Testing clove oil as an anaesthetic for long-distance transport of live fish: The case of the Lake Victoria cichlid Haplochromis obliquidens

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 510-514

  Kaiser, H ^a   Brill, G ^a   Cahill, J ^a   Collett, P ^a   Czypionka, K ^a   Green, A ^a   Orr, K ^a   Pattrick, P ^a   Scheepers, R ^a   Stonier, T ^a   Whitehead, M A ^a   Yearsley, R ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FISH; OIL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; HAPLOCHROMIS OBLIQUIDENS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 33750966781     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2006.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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