Quality of testicular semen of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) and its relationship with fertilization and hatching success

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1422-1428

  Mansour, Nabil ^a,b   Ramoun, Adel ^b   Lahnsteiner, Franz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b KAFRELSHEIKH UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

African catfish; Deformed larvae; Fertilization; Hatching; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 27244448843     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2005.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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