Pain perception, aversion and fear in fish

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-138

  Braithwaite, V A ^a   Boulcott, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fear; Nociception; Pain; Suffering; Teleost fish; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; HUNGER; PERCEPTION; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250373357     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao075131     Document Type: Review

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