Eyestalk Ablation to Increase Ovarian Maturation in Mud CrabsMohammad Asmat-Ullah 1, Rusydi Rozaimi 1, Hanafiah Fazhan 1,2,3, Alexander Chong Shu-Chien 2,4, Youji Wang 5, Khor Waiho 1,2,3
1Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 2Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 3Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, 4School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 5International Research Center for Marine Biosciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University
Two eyestalk ablation protocols (i.e., cauterization and surgery approaches) were performed on anesthetized female crabs. The eyestalk ablation of mud crabs hastened the ripening of ovaries without decreasing the survival rate.
