Aquaculture is concerned with the propagation and rearing of aquatic organisms under complete human control involving manipul ation of at least one stage of an aquatic organism’s life before harvest in order to increase its production. Resistance mechanisms of bacteria can arise in one of two ways chromosomal mutation or acquisition R-plasmid. Forty percent of world aquatic product (including capture fisheries) derives from aquaculture being valued at US$ 78 billion. Aquaculture produced molluscsaccount for 21% of total aquaculture product a nd make up 65 % of total molluse product when capture fisheries are considered(FAO, 2007) Diseases caused by vibrio spp an d Aeromonas spp are commonly implicated in episodes of mortality. This review article focuses the 4 use of probionts in aquaculture.
Aquaculture, probiotics, probionts, feed, growth, immunostimulation.
