Fish hatching method and apparatus
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsTommy R. Shedd, Mark W. Widder, Eugene Hull
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Abstract
The invention is a method and kit for conducting a rapid toxicity test. Methods and kits according to the invention include an animal or plant species in diapause.
Claims21
A method for testing toxicity in a fluid test sample comprising storing a species in a diapause state in a storage medium, said storage medium maintains said species in a diapause state and controls moisture content and separates the individual species, exposing said species to a hatching medium, allowing the diapause species to form hatchlings, and exposing the hatchlings to toxicity test materials.
A method for testing the toxicity of a fluid test material comprising exposing test material to hatchlings from a species that includes a diapause state, said hatchlings being stored and maintained in a diapause state in a suitable storage medium prior to becoming hatchlings, and determining the effect of the test material on the hatchlings.
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