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Evaluation of antimicrobial products used in tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) and whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) aquaculture
Li, K.; Liu, L.; Zhan, J.; Scippo, M.-L.; Dalsgaard, A. (2019). Evaluation of antimicrobial products used in tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) and whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) aquaculture. Aquac. Res. 50(3): 925-933. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/are.13967
In: Aquaculture Research. Blackwell: Oxford. ISSN 1355-557X; e-ISSN 1365-2109, more
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Keywords
    Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 [WoRMS]; Oreochromis Günther, 1889 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    antimicrobial products; HPLC-PDA; quality; shrimp (Litopenaeusvannamei); tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)

Authors  Top 
  • Li, K.
  • Liu, L.
  • Zhan, J.
  • Scippo, M.-L., more
  • Dalsgaard, A.

Abstract
    Despite the importance of aquaculture increases for feeding the growing world population, professional farm management and proper use of aquaculture products or drugs are needed. It is important to know the quality of commercial antimicrobial products on the market while there is wide use of antimicrobials to treat fish diseases. The most commonly used antimicrobial products were identified from a previous survey, included amoxicillin, enrofloxacin, florfenicol, sulphadiazine, sulphamonomethoxine and sulphadimidine. Eight local chemical supply shops were randomly sampled in representative aquaculture areas in Maoming and Zhanjiang districts of south China in 2013. In this study, only eight products contained active substances within +/- 10% of the concentration declared on the product label among the 30 different most used commercial products; while six products did not contain any of the declared antimicrobials. Three products without labels were sold as 'pure antimicrobial' and had high concentrations of active antimicrobials. Furthermore, most products only provided ambiguous information on the packages on both antimicrobial usage and dosage; and only one product stated how to prepare medicated feed which is important for efficient usage. The results of this study showed that the aquaculture antimicrobial products sold on the market were of low quality and thus compromised effective fish disease treatment. Moreover, insufficient information on products' labels would provide limited instruction on correct antimicrobial usage. Inspection and supervision by both private companies and the government's sector require strengthening.

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