FISHANTIMICROBIALS

Title: Use of Antimicrobials for the prevention and treatment of common diseases of cultured fish in Greece and evaluation of their efficiency and safety

Funding Source: NSRF Excellence

Budget IMBBC: 235,000€

Start / End Date: 2013 - 2015

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Project Progress: 100%

Principal Investigator:

Ioannis (Yannis) Kotzamanis

Research Directions:

Description:

The overall objectives of the project were: 1. to develop validated methods for the determination of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin, danofloxacin, sulfadiazine and trimethoprim and oxytetracycline in fish tissues, 2. to study the residues depletion and estimation of withdrawal times for each of the above antibiotics, 3. to investigate the impact of essential oils on the growing rates of sea bass and sea bream and of the impact of essential oils on parasite (mainly Microcotyle sp.) prevalence in sea bream, 4. to study the impact of antibiotics on the experimental infection with L. anguillarum and Myxobacteria sp. and of the impact of essential oils on the experimental infection with L. anguillarum and Myxobacteria sp. in sea bass and 5. to compare antibiotic and essential oil treatments on experimental infections of sea bass with L. anguillarum and Myxobacteria sp.