US 12,458,042 B2
Probiotic bacteria for fish
Henning Sørum, Oslo (NO)
Assigned to PREVIWO AS, Kjeller (NO)
Appl. No. 16/960,318
Filed by PREVIWO AS, Kjeller (NO)
PCT Filed Jan. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/050336
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/135009, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1850021-5 (SE), filed on Jan. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174982 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A23K 10/18 (2016.01); A23K 50/80 (2016.01); A61K 35/741 (2015.01)
CPC A23K 10/18 (2016.05) [A23K 50/80 (2016.05); A61K 35/741 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
 
1. A method for treating fish, said method comprising the steps of:
a) adding species of a probiotic bacteria to water, wherein the species of probiotic bacteria comprises a Psychrobacter piscimesodermis, a Psychrobacter piscimesenchymalis, a Psychrobacter piscisubcutanea, a Pseudomonas salmosubcutaneae, a Pseudomonas salmosubpectoralis, and a Pseudomonas salmointermuscularis; and
b) exposing the fish to the species of probiotic bacteria for a time period of 30 seconds to 5 hours,
wherein exposure results in an increase in the weight of the fish and/or an increase in the rate of growth of the fish;
wherein the probiotic bacteria are administered to the fish topically;
wherein a total concentration of the one or more species of probiotic bacteria in the water is from 104 CFU/ml to 1012 CFU/ml; and
wherein the fish is salmon.