A Mini-Review: The Role of Chitosan in Aquaculture Fish Health Management

Sustainable fish farming activities are a hope for all cultivators. Suitable and stable environmental conditions important factors the sustainability of to grow, reproduce, avoid stress disease. Providing balanced diet is one that must be considered. Diets equipped with additives have been in great demand by researchers field aquaculture, which chitosan. Chitosan (β-(1-4)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) natural polymer derived from exoskeleton insects, crustaceans, fungal cell walls, through process deacetylation chitin base. The biological properties chitosan include immunostimulant, antibacterial, wound healing, analgesic, anti-oxidant, anti-tumor intestinal microbial control. In addition, also safe additive. Based on some chitosan, it possible apply cultivation. Therefore, interest aquaculture. purpose this article inform effect includes antibacterial activity against several types bacteria attack fish, immunostimulant growth fish. results research tests described above, has potential used management health, because immunostimulating effects, use sustainable aquaculture does not toxic effects positive impact various species, can eliminate heavy metals body. given feed or injection. applied effectively if concentration appropriate, adjusted type