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Probiotics in aquaculture: importance and future perspectives

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Aquaculture is one of the fastest developing growth sectors in the world and Asia presently contributes about 90% to the global production. However, disease outbreaks are constraint to aquaculture production thereby affects both economic development of the country and socio-economic status of the local people in many countries of Asia-Pacifi c region. Disease control in aquaculture industry has been achieved by following different methods using traditional ways, synthetic chemicals and antibiotics. However, the use of such expensive chemotherapeutants for controlling diseases has been widely criticized for their negative impacts like accumulation of residues, development of drug resistance, immunosuppressants and reduced consumer preference for aqua products treated with antibiotics and traditional methods are ineffective against controlling new diseases in large aquaculture systems. Therefore, alternative methods need to be developed to maintain a healthy microbial environment in the aquaculture systems there by to maintain the health of the cultured organisms. Use of probiotics is one of such method that is gaining importance in controlling potential pathogens. This review provides a summary of the criteria for the selection of the potential probiotics, their importance and future perspectives in aquaculture industry.

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    Maloy Kumar Sahu, N. S. Swarnakumar, K. Sivakumar & T. Thangaradjou

  2. Thiruvalluvar University, Fort Campus, Vellore, 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India

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Sahu, M.K., Swarnakumar, N.S., Sivakumar, K. et al. Probiotics in aquaculture: importance and future perspectives. Indian J Microbiol 48, 299–308 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-008-0024-3

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