Role of Probiotics in Aquaculture

Fish a protein, vitamin rich and fat deficient diet is considered as a vital brain food. Aquaculture has emerged to provide nutritional and food security to people. The three Indian major carps, namely, catla (Catla catla), rohu (Labeo rohita) and mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala) are the major contributor of Indian aquaculture production. The use of probiotics in aquaculture is becoming increasingly popular, microbial cells. Probiotics should be defined as live microbes which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host. Thus Probiotics are defined as live cells or substrates that provide benefits by stimulating growth and improving immune response. The review focuses on the use of Probiotics as prophylactic rather than therapeutic. Commercial production of Probiotics requires a consideration of safety issues.