Induced Breeding of Fishes with Ovatide

• Ovatide is an indigenous, cost-effective and new hormonal formulation for induced breeding of fishes.
• It is also effective in breeding major carps. The doses for females are 0.20-0.40 ml/kg for rohu and mrigal, 0.40-0.50 ml/kg for catla, silver carp and grass carp
• The dosages for males are 0.10-0.20 ml/kg for rohu, mrigal, 0.20-0.30 ml/ kg for catla and 0.20-0.25 ml/kg for silver carp and grass carp.

                                                            

 The Advantages of Ovatide:

• It is cost-effective hormonal preparation.
• It gives high fertilisation and hatching percentage (85-95%).
• It is increases egg production through complete spawning.
• It produces healthy seed.
• It is easy to inject due to its low viscosity.
• It does not cause adverse effects on brood fish after injection.
• It can be administered in a single dose to brooders.
• It can be stored at room temperature.
• It is quite effective even under climatic adversities and ovatide is available in the market as 10 ml vial, which costs Rs. 300.