[en] The communication reports on captive breeding operations performed in Wallonia, Southern Belgium, on 5 species of running water cyprinids : Barbus barbus, Leuciscus cephalus, Leuciscus leuciscus, Chondrostoma nasus and Alburnoïdes bipunctatus. The study mainly focuses on technics of gamete production and intensive fry rearing for stocking. The potential and limits of these technics for the rehabilitation of endangered European cyprinids are discussed.
Disciplines :
Animal production & animal husbandry
Author, co-author :
Philippart, Jean-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale
Language :
English
Title :
Captive breeding and restocking of running water cyprinids in Belgium (poster)
Publication date :
July 1994
Number of pages :
1
Event name :
Symposium on the Conservation of Endangered Freshwater Fish in Europe
