Characteristics and Modification of the Intestinal Tract Microbiota of the Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus

摘要: Catfish is the leading commercial aquaculture enterprise in United States, and many of issues that have been important for other mass-produced food animals become areas research focus potential improvement growth performance health catfish. A critical component can influence both nutrition catfish intestinal tract. The tract, addition to being point origin digestion absorption nutrients derived from consumed diets, harbors an indigenous microflora interact with host. composition role microbial communities fishes remain poorly understood. To understand effects entire community on host, additional studies improved isolation methods are recommended. Along lack knowledge about community, little known these microorganisms An increased understanding has manipulation or alteration improve disease resistance performance, allowing channel consume diets made less expensive ingredients, such as crop residues, already fairly cheap. Recent feed trials using prebiotics probiotics report enhanced physiological immune responses contribute improvements health. These reviewed.