Effects of immersion of larvae in oestradiol-17β on feminization, structural changes of gonad and growth performance in the Far Eastern catfish Silurus asotus (Linnaeus)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 323-328

  Kim, D S ^a   Cho, H J ^a   Bang, I C ^b   Choi, G C ^c   Nam, Y K ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Inland Fish Res Inst of Chung buk   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Feminization; Immersion; Oestradiol 17 ; Silurus asotus (Linnaeus)

Indexed keywords

SILURUS ASOTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035026377     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2001.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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