerates the growth, increases immune response, improves the digestibility, and also improves the water quality. The probiotic helps fish to fights against different types of pathogens and improves the anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal properties. To identify probiotic supplements use in aquaculture, their current condition and future perspective different journal and scientific paper are reviewed. The probiotics use in aquaculture is recent trend. But it has not been studied extensively in the field of aquatic environment. This review study provides recent knowledge of the use of probiotic supplements in aquaculture with the latest developments and future prospects.

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The authors acknowledge partial financial support from BANBEIS (Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information & Statistics), Ministry of Education, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Roy, N.C., Munni, M.J., Chowdhury, M.A., Akther, K.R. (2021). Probiotic Supplements in Aquaculture: Latest Developments and Future Trends. In: Gupta, S.K., Giri, S.S. (eds) Biotechnological Advances in Aquaculture Health Management . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5195-3_16

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