scholarly journals Growth hormone transgenesis and polyploidy increase metabolic rate, alter the cardiorespiratory response and influence HSP expression in response to acute hypoxia in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) yolk-sac alevins

2014 ◽  
Vol 217 (13) ◽  
pp. 2268-2276 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. T. Polymeropoulos ◽  
D. Plouffe ◽  
S. LeBlanc ◽  
N. G. Elliott ◽  
S. Currie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Acute Hypoxia ◽  
Yolk Sac ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Response

The effect of porcine somatotropin on growth, and survival in seawater of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Komourdjian ◽  
R. L. Saunders ◽  
J. C. Fenwick
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Growth Hormone Treatment ◽  
Hormone Treatment ◽  
Control Fish ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Porcine Somatotropin

The effects of porcine growth hormone on growth and salinity tolerance were studied in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr. Fish were held in freshwater at 11.5 °C during June and July under a photoperiod with light to dark periods opposite to the prevailing natural conditions. Fish treated with 1.0 μg/g body weight of growth hormone preparation on alternate days were significantly longer (P <.05), after 4 weeks, than placebo-injected controls. All hormone-injected fish survived transfer to seawater, 30‰ salinity. But under the same conditions, placebo-injected control fish showed a high mortality rate. Growth-hormone treatment caused a darkening of fin margins and a yellowing of the operculae and fin surfaces. The silvering which normally accompanies smoltification was not observed. The role of growth hormone in eliciting these actions and its possible role in the parr–smolt transformation are discussed.

Osmoregulation, feed intake, growth and growth hormone levels in 0+ Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) transferred to seawater at different stages of smolt development

Aquaculture ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 222 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 167-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arne M. Arnesen ◽  
Hilde Toften ◽  
Thorleifur Agustsson ◽  
Sigurd O. Stefansson ◽  
Sigurd O. Handeland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Hormone Levels ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar

scholarly journals Effects of growth hormone on gill chloride cells in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (3) ◽  
pp. R850-R857 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Prunet ◽  
M. Pisam ◽  
J. P. Claireaux ◽  
G. Boeuf ◽  
A. Rambourg
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Chloride Cells ◽  
Alpha Cells ◽  
Gh Treatment ◽  
Sodium Efflux ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Accessory Cells

Experiments were performed to investigate the effects of ovine growth hormone (oGH) on both the ultrastructural features of chloride cells and the ability of gills to extrude Na+ after transfer into seawater. February presmolts and June parrs of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were implanted with oGH. In such animals, spontaneously showing a poor ability to adapt themselves to seawater life, GH significantly increased gill Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase activity as well as gill sodium efflux into seawater. When examined by electron microscope, two types of chloride cells (alpha- and beta-types) were identified in control parrs and presmolts. GH treatment induced an increase in size and number of alpha-cells that displayed an extensive tubular system, while the beta-cells, thought to be specific to freshwater life, decreased in number. There was, concomitantly, an increase in number of accessory cells associated with the apical portion of the alpha-cells and, as a result, the formation of extensive shallow junctions between these cell types. Such functional and ultrastructural modifications that mimicked those naturally occurring during the last steps of the smoltification strongly suggest that GH stimulates the differentiation of freshwater chloride cells toward a seawater type.

Growth, Parr–Smolt Transformation, and Changes in Growth Hormone of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Reared under Different Photoperiods

1991 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 2100-2108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigurd O. Stefansson ◽  
Björn Th. Bjömsson ◽  
Tom Hansen ◽  
Carl Haux ◽  
G. Lasse Taranger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Continuous Light ◽  
Plasma Growth Hormone ◽  
Hormone Levels ◽  
Light Regimes ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Natural Photoperiod

Potential 1+ smolts of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were reared under three light regimes: simulated natural photoperiod (LDN), continuous light (LD24:0), or a combination of continuous, low-intensity background light and a superimposed simulated natural photoperiod (dual photoperiod, LDD). Growth rate in freshwater was enhanced by LD24:0 and LDD, and changes associated with smoking (increased salinity tolerance, reduced condition coefficient) were advanced under LD24:0. Plasma growth hormone levels were initially high on LD24:0 and LDD whereas on LDN, plasma growth hormone levels increased gradually from February through April. Overall GH levels were negatively correlated with condition coefficient during the final stages of smoking. After 16 mo in seawater, there were no significant size differences among the groups. The incidence of sexual maturation as postsmolts was higher in the LD24:0 and LDD groups whereas the incidence of grilsing was higher in LDN. Results demonstrate the significant influence of photoperiod on growth and smoking in Atlantic salmon. An abrupt increase to continuous light in winter may be sufficient to advance important aspects of the parr–smolt transformation. Dual photoperiod may be a way to combine the increased growth rate observed under continuous light and the normal parr–smolt transformation associated with natural photoperiod.

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