Gerald Bassleer (speaker) explains using prebiotics in fish feed to strengthen fish immune systems and prevent disease, drawing on over 40 years' experience and scientific literature. He introduces Biofish Food FORTE — a granulated feed coated with beta-glucans (from yeast), citrus extract and vitamin C — that targets the gut/innate immune system, promoting mucous cells, microvilli growth and beneficial gut flora to impede pathogens. He cites research backing beta-glucans, notes FORTE has been used since 1998, and recommends feeding it 10 days per month rather than continuously.
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Granulates freshly coated with beta-glucans (from yeast extracts), citrus extract, and vitamin C.
Since 1998.
Use FORTE for 10 days during one month (do not use permanently).
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Prepiotica in the fish food to prevent and fight fish diseases. Our study experiences with the help of science teaches us lessons during more than 40 years. During consultation of the fish industry, finding for the best solutions. Our ideas are not new. Hippocrates said 2000 years ago that our food should be our medicine. And the origin of problems come from the stress having an impact on the fish. So microbes can attack and invade the fish and make them sick. So we should help the immune system with good food, good water handling and other good factors, avoiding the pathogens to penetrate and infect the fish. What are prebiotica? The prebiotica are the functional additives of when given in good quantities, can help the growth and activity of the intestinal bacterial usoflora and improve the efficiency of the intestine. And the prebiotica. In our forte, a bicellular biofish food. Forte are the granulates mixed with the beta glucans, citrus extract and vitamin C. Freshly coated on top of the granulates. Why are we using prebiotics? Well, since 1970s, agriculture had to find alternative solutions to avoid the use of chemotherapeutics. And aquaculture did it already since 1993. Why strengthening the immune system of the fish? Well, like I explained you before, the immune system of the fish is different parts of the body. In particular the intestine, the gut. And it helps that the pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria do not infect the fish. And even a small amount of pathogens can already be having consequences. So our action should be that the immune system works efficiently to prevent the infections. And that we prevent the use of medications. And we can work in particularly on the innate immune system with or beta glucans is stimulating all those defense systems like macrofox. There is also the adaptive which is normally helped by using bifactionases. In our case, here we use the innate immune system and our 40 already since 1998. We are using it with beta glucans from yeast extracts in our forte sold worldwide. Our forte performs particularly following stimulating the immune system by better growth of large mucous cells. More and longer microvilli in the gut improve the better assimilation of food and nutrients. And better intestinal bacterial flora should be stimulated. And this prevents that pathogenic bacteria invades. Like you see here in the diagram. The green are the beneficial bacteria. If they are sufficient, the red pathogenic bacteria have a less chance to penetrate into the gut into the microvilli. So helping your fish is helping by immunostimulantsia. And we did a test. And you see here when no immunostimulant is used, how the immune system weakens of the fish. And with the help of forte how strong it remains. So the fish is strong. Also, Peteya vigerci did a study on the administration of beta glucans. And given on a certain time, a certain quantity, the beta glucans helps the immune system of the fish. You see in this kind of video a macro fark here from a mammal sample. That is, it works like a little animal that just chases and eats the pathogenic bacteria. Defending the animal to become infected with this kind of bacterial infection. And not only we did it, but more than 50 scientific publications confirmed the use of immunostimulants and the use of beta glucans from yeast extracts from for the defense and help of animals and fish. Our biofish food is part of a functional food to help and keep your fish healthy. And with the prebiotics in all our biofish food fortes, we can help the fish in our tank. We recommend to use it for 10 days during one month to stimulate it. Don't use it permanently. That is no use. To improve the health we give here the medium sized granulate because sinks slowly to all levels in the aquarium. So also the bottom fish can have an opportunity to eat. So opportunities here to keep your fish healthy. Like Hippocrates said already long time ago. Thank you for your att.