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<p>This review focuses on the characteristic of major fish bacteria, antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic substitution in aquaculture. Nowadays aquaculture represents the fastest growing industry leading to the use of intensive and semi-intensive methods resulting in outbreaks of bacterial diseases. Antibiotics are used to treat and prevent these bacterial diseases, which can cause an increase in resistance. Many antibiotics applied in aquaculture were originally used in human medicine and many countries do not have strict limits for their application. Annually, more than 700 000 people worldwide die from bacterial infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics and even though European countries have strict rules for the use of antibiotics, the death rate resulting from resistance represents more than 33 000 people per year. One of the options how to resolve this problem is the replacement of antibiotics with bioactive compounds of plant origin that exhibit strong inhibitory activity against pathogenic bacteria.</p>
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This review focuses on the characteristic of major fish bacteria, antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic substitution in aquaculture. Nowadays aquaculture represents the fastest growing industry leading to the use of intensive and semi-intensive methods resulting in outbreaks of bacterial diseases. Antibiotics are used to treat and prevent these bacterial diseases, which can cause an increase in resistance. Many antibiotics applied in aquaculture were originally used in human medicine and many countries do not have strict limits for their application. Annually, more than 700 000 people worldwide die from bacterial infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics and even though European countries have strict rules for the use of antibiotics, the death rate resulting from resistance represents more than 33 000 people per year. One of the options how to resolve this problem is the replacement of antibiotics with bioactive compounds of plant origin that exhibit strong inhibitory activity against pathogenic bacteria.

Phytobiotics and Their Antibacterial Activity Against Major Fish Pathogens. A Review

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice

Folia Veterinaria

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This review focuses on the characteristic of major fish bacteria, antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic substitution in aquaculture. Nowadays aquaculture...

Phytobiotics and Their Antibacterial Activity Against Major Fish Pathogens. A Review

Published Online: Jun 19, 2023

Page range: 51 - 61

Received: Mar 24, 2023

Accepted: May 22, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fv-2023-0017

Keywords
antibiotic resistance, aquaculture, fish bacteria, phytobiotics

© 2023 Patrícia Hudecová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Phytobiotics and Their Antibacterial Activity Against Major Fish Pathogens. A Review

Published Online: Jun 19, 2023

Page range: 51 - 61

Received: Mar 24, 2023

Accepted: May 22, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fv-2023-0017

Keywordsantibiotic resistance, aquaculture, fish bacteria, phytobiotics

© 2023 Patrícia Hudecová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
antibiotic resistance, aquaculture, fish bacteria, phytobiotics