Fish

Fish Welfare

Fish have the same stress response and powers of nociception as mammals. Their behavioural responses to a variety of situations suggest a considerable ability for higher level neural processing – a level of consciousness equivalent perhaps to that attributed to...

Year Published: 2008Topics: Emotion, Pain, & Sentience, Relocation & Transport, Stocking Density, Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: Fish, Other Fish, Salmon, Tilapia, Trout, Zebrafish

Citation: Branson, E. J. (Ed.) 2008. Fish Welfare. Blackwell Publishing Ltd: Oxford, UK, 300 p.

Effects of repeated anaesthesia on gill and general health of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

Fish are the second most widely utilized vertebrate group used for scientific procedures in the United Kingdom, but the development and application of 3Rs (the principles of replacement, reduction, and refinement) in aquaculture disease research lags behind methodologies in place...

Year Published: 2018Topics: Anesthesia & SedationAnimal Type: Fish, Salmon

Citation: Chance, R. J., Cameron, G. A., Fordyce, M. et al. 2018. Effects of repeated anaesthesia on gill and general health of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Journal of Fish Biology 93(6), 1069-1081.

Behavioural salinity preference of juvenile yellow perch Perca flavescens

The present study determined the behavioural salinity preference of a freshwater stock of juvenile yellow perch Perca flavescens acclimated to salinities of 0 and 10. The preferred salinities ranged between 7.3 and 13.0 (mean ± s.d. = 10.4 ± 1.7;...

Year Published: 2018Topics: Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Fish, Other Fish

Citation: Christensen, E. A. F., Grosell, M. 2018. Behavioural salinity preference of juvenile yellow perch Perca flavescens. Journal of Fish Biology 92(5), 1620-1626.

Effects of environmental enrichment on survivorship, growth, sex ratio and behaviour in laboratory maintained zebrafish Danio rerio

Environmental enrichment involves increasing the complexity of a fish's environment in order to improve welfare. Researchers are legally obliged to consider the welfare of laboratory animals and poor welfare may result in less robust data in experimental science. Laboratory zebrafish...

Year Published: 2019Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Fish, Zebrafish

Citation: Lee, C. J., Paull, G. C., Tyler, C. R. 2019. Effects of environmental enrichment on survivorship, growth, sex ratio and behaviour in laboratory maintained zebrafish Danio rerio. Journal of Fish Biology 94(1), 86-95.

The effect of substrate rearing on growth, aerobic scope and physiology of larval white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus

The effect of substratum on growth and metabolic rate was assessed in larval white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus. Yolk-sac larvae (YSL) were reared in bare tanks or tanks with gravel as substratum from hatch until approximately 16-days post hatch (dph). The...

Year Published: 2018Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Fish, Other Fish

Citation: Boucher, M. A., Baker, D. W., Brauner, C. J. et al. 2018. The effect of substrate rearing on growth, aerobic scope and physiology of larval white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus. Journal of Fish Biology 92(6), 1731-1746.

Essential Fish Biology: Diversity, Structure and Function

This book summarizes the basic features of living fish. It is introduced by a chapter on the diversity of a group which has over 30,000 species, the largest within the vertebrates, describing the classification systems used for them and the...

Year Published: 2017Topics: Natural Behavior, ReproductionAnimal Type: Fish, Other Fish, Salmon, Tilapia, Trout, Zebrafish

Citation: Burton, D., Burton, M. (Eds). 2017. Essential Fish Biology: Diversity, Structure and Function. Oxford University Press: Oxford, U.K., 448 pp.

Nontraditional laboratory animal species (cephalopods, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds)

Aquatic vertebrates and cephalopods, amphibians, reptiles, and birds offer unique safety and occupational health challenges for laboratory animal personnel. This paper discusses environmental, handling, and zoonotic concerns associated with these species.

Year Published: 2018Topics: HandlingAnimal Type: Amphibian, Bird, Cephalopod, Crocodile & Alligator, Finch, Fish, Fowl, Frog & Toad, Invertebrate, Lizard, Other Bird, Other Fish, Parrot, Reptile, Salamander, Salmon, Snake, Tilapia, Trout, Turtle & Tortoise, Zebrafish

Citation: O'Rourke, D. P., Baccanale, C. L., Stoskopf, M. K. 2018. Nontraditional laboratory animal species (cephalopods, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds). ILAR Journal 59(2), 168-176.

Particle motion and sound pressure in fish tanks: A behavioural exploration of acoustic sensitivity in the zebrafish

Underwater sound fields can be complex, both in open water and small tank environments. Here we measured 1) spatial variation in artificially elevated sound levels in a small fish tank for both particle motion and sound pressure. We confirmed that...

Year Published: 2019Topics: Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Fish, Zebrafish

Citation: Campbell, J., Shafiei Sabet, S., Slabbekoorn, H. 2019. Particle motion and sound pressure in fish tanks: A behavioural exploration of acoustic sensitivity in the zebrafish. Behavioural Processes 164, 38-47.

High fidelity: Assessing zebrafish (Danio rerio) responses to social stimuli across several levels of realism

Behavioral assays of zebrafish shoaling have recently been employed to investigate social behavior in zebrafish models of psychiatric disease. Many studies have developed simulated models of conspecifics to serve as alternatives to live shoals in order to examine specific cues...

Year Published: 2019Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Fish, Zebrafish

Citation: Velkey, A. J., Boles, J., Betts, T. K. et al. 2019. High fidelity: Assessing zebrafish (Danio rerio) responses to social stimuli across several levels of realism. Behavioural Processes 164, 100-108.

Personality in the longsnout seahorse, Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933: Are males shyer than females?

Individual responses, particularly based on personality, can have important consequences for individual fitness, based upon success in exploring new habitats, feeding on novel foods, and aggressiveness in competitive interactions. We conducted laboratory experiments to analyze individual responses to different artificial...

Year Published: 2018Topics: PersonalityAnimal Type: Fish, Other Fish

Citation: Freret-Meurer, N. V., Alves, M. A. S. 2018. Personality in the longsnout seahorse, Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933: Are males shyer than females? Behavioural Processes 157, 106-110.