Probiotics for shrimp larviculture: review of field data from Asia and Latin America

By O. Decamp, D. Moriarty, P. Lavens. 2008

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Disease problems have emerged as major constraints in aquaculture production. The prophylactic application of antibiotics is expensive and detrimental, i.e. selection of bacteria that are drug-resistant or more virulent and the prevalence of drug residues in reared animals. Probiotics, which compete with bacterial pathogens for nutrients and/or inhibit the growth of pathogens, could be a valid alternative to the prophylactic application of chemicals. A mixture of specific Bacillus strains was designed following a research programme on the ability of numerous Bacillus strains to inhibit a range of pathogenic Vibrio strains, to grow under conditions prevailing in shrimp hatcheries and to degrade waste products. These strains were then included in bioassays and challenge tests in order to confirm the lack of toxin production and pathogenicity to humans, target organisms and the environment. Here, we report on the performance of a commercially available mixture of Bacillus strains (SANOLIFE® MIC), using data from Asian and Latin-American hatcheries, with Penaeus monodon (Fabricius 1798) and Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone 1931). These results show that probiotics may be a suitable alternative to the prophylactic use of antibiotics. Obviously, minimizing the risk of vibriosis demands a multi-disciplinary approach, including good hygiene and sanitation measures to reduce the input of potential pathogens, as well as a suitable farm management.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Endocrinology, Immunology

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Application of Probiotics in Shrimp Aquaculture: Importance, Mechanisms of Action, and Methods of Administration (2016, background): “Decamp et al. (2008) reported the performance of Bacillus strains, using data from Asian and Latin American hatcheries with P. monodon and Liptopenaeus vannamei.”
Beneficial effects of four Bacillus strains on the larval cultivation of Litopenaeus vannamei (2011, background): “Development of suitable probiotics is not a simple task and requires full-scale trials, aswell as development of appropriate monitoring tools and controlled production (Decamp et al., 2008).”
Effect of dietary Bacillus spp. and mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) on European lobster (Homarus gammarus L.) larvae growth performance, gut morphology and gut microbiota (2010, background): “(Decamp and Moriarty, 2007; Decamp et al., 2008) and in prawn Penaeus semisulcatus (Genc et al.”
The Effect of Probiotics in a Litopenaeus vannamei Biofloc Culture System Infected with Vibrio parahaemolyticus (2014, background): “In addition, several studies (Decamp et al. 2008; Rengpipat et al. 1998) have also shown that Bacillus strains can increase shrimp survival when exposed to pathogenic Vibrio.”
Probiotic effect of Bacillus NL110 and Vibrio NE17 on the survival, growth performance and immune response of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) (2010, background): “Garriques and Arevalo (1995) reported better shrimp growth in commercial P. vannamei hatcheries, treated with V. alginolyticus, while Wang (2007) observed a signi¢cantly higher mean weight in probiotic-treated groups of P.”
Biofloc technology in aquaculture: Beneficial effects and future challenges (2012, background): “…been published on the benefits of using Bacillus to improve shrimp growth performance, survival, immunity, and disease resistance in aquaculture (Decamp et al., 2008; Tseng et al., 2009; Verschuere et al., 2000)we inoculated biofloc reactorswith a probiotic Bacillus mixture in an attempt to…”
Host-Associated Probiotics: A Key Factor in Sustainable Aquaculture (2020, background): “Adding probiotics in both water 440 and feed may provide better opportunities for the colonization of probiotics in the fish 441 intestine, thereby enabling them to compete with pathogens for nutrients, and/or to inhibit the 442 growth of pathogens; thus altering the prophylactic use of chemicals, a”