TY - JOUR T1 - The Relationship Between Body Condition, Sperm Quality Parameters and Fertilization Success in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) AU - , Yusuf Bozkurt JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 5 IS - 4 SP - 284 EP - 288 PY - 2006 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2006.284.288 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2006.284.288 KW - Oncorhynchus mykiss KW -sperm quality KW -fertilization KW -hatching AB - Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) sperm was collected without anesthesia by abdominal massage. In collected sperm, volume, motility, movement duration, density, total density and pH were recorded. Furthermore, body weight and body length were measured and correlations beetween spermatological properties and these parameters were assessed. Fertilization was carried out using the dry fertilization technique at 1x105 spz/egg ratio. The highest fertilization and hatching rates were found as 93 and 100%, respectively. There were significant positive correlations between body weight and length (r= 0.800, p<0.01), body weight and movement duration (r= 0.556, p<0.05), body length and pH (r= 0.613, p<0.05) and density and total density (r= 0.864, p<0.01). Significant negative correlations were found between body length and density (r= -0.609, p<0.05) and body length and total density (r= -0.570, p<0.05). In addition, it was observed that there was a positive relation between motility and fertilization rate (0.944, p<0.01) and also between motility and hatching rate (0.689, p<0.01). Furthermore, fertilization and hatching rates significantly correlated (r= 0.742, p<0.01) with each other. ER -