STUDY PROTOCOL FOR AN AQUACULTURE INVESTIGATIONAL NEW ANIMAL DRUG (INAD) EXEMPTION FOR THE USE OF 17-ALPHA METHYLTESTOSTERONE IN RAINBOW TROUT AND ATLANTIC SALMON (INAD #8557)

STUDY PROTOCOL FOR AN AQUACULTURE INVESTIGATIONAL NEW ANIMAL DRUG (INAD) EXEMPTION FOR THE USE OF 17-ALPHA METHYLTESTOSTERONE IN RAINBOW TROUT AND ATLANTIC SALMON (INAD #8557)
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17α-methyltestosterone (MET) is an aquaculture premix and is only available through Rangen Inc. The primary goal of studies conducted under INAD #8557 is to generate data evaluating the efficacy of MET administered in feed to larval rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon to produce masculinized female fish that produce sperm.

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