Survival of shovelnose sturgeon after abdominally invasive endoscopic evaluation
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Abstract
The development of effective and minimally invasive techniques to determine gender and gonad developmental stage is particularly important in performing accurate fisheries assessments for use in conservation and restoration. The initial and latent survival of shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus was assessed after exposure to a modified endoscopic technique designed to collect that biological information. Rather than inserting the endoscope through the urogenital canal or directly into the body cavity, we inserted a threaded trocar through a ventral incision and used a low-pressure air supply attached to the trocar to gently insufflate the body cavity. The initial survival of both experimental and control shovelnose sturgeon was 100%. Latent survival was 100% and 90% for the experimental and control fish, respectively. Our study suggests that incision endoscopy coupled with insufflation of the body cavity through the use of a trocar and an air supply is a safe and effective way to determine gender and examine the gonad developmental stage of shovelnose sturgeon. The short duration of the procedure and the high postprocedure survival suggest that this technique is suitable for shovelnose sturgeon and perhaps for the evaluation of other endangered fish species (e.g., pallid sturgeon S. alba) as well.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Survival of shovelnose sturgeon after abdominally invasive endoscopic evaluation |
| Series title | North American Journal of Fisheries Management |
| DOI | 10.1577/M09-125.1 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Fisheries Society |
| Publisher location | Lawrence, KS |
| Contributing office(s) | Coop Res Unit Atlanta |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 121 |
| Last page | 125 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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