ARTIFICIAL BREEDING OF MALAYSIAN

EXOTIC KELAH
INTRODUCTION
Malaysian
Malaysian Kelah
Kelah is
is aa high
high valued
valued food
food and
and game
game fish
fish but
but its
its number
number inin the
the wild
wild has
has depleted
depleted due
due to
to
over-fishing
over-fishing and environmental disturbances. A sustainable breeding program for this species is
and environmental disturbances. A sustainable breeding program for this species is
much
much needed
needed to to ensure
ensure their
their availability
availability in
in the
the wild
wild and
and also
also for
for commercial
commercial market.
market.
BROODSTOCK
MANAGEMENT
• Crucial conditioning process by manipulating
environmental factors surrounding the broodstock
to ensure maximum survival, enhance gonadal
development and increase fecundity of broodstock
in captivity.
• Tagging were done with RFID chip for broodstock
identification purposes
• Ultrasonography is a non-invasive diagnostic tool
used to determine egg maturity in the broodstock.

ARTIFICIAL
ARTIFICIAL
BREEDING
BREEDING
Hormonal manipulation was used in synchronizing and advancing maturation of
the eggs. Ovaplant (contained sGnRHa) were implant a month before scheduled
breeding program while Ovaprim (contained ova-RH) were injected 17 hours
prior to stripping.
Eggs stripping Fertilization Incubation
• Stripping were • Eggs and semen were • Fertilized eggs were
done by applying mixed and immediately transferred to
gentle abdominal thereafter pond water is hatching tray
pressure of female added and all components • The eggs take 72
broodstock. are re-mixed. hours to hatch.

NURSERY
NURSERY
Seven days after hatched, the larvae can be fed with livefeed such as Artemia sp. and Moina sp.
After two months, the fry were given micropellet and by reaching fingerling stage (3 months old)
they were transferred to bigger tank and fed with mixture of micropellet and 1mm pellet.

Animal Biotechnology Centre,

Agro-Biotechnology Institute , Malaysia (ABI), National Institute of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM),
43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Contact : 03-89495600