Probiotics: an effective feed supplemnt in Shrimp culture

Efficiency Analysis of an Asian Shrimp Industry: Malaysian Shrimp Culture

S OF PAPERS Twenty-first Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 11-12 April 1996 The Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium is held in honor of Professor Albert L. Tester, who, at the time of his death in 1974, was senior professor of zoology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. The faculty and students of the Department of Zoology proposed an annual symposium of student research papers as ...

Probiotics as Antiviral Agents in Shrimp Aquaculture

Shrimp farming is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimps or prawns for human consumption and is now considered as a major economic and food production sector as it is an increasingly important source of protein available for human consumption. Intensification of shrimp farming had led to the development of a number of diseases, which resulted in the excessive use of antim...

The use of probiotics in shrimp aquaculture.

Shrimp aquaculture, as well as other industries, constantly requires new techniques in order to increase production yield. Modern technologies and other sciences such as biotechnology and microbiology are important tools that could lead to a higher quality and greater quantity of products. Feeding and new practices in farming usually play an important role in aquaculture, and the addition of va...

Effect of probiotics on bacterial population and health status of shrimp in culture pond ecosystem.

The artificially manufactured probiotics having beneficial bacteria, Bacillus spp. was applied regularly in a modified extensive shrimp (Penaeus monodon) culture pond, located on the bank of Vellar estuary, Parangipettai. The populations of total heterotrophic bacteria (THB), beneficial bacteria (Bacillus spp.) and pathogenic bacteria (vibrios) were monitored in water and sediment of the pond. ...

Probiotics in Larvae and Juvenile Whiteleg Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei