By Juan Carlos Valle, Aquaculture Consulting, Guayaquil, Ecuador and Peter Coutteau, Nutriad International, Belgium
Maintaining a stable and favorable gut microflora is of crucial importance to minimize the impact of disease events and to optimize digestive efficiency in shrimp, resulting in improved survival and productivity. Here we discuss the potential of phytobiotic feed additives with multiple mode of actions on the gut microflora as a new area for improving cost efficiency of shrimp farming under semi-intensive conditions in Ecuador.
This article is from AQUAFEED: Advances in Processing & Formulation (issue dated 10.07.2015). It can be downloaded in full here.
