Essential oil of garlic in the incubation of silver catfish eggs

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T17:48:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leticia_Angelica_Pereira.pdf: 691022 bytes, checksum: 4ea817fecf3a460a2a24e9762b62f93b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-20 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior This study aimed to evaluate the effect of garlic essential oil (Allium sativum) on the fertility rate and hatching of silver catfish eggs, Rhamdia quelen, artificially incubated. The research consisted of two experiments (I and II) at the Institute for Research in Environmental Aquaculture (InPAA), Toledo-PR, from october to december 2014. It used a randomly experimental design with the four treatments and five repetitions. The treatments consisted on the introduction of garlic essential oil on the incubators of fish eggs with the levels of 0; 5; 10 and 20 and 0; 1; 3 and 5 mg L-1 of oil, on experiments I and II respectively. The fertilization rate was determined after the closing of the blastopore, approximately 10 hours post-fertilization and the hatching rate was calculated 24 hours post-fertilization, when it was observed the larvae shedding egg. It used the standard morphological larvae to determine the normal rate, with the aid of a stereoscopic microscope. On the experiment I the dosage of 5 mg L-1 promoted the biggest (p0,05). Recomenda-se utilizar 5 mg L-1 de óleo essencial de alho para promover melhores taxas de fertilização e eclosão de ovos de jundiá incubados artificialmente