Reproductive Aging of African Catfish in Aquaculture

The work is devoted to the study of reproductive aging of African catfish in the conditions of industrial aquaculture. The problem is urgent, because industrial aquaculture changes the biology of African catfish so much that it loses its ability to reproduce naturally. The offspring of African catfi...

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Autores principales: Lyubomirova Vaselina, Romanova Elena, Romanov Vasily, Shadieva Ludmila
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9c954172811e4e7f8a8c57b972703baf2021-11-08T15:17:24ZReproductive Aging of African Catfish in Aquaculture2117-445810.1051/bioconf/20213700110https://doaj.org/article/9c954172811e4e7f8a8c57b972703baf2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2021/09/bioconf_fies2021_00110.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2117-4458The work is devoted to the study of reproductive aging of African catfish in the conditions of industrial aquaculture. The problem is urgent, because industrial aquaculture changes the biology of African catfish so much that it loses its ability to reproduce naturally. The offspring of African catfish can be obtained only with the use of hormonal inducers of gametogenesis. Questions of age selection of producers and age composition of breeding stock in this type of fish are still open. In practice, we have to face the facts of poor quality of sexual products in primary spawning or old females and males. The aim of the study was a comparative assessment of age-related variability of reproductive properties of female and male African catfish in the conditions of industrial aquaculture. The results of our study showed the presence of age-related dynamics in the quality of sexual products in African catfish. Age-dependent differences in the quality and fertilization of eggs, the viability of embryos and larvae, their size, and the quality of offspring were established. When studying the properties of sexual products in fish of different ages, differences in morphometric and physiological parameters were found for a complex of indicators such as the size and diameter of eggs, sperm concentration, and the number of viable spermatozoa. Evaluation of the influence of parents age on the viability of offspring in the embryonic and postembryonic periods revealed that this indicator is the lowest in first – spawning fish, and the highest in middle-aged fish. The Russian Foundation for Basic Research has supported our study with the grant No. 18-416-730005.Lyubomirova VaselinaRomanova ElenaRomanov VasilyShadieva LudmilaEDP SciencesarticleMicrobiologyQR1-502PhysiologyQP1-981ZoologyQL1-991ENFRBIO Web of Conferences, Vol 37, p 00110 (2021)
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topic Microbiology
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Physiology
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Physiology
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Zoology
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Lyubomirova Vaselina
Romanova Elena
Romanov Vasily
Shadieva Ludmila
Reproductive Aging of African Catfish in Aquaculture
description The work is devoted to the study of reproductive aging of African catfish in the conditions of industrial aquaculture. The problem is urgent, because industrial aquaculture changes the biology of African catfish so much that it loses its ability to reproduce naturally. The offspring of African catfish can be obtained only with the use of hormonal inducers of gametogenesis. Questions of age selection of producers and age composition of breeding stock in this type of fish are still open. In practice, we have to face the facts of poor quality of sexual products in primary spawning or old females and males. The aim of the study was a comparative assessment of age-related variability of reproductive properties of female and male African catfish in the conditions of industrial aquaculture. The results of our study showed the presence of age-related dynamics in the quality of sexual products in African catfish. Age-dependent differences in the quality and fertilization of eggs, the viability of embryos and larvae, their size, and the quality of offspring were established. When studying the properties of sexual products in fish of different ages, differences in morphometric and physiological parameters were found for a complex of indicators such as the size and diameter of eggs, sperm concentration, and the number of viable spermatozoa. Evaluation of the influence of parents age on the viability of offspring in the embryonic and postembryonic periods revealed that this indicator is the lowest in first – spawning fish, and the highest in middle-aged fish. The Russian Foundation for Basic Research has supported our study with the grant No. 18-416-730005.
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author Lyubomirova Vaselina
Romanova Elena
Romanov Vasily
Shadieva Ludmila
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Romanov Vasily
Shadieva Ludmila
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title Reproductive Aging of African Catfish in Aquaculture
title_short Reproductive Aging of African Catfish in Aquaculture
title_full Reproductive Aging of African Catfish in Aquaculture
title_fullStr Reproductive Aging of African Catfish in Aquaculture
title_full_unstemmed Reproductive Aging of African Catfish in Aquaculture
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