BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2b

Gonadotropin hormone delivery system through live food in neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi)

  • Author:
  • Sabina I. Darve, Gohar B Wani, Hukam Singh Dhaker
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 762 to 763

*Faculty of Fisheries, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, India

College of Fisheries. Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India

Online published on 6 May, 2013.

Abstract

Neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) an ornamental fish was induced to spawn using gonadotropin hormone. Live food (Artemia nauplii) was used as sGnRH delivery system to induce spawning. Artemia nauplii mediated sGnRHhormone delivery system at 100 μg hormone dose for 30 minutes yielded highest spawning response.

Keywords

Neon tetra, Paracheirodon innesi, Gonadotropin, Live food