Abstract
The increase of productivity in aquaculture has been accompanied by ecological impacts including emergence of a large
variety of pathogens and bacterial resistance. These impacts are in part due to the indiscriminate use of chemotherapeutic agents
as a result of management practices in production cycles. This review provides a summary of the use of probiotics for prevention
of bacterial diseases in aquaculture, with a critical evaluation of results obtained to date.
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Keywords: Probiotics; Bacteria; Disease control; Aquaculture