High fry production rates using post-thaw silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) spermatozoa under farming conditions |
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| Authors: | Brbaro Alvarez Roberto Fuentes Rafael Pimentel Zoila Abad Edenaida Cabrera Eulogio Pimentel Amilcar Arenal |
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| Institution: | Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 387, C.P. 70 100, Camagüey, Cuba |
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| Abstract: | Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is not endemic to Cuba, and egg fertilization is totally artificial; males produce spermatozoa only between March and October. Cryopreservation of silver carp spermatozoa would reduce the number of males needed, minimize handling stress through less frequent stripping, and facilitate artificial propagation when eggs are available. The effects on motility and fry production from eggs fertilized with thawed sperm under farm-conditions were examined in this study. Five, seven and ten percent of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), glycerol and methanol were tested as cryoprotectants. DMSO was a more suitable cryoprotectant than methanol or glycerol. The effect of equilibration time on the motility rate at 10% DMSO was evaluated. Hatching rates equal to the control (P>0.01) were obtained under farm conditions with frozen spermatozoa, stored even for a year in liquid nitrogen, with a final DMSO concentration of 10%. Cryopreservation offers a useful routine method for sperm storage and silver carp handling. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the production of fry from post-thaw silver carp spermatozoa under farming conditions. |
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| Keywords: | Cryopreservation Spermatozoa Fish Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Sperm |
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