COMMERCIAL PROBIOTIC PRODUCTS
From: Ken Riley Kriley@HBOI.edu
To: Aqua-L aqua-l@killick.mi.mun.ca
Sent: 25 August 2004
QUESTION:
I am designing a research project to evaluate the use
of commercially available probiotics in a warm water marine fish hatchery.
Can anyone recommend companies that produce readily available
products for use in larval cultures, Artemia and rotifer cultures?
Kenneth Riley
Director of Aquaculture Education
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Aquaculture Division
5600 U.S. 1 North
Fort Pierce, Florida 34946
Phone:(772) 465-2400 Ext. 464
Fax: (772) 466-6590
Email: kriley@hboi.edu
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COMMENTS 1:
Dr. David Moriarty of Australia has a company that
sells probiotics for
aquaculture. I had used his product to control vibriosis in shrimp larvae.
Here are the contact details:
David Moriarty
Managing Director
Environmental Biotek Pty Ltd
Wellington Point, QLD
Email: djwm@ozemail.com.au
Telephone: 07 3822 4833
Fax: 07 3822 1526
Alken Murray is another company that you can check out:
http://www.alken-murray.com/aquaculture.html
Raghunath Shivappa Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Associate (Aquatic Animal Virology)
College of Veterinary Medicine
North Carolina State University
4700 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: 919 513 6608
Fax: 919 513 6464
e-mail: raghunath_shivappa@ncsu.edu
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COMMENTS 2:
A similar trial has been suggested in Australia but
the proposal has not yet found funding. In our facility we are trailing two
products from Australian suppliers, Biosuper Concentrate from Biotec
Restorations (product imported from the US) and ProBio Plus from Aquasonic
(product imported from Ireland). Not sure how you can go about getting the
contact details for the manufacturers, I can send you the details for the Oz
distributors. Both products claim to be effective in warm/cold and
freshwater/marine water, a concept that I am very skeptical about. Both
products have had some effect in the systems we have added them to,
unfortunately not all the effects have been good in the short term such as a
marked reduction in bio filter activity. I hope your work will be able to
take some of the guesswork out of this.
Manager, Seahorse Sanctuary
e-mail: kalseahorse@westnet.com.au