During the BIOMIN World Nutrition Forum 2016 in Vancouver, Canada, last week, Dr. Merrifield spoke about the role of probiotics and how they have the capacity to enhance gut performance in fish.
[Feedinfo News Service] Dr. Merrifield, our knowledge of fish microbiomes remains primitive in comparison to that of humans and other mammals. How advanced is our understanding today?
[Daniel Merrifield] I would say we probably need another 5-10 years of further research to get to the current level of understanding we have in humans and other mammals. There are a number of complicating factors that we have to consider when studying the microbiomes of fish. Fish are poikilothermic animals and thus their metabolism, and the metabolism of their microbiota, is heavily dependent on environmental conditions.
