Sperm production and quality in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in relation to hormonal treatment

• Published in: Reproduction in Domestic Animals
• Main Authors: Koumpiadis, Paraskevas, Sganga, Daniela E., Politis, Sebastian N., Gallego Albiach, Victor, Butts, Ian A.E., Asturiano, Juan F., Batjakas, Ioannis E., Tomkiewicz, Jonna
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ciencia Animal - Departament de Ciència Animal, Innovation Fund Denmark, AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Anguilla anguilla; CASA; Haemocytometer; Sperm density; Sperm motility; Spermatocrit; PRODUCCION ANIMAL; 14.- Conservar y utilizar de forma sostenible los océanos; mares y recursos marinos para lograr el desarrollo sostenible; Cierva; European eel
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/184363; https://doi.org/10.1111/rda.14011

[EN] Aquaculture production relies on controlled management of gametogenesis, especially in species where assisted reproduction is needed for obtaining gametes in captivity. The present study used human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) treatments to induce and sustain spermatogenesis in European eel (An...