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Review
. 2006 May 31;114(3-4):173-86.
doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.01.009. Epub 2006 Feb 21.

The role of probiotics in aquaculture

José Luis Balcázar  1 , Ignacio de Blas, Imanol Ruiz-Zarzuela, David Cunningham, Daniel Vendrell, José Luis Múzquiz
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The role of probiotics in aquaculture

José Luis Balcázar et al. Vet Microbiol. .

Abstract

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.

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