While the shrimp farming sector, continues to grow globally, 2018 was a challenging year for the shrimp farming industry sector in southeast Asia. Facing lower farm gate prices Indias shrimp farming industry, experienced the obstacle of maintaining profitability of farms and hatchery operations. While the experts continue to forecast substantial growth in the shrimp Indian farming industry, quality of Post-Larvae remains one of the key elements for the progress of the industry.
For several year, antibiotics have been applied in aquaculture as the common practice to maintain survivals in hatchery in some parts of the world. On the other hand, the indiscriminate use of anti-antibiotics in hatcheries is a dangerous practice, due to the continuous hazard of resistant pathogens genesis. Resistant pathogenic bacteria is a serious issue for hatchery operations and can be transferred farms.
When wisely applied, probiotics are an affective tool for hatcheries to eliminate the use of antibiotics. Understanding the mechanisms driving probiotic interaction with the various elements in the culture of shrimp can help manager to establish effective application of probiotics.
In this work, we intend to discuss commercial probiotics, their limitations and the ways to optimise their efficacy in shrimp hatcheries, from bio-encapsulation in the live feeds to the daily maintenance of water quality and control of the microbiological communities in the larval hearing tanks along with its influence in Post-Larvae survival, quality, and robustness.