The great sturgeon, Huso huso, is one of the most important cultured sturgeon species in Iran, which effective management of aquaculture production of this species requires knowledge of broodstock structure, mating patterns, and genetic diversity of broodstock. The aim of the present study was the application of microsatellite DNA analysis for genetic diversity assessment in the first generatio...

Hematological parameters are useful indicators for assessing the physiological conditions of Sturgeon in response to stress, pollutants and physiological and ecological changes. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of nitrosomonase and nitrobacter in removing ammonia and on blood and serum indices of Huso huso .Four treatments were designed with densities of bacteria (0, 101, 10...

In the present study, the levels of the hypoxia-inducible factors (hif-1, hif-2) transcripts were evaluated during development of an ancient fish species, Beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) in a normal oxygen environment. The transcripts of hif-1, hif-2 were detected in all developmental time-points of H. huso from embryos to juvenile fish. Changes in normalized hif-1, hif-2 mRNA expression by using t...

In this study, growth performance, gonadosomatic index (GSI), and gonadal histology of beluga (Huso huso) and Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) were investigated for 12 months. Sixty individuals of fifteen-month old beluga and Persian sturgeon with body mean weight of 781±55 g and 469.5±38 g, respectively, were distributed in the concrete tanks (5×1×1 m) with water capacity of 2.5 m3 in tri...