**Acknowledgements**

This study was financed by the Sectorial Fund for Education of Mexico: Project CB SEP-CONACYT-258282 "Experimental evaluation of homeopathy and new probiotics in the culture of mollusks, crustaceans and fish of commercial interest" and Project PROINNOVA-CONACYT-241777 "Innovation and continuous improvement of products and processes to optimise hatchery seed production of the American oyster *C. virginica*", under the academic responsibility of the first author (JMMS); the authors thank Diana Fischer for editorial services.
