Journal of Marine Science: Research & Development
Open Access

Review Article

Immunostimulants for Aquaculture Health Management

Debtanu Barman^1*, Phanna Nen², Sagar C Mandal³ and Vikash Kumar⁴

¹Center for Aquaculture Research and Development (CARD), St. Xavier’s Vocational Training Center, Don Bosco, Bishramganj, Tripura, India

²Fishery Officer, Freshwater Aquaculture research and Development Center, Cambodia

³College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University, Lembucherra, Tripura, India

⁴Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India

Corresponding Author:

Debtanu Barman
Center for Aquaculture Research and Development (CARD)
St. Xavier’s Vocational Training Center
Don Bosco, Bishramganj, Tripura, India
Tel: +91-9774624291
E-mail: debtanu08@gmail.com

Received Date: August 08, 2013; Accepted Date: September 24, 2013; Published Date: September 28, 2013

Citation: Barman D, Nen P, Mandal SC,Kumar V (2013) Immunostimulants for Aquaculture Health Management. J Marine Sci Res Dev 3:134. doi: 10.4172/2155-9910.1000134

Copyright: © 2013 Barman D, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Aquaculture is gaining momentum in several parts of the world in recent years. Intensification has become a common practice in both finfish and shellfish culture to optimize the returns. High stocking densities, artificial feeding and fertilization have become common husbandry practices in both carp and shrimp culture systems. Due to intensification of culture practices, diseases of microbial etiology of economical significance has surfaced in rearing and grow out ponds and are major threat to the sustainability of the aquaculture industry. Synthetic chemicals and antibiotics have been used to prevent or treat fish and shrimp and have achieved at least partial success. Vaccination against specific pathogens has been developed recently with some success depending on the particular disease. An alternative approach has been the application of various compounds to boost or stimulate the innate immune system of farmed fish and shrimp. These compounds, termed immunostimulants is considered an attractive andpromising agent for the prevention of diseases in fish and shellfish. In recent years, the established beneficial effects of immunostimulants in many livings systems promote their application for disease management in aquaculture practices.

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