Contraception within an elasmobranch captive breeding programme: a case report on the eagle ray  Aetobatus ocellatus  using gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist deslorelin (Suprelorin) | Zendy

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Contraception within an elasmobranch captive breeding programme: a case report on the eagle ray Aetobatus ocellatus using gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist deslorelin (Suprelorin)

Author(s) -

Janse Max,

Luten Henk A.

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of fish biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 115

eISSN - 1095-8649

pISSN - 0022-1112

DOI - 10.1111/jfb.13872

Subject(s) - biology , eagle , gonadotropin releasing hormone , agonist , hormone , captive breeding , endocrinology , medicine , zoology , ecology , luteinizing hormone , receptor , habitat , endangered species , biochemistry

This study describes the first case of contraception within a captive elasmobranch breeding programme where an implant of Suprelorin, containing a long‐acting gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue Deslorelin, was implanted in an eagle ray Aetobatus ocellatus , which successfully halted breeding.

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