Motility parameters of the spermatozoa in most fish species spawning in fresh water like Rutilus kutum lasts for a short time after activation. Ovarian fluid significantly influenced sperm motility (motility duration period) and percent motility (progressive forward motile sperm). Both of these variables generally increased as the concentration of ovarian fluid increased from 33% to 50%, respec...

fish genome contains two copies of growth hormone (gh-1 and gh-2) as a result of duplication process during evolution. the aim of this study was to distinguish gh-1 from gh-2 genes in rutilus kutum (mahi sefid) from the caspian sea using sequencing techniques and application of specific restriction enzymes for these loci. for this purpose, five fish were randomly selected and samples for dna ex...

abstract relation between sexual maturity and levels of two main steroid hormones in gonads, 17- estradiol (e2) and testosterone (t) were studied by using histological and radioimmunoassay in female kutum rutilus frisii kutum during spawning season of the southern caspian sea. the study was carried out from february to may 2008 using 105 migrated fish specimens catched from the river sefid-rood...

background: iron, manganese, and aluminum are three abundant metals on earth and their concentrations have increased in aquatic environments as a result of natural and industrial activities. this study was undertaken to report the median acute toxicity (lc50) and accumulation of the sub-lethal concentration (10% 96-h lc50) of iron (fe), manganese (mn) and aluminum (al) in kutum (rutilus kutum) ...

  Gravid wild kutum broodstock, Rutilus frisii kutum, on their upstream migration to Valiabad River (northern Iran) were kept in captivity to allow them to ovulate (captive ripe). Then the impact of captivity on some reproductive and physiological parameters (i.e., plasma cortisol and glucose levels, fertilization percentage, gonadosomatic index and fecundity) were assessed and results were com...

A 60-days feeding trail was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary digestible energy levels (DE) on kutum, Rutilus frisii kutum. Four is nitrogenous (35% protein) diets with digestible energy levels of 2500, 2600, 2700 and 2800kcal kg-1 was tested. Two hundred and forty advanced fry (2±0.4g) were randomly distributed in 12 fiberglass tanks of 400L capacity. Nutritional responses in...