Les antibiotiques dans les elevages de larves de bivalves marins

Fifty publications (1956–1976) concerning the use of antibiotics in rearing marine bivalve larvae are analysed. Most of the existing antibiotics have been tested alone or in combination, very frequently in an arbitrary fashion and without preliminary study to determine the most suitable antibiotic. The results obtained as regards to the survival of larvae or their growth have been variable, at times contradictory and not repeatable.The problems posed by the utilisation of antibiotics in rearing bivalve larvae are discussed and a standard routine for the use of antibiotics is proposed.