Synthetic hormones for induced
breeding of fishes
• Synthetic spawning hormones - increasingly used due to their efficacy and
convenience
• Banerjee et al. (1989) succeeded in the purification of pituitary
gonadotropic hormone from Channa punctatus and Catla catla.
• Of all the mammalian hormones tested on fish, chorionic gonadotropin
(CG) - successful -because CG behaves as a luteinising hormones (LH)
• Synahorin (a mixture of CG and mammalian pituitary extract) in
combination with pituitary gave positive results in rohu
INTRODUCTION
• Bhowmick et al. (1979) found mammalian hormones antuitrin-s, leutocyclin and
RH-LH ineffective when injected singly or in combination with carp pituitary
extract
• The CIFRI, Barrackpore - detailed studies on the use of LH-RH alone or in
combination with progesterone and obtained breeding success which ranged
between 25-49% in carps and 100% in catfish
Synthetic spawning agents :
• LH-RH (natural or synthetic) alone - not very effective in inducing spawning in fish
• A combination of LH-RH-a (GnRH-a) and a dopamine antagonist for induced
ovulation and spawning in cultured fish is a highly effective procedure called the
Linpe method
• Reports of successful spawning of catla, rohu and mrigal with LH-RH analogue at
10-20 g/kg b.w. and obtained 100% ovulation with pimozide at 10mg/kg b.w.
• Parameswaran et al. (1988) achieved successful spawning in mrigal with LH-RH-a,
buserelin acetate in combination with progesterone
• Investigations of Jose et al. (1989) with LH-RH-a indicated successful breeding of
mrigal and Labeo fimbriatus.
The Linpe method and ovaprim:
• Commercialized by Syndel Laboratories, Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
under the tradename ovaprim
• The ovaprim spawning kit - use with salmonids, cyprinids and other freshwater
cultured fish- wide success
• In India- ovaprim for induced spawning of Indian major carps, fringe lipped carp,
silver carp, bighead carp and grass carp (Nandeesha et al. (1990, 1991) )
economically, the use of ovaprim is advantageous
• The spawning success, quantity of eggs obtained, the fertilization rate and
hatching percentage remained consistently higher with ovaprim as compared to
carp pituitary extract (CPE) or human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
• 40% more fry can be obtained by using ovaprim in place of commercial CPE
• Ovulation and spawning has been successfully induced in India by the Linpe
method in the Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus (Manickam and Joy, !989) and
Indian catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Manickam, 1992)
• Similarly, indigenous preparations, viz. Ovatide (M/s. Hemmopharma Ltd.,
Mumbai) and WOVA-FH (M/s. WOCKHARDT Ltd., Mumbai) are also being used
commonly for the commercial spawning of carps and other fishes in India
• A combination of busereline (LHRH-a) and domperidone has been successfully
used for the spawning of IMC (Basavaraja et al., 2007).
Dosage of ready-to-inject spawning agents (ovaprim, ovatide, WOVA-FH, etc.)
• Females :
• Catla : 0.4-0.5 ml/kg b.w.
• Rohu : 0.3-0.4 ml/kg b.w.
• Mrigal : 0.25-0.3 ml/kg b.w.
• Fringe-lipped carp : 0.3-0.4 ml/kg b.w.
• Catfishes : 0.6-0.8 ml/kg b.w.
• Males (all species of carps) : 0.1-0.3 ml/kg b.w.
• Males (catfishes) : 0.15-0.4 ml/kg b.w.
• Silver carp : 0.4-0.7 ml/kg b.w.
• Grass carp : 0.4-0.8 ml/kg b.w.
• Bighead carp : 0.4-0.5 ml/kg b.w.
• Mahseers : 0.6-0.7 ml/kg b.w.
Steroids :
• The effects of steroid hormones on ovulation are seen primarily as germinal vesicle
breakdown (GVBD)
• GVBD is normally controlled by one or more steroids produced in the ovaries
under gonadotropin stimulation, but the timing of ovulation related to that of
GVBD varies
• In vitro ovulation normally follows steroid induced GVBD in catfish (H. fossilis)
(Goswami and Sundararaj, 1971a,b)
• The action of pituitary gonadotropins on final oocyte maturation is known to be
medicated through steroid hormones
• Deoxy corticosterone acetate (DOCA) and cortisone effectively stimulated in vitro
ovulation in H. fossils (Ramaswami, 1962; Goswami and Sundararaj, 1971a,b)
• The thyroid stimulating hormone is also reported to bring about ovulation in
Indian catfish (Ramaswami and Lakshmanan, 1958)
• There are circumstantial evidences which suggest that pheromones secreted by
IMC help in effecting spawning (Ranganathan et al., 1967)
• Similarly, sympathetic spawning of carps in bundhs appears to be due to the
release of pheromones (Moitra and Sarkar, 1975).
