Broodstock
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In aquaculture, the broodstock is a group of sexually mature individuals of a cultured species that is kept separate for breeding purposes. Broodstocks are maintained for several reasons:
- Providing eggs and fry in a controlled environment so as not to have to rely on wild catches of fry for raising a generation of the cultured species.
- Producing a disease-free base from which to raise future generations.
- Selective breeding, trying to produce a breed that is resistant against diseases that can affect wild animals.
Broodstocks are common in the farming of salmon and shrimps.
[edit] External links
- Definition of "broodstock" given by FishBase.
