An overview of the importance of probiotics in aquaculture

Probiotics are live microbes that may serve as dietary supplements to improve the host. Development of probiotics in aquaculture will reduce the list of antimicrobial drugs which were prophylactic alone and which possess potential hazards to man who consume them. Probiotics was used to reduce mortality in fingerlings of some important fish. Probiotics is cost effective and useful despite the fact that its usefulness has not been proved in fishes unlike land animals.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nwachi, O.F.
Format: conference_item biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Fisheries Society of Nigeria 2010
Subjects:Aquaculture, Nigeria, freshwater environment, Microorganisms, Food organisms,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/38190
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