The role of probiotics in aquaculture.
The increase of productivity in aquaculture has been accompanied by ecological impacts including emergence of a large variety of pathogens and bacterial resistance. These impacts are in part due to the indiscriminate use of chemotherapeutic agents as a result of management practices in production cycles. This review provides a summary of the use of probiotics for prevention of bacterial diseases in aquaculture, with a critical evaluation of results obtained to date.
Balcázar
José Luis
JL
Laboratory of Fish Pathology, University of Zaragoza, c/. Miguel Servet 177, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain. balcazar@unizar.es
de Blas
Ignacio
I
Ruiz-Zarzuela
Imanol
I
Cunningham
David
D
Vendrell
Daniel
D
Múzquiz
José Luis
JL
D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture / Q000379:methods*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development; D003445:Crustacea / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005399:Fishes; D008974:Mollusca / Q000382:microbiology; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use