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Stimulation of Molting and Ovarian Maturation by Methyl Farnesoate in the Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)

  • Alnawafleh, Tariq (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Bo-Kwang (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kang, Hye-Eun (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Yoon, Tae-Ho (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Woo (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2013.07.24
  • Accepted : 2013.09.05
  • Published : 2014.03.31

Abstract

Eyestalk ablation (ESA) is commonly used in aquaculture to stimulate ovarian maturation in crustaceans, and methyl farnesoate (MF) affects crustacean molting and reproduction. To investigate the physiological effects of ESA and MF treatments on the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, we compared the effects of single eyestalk removal and MF injections. The ESA group had the lowest survival rate (50%), and individuals in the $0.1{\mu}g$ and $1.0{\mu}g$ MF-treated groups had survival rates of 80 and 73.3%, respectively. Conversely, molting numbers were highest in the ESA group, and similar to those of the 1.0-${\mu}g$ MF group. To investigate shrimp growth, we measured body weight during the experimental period and found that individuals in the ESA and $1.0{\mu}g$ MF groups showed significant increases in body weight. Furthermore, to investigate the effects of ESA and MF treatments on gonadal maturation, the gonad somatic index (GSI) was calculated after the experiment. All treated groups (ESA and MF) had higher GSI values than the control group, but the ESA and $1.0{\mu}g$ MF groups were not significantly different. Using histological ovary analysis, we determined that all treated groups showed indications of the previtellogenic stage, unlike the control group (immature stage). These results suggest that the high-MF-concentration treatment produced effects similar to those of ESA with respect to molting number, growth, and ovarian maturation.

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