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COST BENEFIT OF USING OVAPRIM

Two compelling reasons why aquaculturists use Ovaprim:

Ovaprim significantly improves egg and milt yield and quality, accompanied by higher fertility.

Ovaprim enhances egg timing and hatchery efficiency.

Data from Breeding of Carps with Ovaprim in India and Further Observations on Breeding of Carps with Ovaprim, provide interesting comparisons in trials conducted in India.

Overall Response of Carps
Species	No. of Females		Wt. Of Females		No. of eggs obtained (in L)		No. of hatchlings obtained (in L)
Species	Ovaprim	Pituitary	Ovaprim	Pituitary	Ovaprim	Pituitary	Ovaprim	Pituitary
Catla	311	171	873.20	478.40	1025.4	346.56	623.49	184.61
Rohu	278	204	399.30	275.25	562.84	316.81	372.74	146.22
Mrigal	72	39	112.85	57.45	98.52	26.78	50.96	12.64
Silver Carp	99	71	180.60	137.75	135.81	69.61	87.79	39.89
Grass Carp	27	17	44.40	21.50	18.60	6.66	12.36	4.90
Fringe-lipped Carp	3	2	8.25	6.40	19.63	15.58	18.44	10.81
Big Head Carp	25	17	39.65	25.25	25.88	15.30	17.28	5.20
Mixed (IMC)	35	62	28.00	42.90	33.76	95.06	26.94	40.40
TOTAL	850	583	1686.25	1044.90	1920.44	892.36	1210.00	444.67

Eggs and Hatchlings/kg of Broodstock (in Lakhs)
Species	Ovaprim		Pituitary		% Difference
Species	Eggs	Hatchlings	Eggs	Hatchlings	Eggs	Hatchlings
Catla	1.17	0.71	0.73	0.39	60.27	82.05
Rohu	1.41	0.93	1.15	0.53	22.61	75.47
Mrigal	0.87	0.45	0.47	0.22	85.11	104.55
Silver Carp	0.75	0.49	0.51	0.29	47.06	68.97
Grass Carp	0.42	0.28	0.31	0.23	35.48	21.74
Fringe-lipped Carp	2.40	2.24	2.40	1.69	---	32.54
Big Head Carp	0.65	0.43	0.61	0.21	6.60	104.76
TOTAL	1.14	0.72	0.85	0.42	34.12	71.43

Different trials and different species produce different results. Using an example from the above data, the following results are obtained. If you wish to do a cost-benefit analysis for your situation, use this spreadsheet. It requires Excel 97, if you do not have this program you can download a Excel 2000 viewer from Microsoft and proceed.

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