| For lack of antibiotics, King scallop larviculture faces high mortalities. In the experimental mollusc hatchery of Argenton (Brittany, France), the presence of a vibrio, Vibrio pectinicida, associated with the stocks seems to be responsible for this low survival rate. As prophylactic methods are difficult to implement in the current structures (water sterilization, egg decontamination, isolation of the stocks), the addition of chloramphenicol is the only solution to protect the stocks. However, the use of this antibiotic, considered as dangerous for man, has been prohibited in animal production throughout the whole of Europe since 1994. The action of two other antibiotics, the erythromycine and the oxolinic acid, has been searched for in Pecten maximus... |
