The first "on the field" experiments of 2016 at Lillafüred trout farm

On the 14th of January we went for a field trip to Lillafüred, trying to improve our cryopreservation and vitrification techniques on the sperm of brown trout (Salmo trutta m. fario). 

the farm covered with some snow

fish collection

selection of the males

anesthesia 

well-documented stripping of the first trout :)

We took our CASA sytstem to the trout farm. Gergő and Timi was working on the cryopreservation experiment, while Isabela and Eszti vitrified the sperm. Fertilization trials were carried out with the vitrified sperm.