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Table 8.5 Probiotic persistence in the GI tract of fish after the cessation of dietary provision.

Probiotic Fish species Persistence

duration

Methodology
and notes

Reference

C. divergens a Rainbow trout > 4 days Culture based; probiont

decreased from ca. log
8CFUg -1 at the end of the
feeding period to log
5CFUg -1 after cessation of
probiotic feeding for 4 days

Jöborn et al .
(1997)

C. divergens Rainbow trout > 3 weeks DGGE Kim and Austin

(2006)

C. maltaro-
maticum

Rainbow trout > 3 weeks DGGE Kim and Austin

(2006)

C. inhibens Rainbow trout < 6 days

(fingerlings);
<

Culture based Robertson et al .

(2000)

10 days (fry)

Lb. rhamnosus Rainbow trout < 15 days Culture based approaches

revealed no detectable
probiotic levels after 15 days
cessation of provision, no
further data at other time
points

Panigrahi et al .
(2005)

Lb. sakei Brown trout > 2 weeks Culture based Balcázar et al .

(2007a)

Lb. plantarum Tilapia < 3 days Culture based Bucio Galindo

et al . (2009)

Leu.
mesenteroides

Brown trout > 2 weeks Culture based Balcázar et al .

(2007a)

Lc. lactis Brown trout > 2 weeks Culture based Balcázar et al .

(2007a)

P. acidilactici Tilapia > 17, < 21 days DGGE detected the presence of

the probiont 17 days post
cessation of provision, but not
at day 21. Culture based data
revealed that LAB levels
decreased to levels
comparable to the control
after 14 days

Ferguson et al .
(2010)

P. acidilactici Rainbow trout > 1, < 3 days Culture based Abid et al . (2012)