Milt Production in the Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica Induced by Repeated Injections of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-49

  Ohta, Hiromi ^a   Kagawa, Hirohiko ^a   Tanaka, Hideki ^a   Okuzawa, Koichi ^a   Hirose, Keiji ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial maturation; Japanese eel; Sperm motility; Spermatogenesis; Spermiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002815330     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.44     Document Type: Article

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