A note on pre-spawning maternal cortisol exposure in farmed Atlantic salmon and its impact on the behaviour of offspring in response to a novel environment

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 404-409

  Espmark, Åsa Maria ^a   Eriksen, Marit Skog ^b   Salte, Ragnar ^b   Braastad, Bjarne Olai ^b   Bakken, Morten ^b  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Behaviour; Cortisol; Hyperthermia; Prenatal stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SALMONID; SPAWNING;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 39749199631     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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