Cryopreservation of Fish Gametes

Dr Judith Betsy is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College and Research Institute of Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Tuticorin, India. Holding a doctorate in Aquaculture, she is a recipient of the Maulana Azad National Fellowship from the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India. Having worked in the area of fish gamete cryopreservation and spermatology for the past 8 years, she has been honoured with 10 awards including gold medals for her outstanding academic performance during her graduate studies, and has published over 25 research papers in peer-reviewed journals around the world, more than 70 technical articles, and 4 books. Dr John Stephen Sampath Kumar is a University Officer and Director of Sustainable Aquaculture at Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Thanjavur, India. He has been involved in aquaculture research since 1988 and has over 300 publications, including 75 research papers in national and international journals, to his credit. He has been honoured with various awards, citations and commendations for his academic, research and administrative performance. His research interests include fish and crustacean physiology, breeding, nutrition, bioenergetics, cryopreservation of fish gametes and artificial fertilization. Dr Kumar also serves as a consultant to a number of firms involved in aquaculture around the globe. He has been involved in the development of fish and shrimp health care products in various countries, has more than 30 years of field experience in freshwater and brackish water aquaculture, and has coordinated more than 10 funded projects.

Chapter 1: Reproductive physiology in fishes.- Chapter 2: Endocrine regulation of reproduction with special emphasis on gametogenesis in fishes.- Chapter 3: Factors influencing milt quality in fishes and its usefulness to cryopreservation.- Chapter 4: Energetics of fish spermatozoa.- Chapter 5: Fish sperm quality evaluation after cryopreservation.- Chapter 6: Cryopreservation – History and Development.- Chapter 7: Cryopreservation of fish gametes- an overview.- Chapter 8: Cryopreservation and short duration storage of germ cells and male gametes of freshwater fishes.- Chapter 9: Cryopreservation of marine fish sperm.- Chapter 10: Sperm cryopreservation in crustaceans.- Chapter 11: State of the art in cryopreservation of bivalve spermatozoa.- Chapter 12: Cryopreservation of germ stem cells in fishes.- Chapter 13: Cryopreservation and storage of oocytes, embryos and embryonic cells of fish.- Chapter 14: Potential of fish gamete cryopreservation in conservation programs in Bangladesh.- Chapter 15: Gamete manipulation and conservation for genetic improvement in penaeid shrimp.