Aquaculture in Cameroon and potential of lactic acid bacteria to be used as diseases controlling agents. A Review

• Main Authors: Kaktchan, Pierre Marie, Zambou Ngoufack, Francois, Fonteh Anyangwe, Florence, Perez-Chabela, M Lourdes
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana 2015-08-01
• Series: Nacameh
• Subjects: Aquaculture; fish; lactic acid bacteria; probiotic; disease control; Cameroon
• Online Access: http://cbs.izt.uam.mx/nacameh/v9n1/Nacameh_v9n1001_Kaktcham_etal.pdf

Aquaculture is the world’s fastest growing food production sector and can be a great solution to the massive demand for protein of animal due to increase in the Cameroonian population. This review summarizes the past and present status of fish aquaculture in Cameroon, the new challenges for intensifying fish production and evaluates the possibility of using lactic acid bacteria as disease control agents in order to overcome these challenges. Fish farming started in Cameroon in the late 1940s, and has seen little progress since the last ten years, but the production is still insufficient to meet the demand of the population estimated at 400 000 tons in 2015. In order to reduce massive fish imports, Cameroon plans to produce 100 000 tons of fish by commercial aquaculture. Achieving this task needs quality and quantity of fingerlings, and probiotic lactic acid bacteria instead of antibiotics could be used as disease control agents in young fish hatching and ponds in order to boost and ensure quality and quantity production.