Artificial spawning of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.): differences between females of Polish strain 6 and Hungarian strain W treated with carp pituitary homogenate, Ovopel or Dagin

Abstract

Investigations of the effects of controlled reproduction were conducted on carp females of Polish strain 6 and Hungarian strain W after ovulation stimulation with carp pituitary homogenate (CPH) (0.3 mg+2.7 mg kg(-1) body weight), Ovopel (1/5+1 pellet kg(-1) body weight) or Dagin (1 dose kg(-1) body weight). In both strains, the highest percentage of spawning females was found after the Ovopel treatment. After treatments with CPH and Dagin this percentage did not differ in strain 6; however, after Dagin, it was higher in fish of strain W. After CPH or Ovopel stimulation the females of line 6 yielded eggs of higher weight compared with line W. After the Dagin treatment the weight of eggs obtained from females, both strains was similar but much lower than after the two remaining agents. The quality of eggs expressed both by the percentage of fertilization and that of living embryos after 24 and 36 h incubation was similar in the two strains only in the group treated with Ovopel. After CPH application eggs of better quality were obtained from strain 6 compared with strain W; however, after the treatment with Ovopel, eggs of much better quality were noted in strain W. In general, the best effects of reproduction were recorded in the case of Ovopel and the poorest in that of Dagin. Females of strain 6 yielded eggs of a higher weight but the percentages of spawning females were higher in strain W after each of the applied spawning agents. A new approach to this problem consisted in investigating the interaction between ovulation stimulators and origin of females of fish treated with Dagin.