Ovopel and Carp Pituitary Extract as Spawning Inducers in Males of the Amazon Catfish Leiarius marmoratus (Gill, 1970)

The objective of this study was to evaluate Ovopel and carp pituitary extract as spawning inducers in the males of the Amazon catfish L. marmoratus. The following treatments, applied in a single dose, were studied: 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 Ovopel pellet/kg live weight, and 2.5 mg carp pituitary extract/kg l...

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Main Authors: João Ênio Xavier Souza Araújo, Danilo Pedro Streit Jr, Janessa Sampaio de Abreu Ribeiro, Edenilce de Fátima Ferreira Martins, Francielle Novaes Souza, Carlos Antonio Lopes de Oliveira, Ricardo Pereira Ribeiro, Nelson Mauricio Lopera-Barrero, Jayme Aparecido Povh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132014000600882&lng=en&tlng=en