Induced spawning in perch, Perca fluviatilis L. using carp pituitary extract and HCG

Abstract

Induced spawning in Eurasian perch, Perca fluviatilis L., was studied using human chorionic gonadotrophs (hCG) or acetone-dried common carp pituitary with or without hCG. The dose administered to fish was 5700 IU hCG kg-1 or 4.0 mg kg-1 carp pituitary with or without 500-700 IU hCG kg-1 for females and 2850 IU hCG kg-1 or 2.0 mg kg-1 carp pituitary with or without 250-350 IU hCG kg-1 for males. There were no statistically significant differences in quantity of milt in treated and control groups, although the best result was observed when males were treated with a triple injection of hCG and carp pituitary extract. Male spermiating success, expressed as a quantity of milt, was negatively correlated with fish weight. All females treated in this experiment had oocytes at the same division, so time of ovulation was highly synchronous. Spawning success, expressed as a spawning effectivity coefficient (Sc), was highest in fish treated with the triple injection. Spawning methods described in this paper were successful, even though hormones from another order of fish were used.