Ž . The productivity of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus L. broodfish, spawned in large hapas Ž 2. 120 m in ponds under different exchange and management strategies, was monitored over a 70-day period. Female fish were checked for eggs twice weekly and returned to the same Ž . spawning hapa throughout the experiment 0 day or exchanged for females maintained in separate Ž . Ž . single sex grou...

This study examined the effect of dietary carotenoid availability on carotenoid and retinoid concentrations in the flesh, plasma, skin and eggs of female Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Carotenoid concentrations in all tissues were closely related to dietary availability. Early in the breeding season, carotenoids were stored primarily in the muscle, with a flesh carotenoid concentratio...

During 1997 we evaluated reproductive success in colonial water birds nesting in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV), Texas, and correlated success with concentrations of contaminants in eggs. We also measured steroid hormones and gonadosomatic index (GSI) as biomarkers of endocrine effects in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Nest and fledging success of green herons (Butorides virescens) and grea...

Odontesthes bonariensis is a freshwater teleost fish from the Pampean inland waters, with an important economic potencial. The conditions of its intensive culture systems favour the proliferation of pathogen agents. This work describes the ocurrence of Achlya racemosa Hildebrand on eggs, and of Saprolegnia ferax (Gruith.) Thuret on a juvenile of Argentinian silverside (Odonthestes bonariensis)....

Fatty acid composition of eggs affects development, growth and ecological performance of fish embryos and larvae, with potential consequences for recruitment success. Essential fatty acids in eggs derive from the maternal diet, and the time between ingestion and deposition in eggs is ecologically important but unknown. We examined the dynamics of diet-egg transfer of arachidonic acid (ARA) in t...

In the ripe eggs of all species of marine teleost fish so far examined, retinal (vitamin A aldehyde) is the predominant form of vitamin A, and in some species it represents 90% of the total vitamin A-active material in the eggs (Plack, Kon & Thompson, 1959; Plack & Kon, 1961). Hen’s eggs also contain retinal and, for forty-one eggs from six hens on a diet of breeder’s mash, a value of 21.7 pg/e...

An experiment was conducted to investigate whether feeding menhaden oil (MO) to hens affects egg weight, and whether using deodorized MO (DMO) could ameliorate decreased sensory quality of eggs (characteristic for hens fed high fish oil diets). Two-hundred twenty-four Single Comb White Leghorn hens were allocated to seven dietary treatments comprising either no fish oil, DMO, or regular MO (RMO...

Dietary vitamin D may compensate for inadequate sun exposure; however, there have been few investigations into the vitamin D content of Australian foods. We measured vitamin D₃ and 25-hydroxyvitamin D₃ (25(OH)D₃) in four species of white fish (barramundi, basa, hoki and king dory), and chicken eggs (cage and free-range), purchased from five Australian cities. Samples included local, imported an...

Haemato-biochemical studies in rainbow trout infected with Saprolegnia were carried out under temperate climatic conditions of Kashmir valley to find out the variation in blood parameters. The trial was carried out on 405 cultured rainbow trout fish ranging in length from 47.8 to 69.8 cm and in weight from 1300 to 1920 g. The same experiment was carried out on 2,70000.00 trout fish eggs from No...