Mlingi, Frank Thomas; Puvanendran, Velmurugu; Burgerhout, Erik; Tveiten, Helge; Tomkiewicz, Jonna; Kjørsvik, Elin; Mommens, Maren (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-21)
The commercial farming of juvenile lumpfish requires monitoring of gonadal development to achieve synchronized production. Conventional methods such as
gonadosomatic index (GSI), sex hormone analyses, gonadal histology, endoscopy,
and gene expression analyses are costly, invasive, and often involve sacrificing the
fish. We assessed the efficiency of ultrasound as a non-invasive method for monitoring ...