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Table 14.9 Prebiotic applications in other fish species.

Species Prebiotic Dose and length

of administration

Results References

↑ Platy Immunogen 5, 10 and

15 g kg − 1 - 26weeks

GSI, relative fecundity, fry production per female and
fry survival when fish were fed 15 g Immunogen kg − 1

Abasali and Mohamad
(2011a)

↑ Swordtail Immunogen 5, 10 and

15 g kg − 1 - 26weeks

growth when the fish were fed 10 and 15 g Immunogen
kg − 1 and GSI in fish fed 10 g Immunogen

Abasali and Mohamad
(2011b)

5 g kg − 1 - 15 days ↑ Hybrid sorubims Inulin total immunoglobulin and gut LAB Mouriño et al . (2012)

→ total gut bacteria, Vibrio and immunological parame-

ters
↓ gut Pseudomonas

0.3 g kg − 1 - SGR, PI, SOD Turbot COS 0.75, 0.15, 0.3, 0.6 and

1.2 g kg − 1 - 8weeks

↑

Cui et al . (2012)

↑

survival after Ed. tarda challenge

→

MDA, MT

↓ FCR (0.3 g kg − 1 )

20 g kg − 1 - 1 month ↑

FOS and inulin growth rate

Effects on gut microbiota ( Bacillus and Vibrio )

Mahious et al . (2006b)

4 g kg − 1 - 10weeks ↑

Sole MOS survival against Photobacterium damselae subsp.

piscicida and improved intestinal morphology

Dimitroglou et al . (2011c)

2 g kg − 1 - 13 dph

Cobia MOS

↑

larval survival Salze et al . (2008)

↑

microvilli alignment

↓

supranuclear vacuoles

Symbols represent an increase (

↑

), no effect (

→

)ordecrease(

↓

) in the parameter of the prebiotic relative to the control.