Evaluation of egg production and sex steroid profiles in the goldfish Carassius auratus during four consecutive seasons

Global Veterinaria

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-375

  Zadmajid, Vahid ^a   Imanpoor, Mohammad Reza ^a   Shabani, Ali ^a   Baharlouei, Akbar ^b  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b Landa Pathobiology Laboratory   (Iran)

Author keywords

Eggs; Goldfish; Reproduction; Seasonality; Sex steroid

Indexed keywords

CARASSIUS AURATUS;

EID: 84867119785     PISSN: 19926197     EISSN: 19998163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.gv.2012.9.3.65144     Document Type: Article

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