STUDY PROTOCOL FOR AN AQUACULTURE INVESTIGATIONAL NEW ANIMAL DRUG (INAD) EXEMPTION FOR THE USE OF 17-ALPHA METHYLTESTOSTERONE IN TILAPIA (INAD #11-236)

STUDY PROTOCOL FOR AN AQUACULTURE INVESTIGATIONAL NEW ANIMAL DRUG (INAD) EXEMPTION FOR THE USE OF 17-ALPHA METHYLTESTOSTERONE IN TILAPIA (INAD #11-236)
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17α-methyltestosterone (MET) is an aquaculture premix and is only available through Rangen Inc. The primary goal of studies conducted under INAD #11-236 is to generate data evaluating the efficacy of MET administered in feed to larval tilapia to produce populations comprised of >90% male fish. 

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