Induced Breeding of Striped Spiny Eel, Mastacembelus Pancalus: Considering Various Doses of Pituitary Gland Hormone

Authors: Islam MS * and Biswas K

DOI: 10.23880/ijoac-16000122

Volume 1, Issue 4

Abstract

The induced breeding of the striped spiny eel Mastacembelus pancalus using PG hormone was done to develop breeding protocol of the species and the optimization of doses. The present study consisted of two trials and each trial had three treatments (T1, T2 and T3) with three replications of each. In first trial (double dose) fishes were injected with two separate doses of pituitary gland (PG) hormone. In the preliminary dose, females were injected at 55, 60 and 65 mg·kg-1 and in resolving dose, injected 105, 120 and 135 mg·kg-1 body weight in T1, T2 and T3 respectively. In second trial (single dose) fishes were injected only once at 160, 180 and 200 mg·kg-1 body weight in T1, T2 and T3 respectively. In both trials, males were injected at 55, 60 and 65 mg·kg-1 body weight in T1, T2 and T3 respectively. The water parameters such as water temperature, pH and DO were ranged from 26.5 to 31.2ºC, 7.06 to 8.04 and 4.1 to 5.6 mg·L-1 respectively which was not significantly (p

Keywords: Induce breeding; Mastacembelus pancalus; PG hormone; Breeding behavior; Dose optimization

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