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3.4. Synthetic hormones.ppt

  • 1.
    Synthetic hormones forinduced breeding of fishes
  • 2.
    • Synthetic spawninghormones - increasingly used due to their efficacy and convenience • Banerjee et al. (1989) succeeded in the purification of pituitary gonadotropic hormone from Channa punctatus and Catla catla. • Of all the mammalian hormones tested on fish, chorionic gonadotropin (CG) - successful -because CG behaves as a luteinising hormones (LH) • Synahorin (a mixture of CG and mammalian pituitary extract) in combination with pituitary gave positive results in rohu INTRODUCTION
  • 3.
    • Bhowmick etal. (1979) found mammalian hormones antuitrin-s, leutocyclin and RH-LH ineffective when injected singly or in combination with carp pituitary extract • The CIFRI, Barrackpore - detailed studies on the use of LH-RH alone or in combination with progesterone and obtained breeding success which ranged between 25-49% in carps and 100% in catfish
  • 4.
    Synthetic spawning agents: • LH-RH (natural or synthetic) alone - not very effective in inducing spawning in fish • A combination of LH-RH-a (GnRH-a) and a dopamine antagonist for induced ovulation and spawning in cultured fish is a highly effective procedure called the Linpe method • Reports of successful spawning of catla, rohu and mrigal with LH-RH analogue at 10-20 g/kg b.w. and obtained 100% ovulation with pimozide at 10mg/kg b.w. • Parameswaran et al. (1988) achieved successful spawning in mrigal with LH-RH-a, buserelin acetate in combination with progesterone • Investigations of Jose et al. (1989) with LH-RH-a indicated successful breeding of mrigal and Labeo fimbriatus.
  • 5.
    The Linpe methodand ovaprim: • Commercialized by Syndel Laboratories, Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, under the tradename ovaprim • The ovaprim spawning kit - use with salmonids, cyprinids and other freshwater cultured fish- wide success • In India- ovaprim for induced spawning of Indian major carps, fringe lipped carp, silver carp, bighead carp and grass carp (Nandeesha et al. (1990, 1991) ) economically, the use of ovaprim is advantageous • The spawning success, quantity of eggs obtained, the fertilization rate and hatching percentage remained consistently higher with ovaprim as compared to carp pituitary extract (CPE) or human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
  • 6.
    • 40% morefry can be obtained by using ovaprim in place of commercial CPE • Ovulation and spawning has been successfully induced in India by the Linpe method in the Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus (Manickam and Joy, !989) and Indian catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Manickam, 1992) • Similarly, indigenous preparations, viz. Ovatide (M/s. Hemmopharma Ltd., Mumbai) and WOVA-FH (M/s. WOCKHARDT Ltd., Mumbai) are also being used commonly for the commercial spawning of carps and other fishes in India • A combination of busereline (LHRH-a) and domperidone has been successfully used for the spawning of IMC (Basavaraja et al., 2007).
  • 7.
    Dosage of ready-to-injectspawning agents (ovaprim, ovatide, WOVA-FH, etc.) • Females : • Catla : 0.4-0.5 ml/kg b.w. • Rohu : 0.3-0.4 ml/kg b.w. • Mrigal : 0.25-0.3 ml/kg b.w. • Fringe-lipped carp : 0.3-0.4 ml/kg b.w. • Catfishes : 0.6-0.8 ml/kg b.w. • Males (all species of carps) : 0.1-0.3 ml/kg b.w. • Males (catfishes) : 0.15-0.4 ml/kg b.w. • Silver carp : 0.4-0.7 ml/kg b.w. • Grass carp : 0.4-0.8 ml/kg b.w. • Bighead carp : 0.4-0.5 ml/kg b.w. • Mahseers : 0.6-0.7 ml/kg b.w.
  • 8.
    Steroids : • Theeffects of steroid hormones on ovulation are seen primarily as germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) • GVBD is normally controlled by one or more steroids produced in the ovaries under gonadotropin stimulation, but the timing of ovulation related to that of GVBD varies • In vitro ovulation normally follows steroid induced GVBD in catfish (H. fossilis) (Goswami and Sundararaj, 1971a,b) • The action of pituitary gonadotropins on final oocyte maturation is known to be medicated through steroid hormones
  • 9.
    • Deoxy corticosteroneacetate (DOCA) and cortisone effectively stimulated in vitro ovulation in H. fossils (Ramaswami, 1962; Goswami and Sundararaj, 1971a,b) • The thyroid stimulating hormone is also reported to bring about ovulation in Indian catfish (Ramaswami and Lakshmanan, 1958) • There are circumstantial evidences which suggest that pheromones secreted by IMC help in effecting spawning (Ranganathan et al., 1967) • Similarly, sympathetic spawning of carps in bundhs appears to be due to the release of pheromones (Moitra and Sarkar, 1975).