Effectiveness of the Air Stripping in Two Salmonid Fish, Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) and Brown Trout (Salmo Trutta Morpha fario)Radosław Kajetan Kowalski 1, Beata Sarosiek 1, Sylwia Judycka 1, Katarzyna Dryl 1, Joanna Grudniewska 2, Stefan Dobosz 2, Beata Irena Cejko 1
1Department of Gamete and Embryo Biology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Science, 2Department of Salmonid Fish Research, The Stanisław Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute
The principal aim of this study is to standardize and test the pneumatic method (air stripping) of collecting eggs in rainbow trout and brown trout. This method allows effective and simple collection of the eggs without the necessity of fish abdomen massage.
