Effects of Dietary Probiotics on the Growth and Feeding Efficiency of Red Hybrid Tilapia,Oreochromis sp., and Subsequent Resistance to Streptococcus agalactiae |
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| Authors: | Wing-Keong Ng Young-Chul Kim Nicholas Romano Chik-Boon Koh Si-Yong Yang |
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| Institution: | 1. Fish Nutrition Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysiawkng@usm.my;3. Fish Nutrition Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia;4. Research Institute of Biotechnology, CJ CheilJedang Corp., Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract: | An eight-week trial was performed to evaluate three commercial/prototype probiotics supplemented in red hybrid tilapia, Oreochromis sp. diets. Triplicate groups of tilapia were measured for growth performance, feeding efficiencies, and whole-body composition. After the feeding trial, duplicate groups of tilapia were assessed for their resistance to Streptococcus agalactiae over 23 days. Six diets were supplemented with 0.1% or 0.3% PB1 consisting of Bacillus subtilis, 0.1% or 0.3% PB2 consisting of B. licheniformis or 0.1% MPB consisting of Bacillus sp. and Pediococcus sp. Probiotics had no effect (p > 0.05) on growth or feeding efficiencies, although whole-body crude protein was significantly higher in the PB1 0.3% treatment. Tilapia in the probiotic treatments had a higher resistance to S. agalactiae and, with the exception of the PB2 0.1% diet, were all significantly higher than the control treatment. Although the tested probiotics were not growth promoters, dietary B. subtilis was the most effective prophylactic against pathogenic bacteria. |
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| Keywords: | Bacillus probiotics Streptococcus agalactiae disease resistance tilapia |
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