Photos’ credit: Jean-Marie Sambou (Senegal) Description: Jean Marie and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos show the production and distribution of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings in Senegal. Typically, all-male tilapia is produced via hormonal treatment using 17-alpha methyl testosterone. The pictures have been taken in a private tilapia hatchery …
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Jan 18 2019
Grading of tilapia fry for sex-reversal process – Video
Video credit: Charles Bernard Makuya Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Because of the superiority of tilapia males over females in regard to growth rate, several scenarios are adopted towards the culture of all-male tilapia. Whether the use of male hormone (17-alpha methyl testosterone) is permitted or banned, its use is …
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Mar 03 2014
Production of all-male fingerlings of Nile tilapia in Benin (treatment tanks)
Credit: Ismael Radwan (Egypt) The photo shows the facilities what are in use during the hormonal treatment of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. One may notice that the relatively small size of tanks which enables the matching with the possible number of treated tilapia fry keeping in mind that the fecundity of Nile tilapia (no. eggs/female) …
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