title: Ultrasound measurement of reproductive organs in juvenile European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax.
abstract: In this study, ultrasonographic examination was performed thrice, 15 days apart, on juvenile European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax, from 330 to 360 days of age, to assess the size and the morphology of male and female. Results have proved this method as a suitable and non-invasive procedure to assess sexual differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Macrì
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liotta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bonfiglio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Stefano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruscica
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aiudi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture / Q000379:methods; D001492:Bass / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D006066:Gonads / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: ecography; fish; gonads; reproduction