Administration of Bacillus subtilis strains in the rearing water enhances the water quality, growth performance, immune response, and resistance against Vibrio harveyi infection in juvenile white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

• Main Authors: Zokaeifar, Hadi, Babaei, Nahid, Saad, Che Roos, Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh, Sijam, Kamaruzaman, Balcazar, Jose Luis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36331/1/Administration%20of%20Bacillus%20subtilis%20strains%20in%20the%20rearing%20water%20enhances%20the%20water%20quality.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36331/

In this study, vegetative cell suspensions of two Bacillus subtilis strains, L10 and G1 in equal proportions, was administered at two different doses 105 (BM5) and 108 (BM8) CFU ml−1 in the rearing water of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) for eight weeks. Both probiotic groups showed a significant red...