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A comparison of aromatase inhibitors for the sex reversal of female Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

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Immersion treatment of all female Atlantic salmon alevins with 1,4,6-androstatriene-3, 17-dione (ATD) (Steraloids Inc.) at doses of 0.5 and 5 mg l−1 resulted in up to 54% masculinisation and fertility was the same as normal males.

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  1. School of Aquaculture, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

    P.S. Lee, H.R. King & N.W. Pankhurst

  2. Salmon Enterprises of Tasmania Pty. Ltd., Wayatinah, Tasmania, Australia

    H.R. King

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Lee, P., King, H. & Pankhurst, N. A comparison of aromatase inhibitors for the sex reversal of female Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28, 159–160 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FISH.0000030510.36105.53

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