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Effect of probiotics on the growth and survival of Penaeus monodon (Fabricius)
P. Soundarapandian, V. Ramanan and G.K. Dinakaran
Corresponding Author: P. Soundarapandian
Submitted: 2009 September, 10
Accepted: 2009 December, 12
Published: 2010 March, 10 |
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The culture of shrimps received maximum importance due to its unique taste, high nutritive value
and persistent demand in the world market. In recent years, the diseases of shrimp hindered the development
of shrimp culture. In the present study an attempt has been made to culture the giant tiger shrimp, P. monodon
in 12 ponds each with 0.6ha near Vellapallam village of Sirkali taluk, Nagai district, Tamilnadu. The use of
probiotic bacteria in aquaculture has tremendous scope and the study of the application of probiotics in
aquaculture has a glorious future. In the present study the probiotics, viz., Super biotic, Super Ps, Zymetin and
Mutagen was applied in culture ponds (“A” section) of P. monodon which is compared with “B”section ponds
without probiotic treatment. Growth and survival rate of the ponds which w as applied (“A ” section) with
probiotics was higher than that of “B” section ponds. The bacterial population decreased at the end of culture
in “A” section ponds, but in “B” section the bacterial population was not showing a significant decrease. Black
gill, white gut and fungal diseases were recorded in “B” section ponds. But these diseases were not that much
reported in probiotic treated (“A” section) ponds. The general conclusion obtained from the present study is
that the probiotic plays a vital role in growth, survival and disease resistance of the animal by maintaining good
water quality parameters throughout the culture period. It is clear from the bacterial colony data that green
colony dominated only in the “B” section ponds. So it can be recommended that the probiotics can be very well
utilized for the shrimp ponds to get maximum growth and survival.
Key words: Super biotic, shrimp, black gill, white gut, Sirkali, ,
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P. Soundarapandian, V. Ramanan and G.K. Dinakaran, . Effect of probiotics on the growth and survival of Penaeus monodon (Fabricius). Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (2): Page No: 51-57.
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