Fertilization of Pink Salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) Ova by Spermatozoa from Gonadotropin-Injected Juveniles

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Donaldson, Edward M., Funk, James D., Withler, F. C., Morley, R. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
• Subjects: Fraser River; Babine River; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f72-002; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f72-002

Sexual maturation in male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) from Jones Creek, a tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia, was accelerated by intraperitoneal injections of partially purified chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) gonadotropin. The treated pinks produced milt 1 year earlier than no...