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Aqua Feeds: Formulation & Beyond Volume 1, Issue 4, 2004
Title:	Dietary Supplementation of Prebiotics for Health Management of Hybrid Striped Bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis
Section:	Additives, pages 19 - 21
Author 1:	Dr. Delbert Gatlin III Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Texas A & M University College Station, TX 77843-2258 USA d-gatlin@tamu.edu
Author 2:	Mr. Peng Li Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Texas A & M University College Station, TX 77843-2258 USA

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Evidence of the beneficial effects of probiotics gave rise to the concept of prebiotics, which are defined as nondigestible food ingredients which beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth of and/or activating the metabolism of one or a limited number of health-promoting bacteria in the intestinal tract, thus improving the host’s intestinal balance. Information pertaining to application of prebiotics in aquaculture is extremely limited to date. Research by the authors has shown that dietary supplementation with a commercial prebiotic significantly enhanced growth and disease resistance of hybrid striped bass beyond that achieved with brewers yeast.

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