Somatic growth effects of intramuscular injection of growth hormone in androgen-treated juvenile Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

Little is known about the effects of the interaction of growth hormone (GH) with 17 a-methyltestosterone (17-MT) during fish growth. We evaluated this in the present study to assess the effect on fish growth. Fish in two batches of juvenile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (approximately 5.0cm in len...

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Main Authors: Marco A. Liñán-Cabello, Cindy M. Robles-Basto, †Alfredo Mena-Herrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2013-03-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
HC
GH
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442013000100016