Options for humanely immobilizing and killing crabs

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 219-224

  Gardner, Caleb ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Taroona Marine Research Laboratories   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Clove oil; Crabs; Euthanasia; Humane killing; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

FOOD ORGANISMS; HUMANE OPTIONS; IMMOBILIZATION; KILLING;

DECAPODA; PSEUDOCARCINUS GIGAS;

EID: 0030850705     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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