Use of Probiotics in Diets of Tilapia
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Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing sectors of agriculture globally. Production in freshwater and marine fisheries has plateaued, and the increasing demand for seafood and need for affordable protein sources in third world countries will ensure growth of aquaculture in the future. Tilapia are the second most cultured fish worldwide behind the carps, and even though they are easily cultured in a wide variety of environments and are relatively resistant to aquaculture stressors compared to other cultured finfish species, significant losses to disease still occur under intensive culture. Traditionally, antibiotics and other chemicals have been used to treat disease outbreaks in cultured fish species. However, the scope of approved application for most antibiotics is very narrow and concern over development of antibiotic resistant pathogens will further limit use in the future. The focus instead has turned to finding safe and effective means of preventing infectious diseases in cultured finfish, including tilapia. In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the use of probiotic bacteria added to diets to increase immunity as well as improve growth performance in fish. Little probiotic research has been conducted in tilapia, but of the research that has been performed, most has taken place within the last five years. Due to its apparent effectiveness in improving health and growth in tilapia, research and interest in probiotics is likely to continue, which will hopefully fill existing research gaps.
Subfields: Aquatic Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Immunology
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Citations in the corpus
- Assessing the impact of Bacillus strains mixture probiotic on water quality, growth performance, blood profile and intestinal morphology of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (2018, background): “Probiotics have been 58 used to improve the growth performance and decrease production costs of farmed tilapia in 59 many studies (Ibrahem, 2015; Hai, 2015; Taoka et al., 2006; Welker & Lim, 2011).”
- Strategies to modulate the intestinal microbiota of Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) in aquaculture: a review (2018, background): “Resistant microbiota can wreak havoc on aquaculture facilities while the potential for disease transmission from carcass to humans is concerning to consumers (Serrano 2005; Ferguson et al. 2010; Nayak 2010b; Defoirdt et al. 2011; Welker & Lim 2011; Cruz et al. 2012; Tuan et al. 2013).”
- Different levels of probiotics affect growth, survival and body composition of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cultured in low input ponds (2019, background): “Improvement of feed digestibility (although not specifically measured in the present study) and nutrient utilization associated with enhanced presence of gut microbes could have led to the observed higher growth rates since gut microbes are known to produce additional amino acids that are beneficial”