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- Title
Altered sex ratio in giant fresh water prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) using hormone bioencapsulated live Artemia feed.
- Authors
Baghel, Dharmendra S.; Lakra, Wazir S.; Satyanarayana Rao, Guttula P.
- Abstract
Artemia nauplii cultured for 24 h in lipid-enriched media contained 0, 0.38, 1.67, 0.79, 5.71 and 5.14 ng 17α-methyl testosterone (MT) mg−1 dry weight for the control, 5, 15, 30, 50 and 100 mg of 17α-MT L−1 of media respectively. Giant fresh water prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii larvae were fed hormone-enriched Artemia nauplii for 50 days. A significant difference in sex ratios (0.92, 0.69 and 0.93) was obtained in relation to the control group. These results suggest that further research is needed with regard to standardization of doses and duration of treatments for complete hormonal control of sex differentiation in M. rosenbergii.
- Subjects
MACROBRACHIUM rosenbergii; ARTEMIA; SEX differentiation (Embryology); ANIMAL feeding; SHRIMPS; TESTOSTERONE
- Publication
Aquaculture Research, 2004, Vol 35, Issue 10, p943
- ISSN
1355-557X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01104.x