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ReviewProbiotics and antimicrobial proteins2022

Updating the Role of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics for Tilapia Aquaculture as Leading Candidates for Food Sustainability: a Review.

Muziri Mugwanya, Mahmoud A O Dawood, Fahad Kimera, Hani Sewilam

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Review in Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Modulation of Growth, Intestinal Microbiota, and Immune Responses inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  10. The ProbioticAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  14. Combined DietaryVeterinary sciences · 2024
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  19. Live Yeast (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Muziri MugwanyaCenter for Applied Research On the Environment and Sustainability, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt.
Mahmoud A O DawoodCenter for Applied Research On the Environment and Sustainability, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt. Mahmoud.dawood@agr.kfs.edu.eg.ORCID 0000-0002-4887-8838
Fahad KimeraCenter for Applied Research On the Environment and Sustainability, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt.
Hani SewilamCenter for Applied Research On the Environment and Sustainability, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt. sewilam@aucegypt.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tilapia production has significantly increased over the past few years due to the adoption of semi-intensive and intensive aquaculture technologies. However, these farming systems have subjected the fish to stressful conditions that suppress their immunity, hence exposing them to various pathogens. The application of antibiotics and therapeutics to enhance disease resistance, survival, and growth performance in aquaculture has been recently banned due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose a serious threat to the environment and consumers of aquatic organisms. Hence, the need for an alternative approach based on sustainable farming practices is warranted. Probiotic, prebiotic, and synbiotic use in tilapia production is considered a viable, safe, and environmentally friendly alternative that enhances growth performance, feed utilization, immunity, disease resistance, and fish survival against pathogens and environmental stress. Their inclusion in fish diets and or rearing water improves the general wellbeing of fish. Hence, this review aims at presenting research findings from the use of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics and their effect on survival, growth, growth performance, gut morphology, microbial abundance, enzyme production, immunity, and disease resistance in tilapia aquaculture, while highlighting several hematological, blood biochemical parameters, and omics techniques that have been used to assess fish health. Furthermore, gaps in existing knowledge are addressed and future research studies have been recommended.

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ProbioticsSynbioticsTilapiaAnimal FeedAnimalsAquaculturePrebioticsPrebioticsAquacultureDevelopmentFeed additivesFood securitySustainabilityWellbeing

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