the aim of the present study was to develop an in vitro system for functional investigation of ovarian follicular cells in sterlet, acipenser ruthenus. oocytes for the primary culture were obtained from the ovaries of a 6 years old sterlet 729 g in weight and 47 cm in total length. the oocytes were in advanced vitellogenesis stage (pi >10). a part of the ovary (containing about 300 follicles) w...

in the present study, mitochondrial dna polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (pcr-rflp) assay was used to assess the population structure and genetic relationships among six persian sturgeon, acipenser persicus populations from south caspian sea along the iranian coast. the complete nucleotide dehydrogenase subunit 5 (nadh 5) region of mtdna amplified by pcr was di...

histopathological and pathomorphological effects of 15 ppb mercuric chloride on persian sturgeon, acipenser persicus, were investigated using histological and electron microscopy observations. light microscopy showed that the gill epithelial hypertrophy, wrinkling and hyperplasia in lamellar epithelia and lamellae fusion occurred after 48 h of exposure. gill epithelia also showed occasional nec...

Haemangioma is a benign tumor of vascular endothelial cells or their progenitors. In spring of 2016, an Acipenser baerii, (+3 years, 2.2 kg weight) was reffered to the Department of Aquatic Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. After dissection it was found that the heart had a cobblestone appearance which was characterized by multiple dark red cysts...

the persian sturgeon, acipenser persicus (borodin, 1897), is an economically important species, which mainly inhabits the caspian sea. however, little is known about its population genetic structure. in this study, variation in nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial dna (mtdna) control region of wild stock persian sturgeon was determined to assess the genetic diversity among different natura...