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Table 9.2 Probiotic applications for improving disease resistance of salmonids.

Disease Causative

agent

Species Challenge

method

Potential
probiotic

Reduced
mortalities

Notes Reference

Streptococcosis Str. iniae O. mykiss IP A. sobria Yes Live cells, disrupted cells

and cell free supernatant
effective. Formalized
cells ineffective

Brunt and Austin
(2005)

Str. iniae IP A. sobria , Bacillus sp. Yes Brunt et al . (2007)

Lactococcosis Lc. garvieae O. mykiss IP A. sobria Yes Live cells, disrupted cells

and cell free supernatant
effective. Formalized
cells ineffective

Brunt and Austin
(2005)

Lc. garvieae IP A. sobria , Bacillus sp. Yes Brunt et al . (2007)

Lc. garvieae CO Leu. mesenteroides , Lb.

plantarum

Yes Vendrell et al .

(2008)

Lc. garvieae CO Lb. plantarum Yes Pérez-Sánchez

et al . (2011)

Furunculosis A. salmonicida O. mykiss IP A. sobria , Bacillus sp. Yes Brunt et al . (2007)

A. salmonicida IMM, CO, IP A. hydrophila , Vibrio sp.,

Carnobacterium sp., an
unidentified
Gram-positive coccus

Yes Reduced fry and fingerling

mortalities

Irianto and Austin
(2002)

A. salmonicida CO A. hydrophila , V. fluvialis ,

Carnobacterium sp., an
unidentified
Gram-positive coccus

Yes Dead probiotic cells used Irianto and Austin

(2003)

A. salmonicida CO Lc. lactis , Leu.

mesenteroides and Lb.
sakei

Ye s Ba l cáza r et al .

(2007b)

A. salmonicida CO Lb. rhamnosus Yes Nikoskelainen

et al . (2001a)

C. inhibens a

A. salmonicida CO Yes Robertson et al .

(2000)