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Prebiotics in aquaculture: a review
2010-04-01
Abstract excerpt
A prebiotic is a non-digestible food ingredient that beneficially affects the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or the activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon. Despite the potential benefits to health and performance as noted in various terrestrial animals, the use of prebiotics in the farming of fish and shellfish has been less investigated. The studies of prebiotics in fish and...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c1f6227a-ef16-53cc-96bb-9e7673f2ec9d
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2095.2009.00731.x
