article · Reviews in Aquaculture
This review explores the use of probiotics as a sustainable alternative to synthetic chemicals and antibiotics in aquaculture, a major global food production sector. It highlights how probiotics, derived from beneficial microorganisms, can maintain the health and well-being of aquatic animals. The study aimed to understand the necessity of probiotics for regulating growth performance, feed utilisation, and general health in sustainable aquaculture. It also discusses the role of host microbiota in producing probiotic strains and how probiotics enhance host immunity. The review consolidates existing research to inform future development of probiotic applications in aquaculture.
As aquaculture expands to meet global food demands, sustainable practices are crucial. Probiotics offer an environmentally friendly way to manage aquatic animal health and growth, reducing reliance on synthetic chemicals and antibiotics. This supports healthier food production and minimises environmental impact.
This review consolidates knowledge on probiotic applications, indicating potential for developing new biological products for the aquaculture industry. These could include novel aquafeed additives or direct treatments to improve fish health and growth, reducing disease and antibiotic use. This is early-stage research synthesis, informing future product development for aquafeed manufacturers and aquaculture farms.
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Abstract Aquaculture, which constitutes one of the largest food production sectors in the world, is preferably practiced with natural organic products rather than with synthetic chemicals or antibiotics. In addition to the daunting challenge of providing food and livelihood to the exponentially increasing world population, the aquaculture industry is key to ensuring that development is based on environmentally sustainable practices, specifically in the production of aquafeeds. Terrestrial microorganisms that act as natural defence systems of cultured species have been identified as the main producer for the beneficial bacterial candidates. Probiotics have recently gained popularity as beneficial microbes candidates in cultured organisms to maintain the health condition and well‐being of different aquatic animals. This review aimed to understand the necessity of using probiotics as a sustainable alternative to regulate the growth performance, feed utilisation and general health condition for sustainable aquaculture. Also, explanatory discussion about the host microbiota and its ability to produce different probiotic strains and the probiotic functionality to ameliorate the host immunity to provide the interactive effects on the host‐derived probiotics. By presenting the results obtained from the previous studies about the ability of probiotics to sustain the aquatic animal's performances, this study condensed the current knowledge and information for future research and development of the probiotic application in aquaculture.
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DOI: 10.1111/raq.12272
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