TAGRA 2024

One of the biggest problems of the aquaculture sector is fish diseases. Bacterial fish diseases are an important factor that causes serious financial losses in aquaculture. Antibiotics are used in the treatment of fish diseases. However, excessive antibiotics cause the development of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria in the environment. Antibiotic resistance spreads among bacteria, which makes it difficult to treat bacterial diseases and endangers public health. For this reason, studies on alternative treatment methods to antibiotics are important. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Bacteriophage therapy is the use of bacteriophages in the fight against bacteria. Bacteriophage therapy stands out as an environmentally friendly and biological method compared to other treatment methods. In this study, the effect of bacteriophage therapy in the treatment of important bacterial fish diseases such as Vibriosis, Yersiniosis and Lactococcosis was examined, and its usability against antibiotics and other chemical treatments was also discussed. Studies show that bacteriophage therapy is promising as a good alternative in the treatment of fish diseases with its important advantages such as being host specific and environmentally friendly.