Video credit: Elsadig Arbab (Sudan) – Description: Elsadig Arbab and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The hatchery shown in the video is located in Toledo, San Jose (Brazil). This particular hatchery is a component of an aquaculture project that consists of around 1000 of small volume/high density cages (SVHD cages) of …
Tag: sex reversal
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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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Aug 16 2016
Applications of genetics in aquaculture (Updated 2016 version)
This lecture has been delivered by Dr. Abdel Rahman El Gamal during August 2016 as a contribution to the “Fish Culture Development training course – Africa” which is annually organized by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) with the support by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The introductory part of the lecture addressed the …
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Jan 27 2015
Hormonal sex reversal of tilapia fry (practice and contradicting opinions) – Video
After a short introduction of tilapia in aquaculture, this 17-min video focuses on the production of all-male tilapia through the sex reversal practices using male hormone. The logic sequence of the sex reversal process has been maintained to large extent starting by the sexual differentiation in tilapia then determining the appropriate age and/size for successful …
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Aug 30 2014
Large-scale Chinese tilapia hatchery and the marketing of GIFT strain
Photo credit:Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photo shows a part of a tilapia hatchery facility located in Hainan Province, China. Based on various information sources, the production capacity of the said hatchery is about 400 million of sex reversed tilapia fingerlings per year. This contribution to the …
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Jun 09 2014
تفريخ البلطى النيلى وإنتاج الذكور فى أحد المفرخات فى الفلبين
Credit: Ahmed Zaki (Egypt) هذة الصورتم أخذها فى أحد مفرخات البلطى فى الفلبين وحيث يتم فى هذا المفرخ تخزين أمهات البلطى النيلى بمعدل 3 إنات لكل ذكر. يتم تجميع الزريعة السابحة من على أجناب الحوض وذلك لنقلها إلى المعاملة بالهورمون الذكرى 17α-Methyltestosterone بهدف إنتاج زريعة بلطى نيلى جميعها ذكور. يصل معدل تجميع الزريعة فى هذا …
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Jun 09 2014
Spawning and sex reversal of Nile tilapia fry in a Pilipino hatchery
Credit: Ahmed Zaki (Egypt) The photos were taken in a tilapia hatchery in the Philippine. In this hatchery the broodstock of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus at the ratio of 3 females: 1 male. The swim-up tilapia fry are collected along the pond sides using a long-handled, narrow-mesh deep nets. The collected fry are transferred into …
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Jan 30 2014
Sex reversal of tilapia fry using male hormone in Benin
Credit: Ismael Radwan (Egypt) The male hormone (17 alpha- methyl testosterone) is dissolved in alcohol at the dose of 60 milligram per 500 ml of alcohol and then after the alcohol containing hormone is to be mixed with one kg of fry feed. Treated feed is dried in shade and could be stored in freezer …
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Jan 17 2014
Grading of tilapia fry prior to hormonal sex reversal treatment in Benin
Credit: Ismael Radwan (Egypt) As established, the effectiveness of sex reversal process depends on several factors including the initial size (age) of treated fry. If the tilapia spawning and collection systems of the fry cannot guarantee the optimum size (age) of tilapia fry, a grading system will be required. The photo shows a simple grader …
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Oct 15 2013
Production of all-male Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) through sex reversal in Guatemala
Credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) The first photo shows people collecting the swim-up fry of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from the spawning tanks. Tilapia broodstock are stocked at the ratio of four females for each male. The collected fry are passed to the sex reversal unit which is shown in the second photo. The sex reversal …
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