The effect of substrate availability on behavioural and physiological indicators of welfare in the African cichlid (Oreochromis mossambicus)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-254

  Galhardo, Leonor ^a   Correia, J ^a   Oliveira, R F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behavioural needs; Cortisol; Fish welfare; Glucose; Substrate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MARKER ASSISTED BREEDING; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS; TERRITORIALITY;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 49749134694     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Almada VC and Oliveira RF 1997 Sobre o uso de estatística de simulação em estudos de comportamento. Análise Psicológica 15: 97-109. [Title translation: On the use of simulation statistics on behavioural studies]
2. Baerends GP and Baerends-van Roon JM1950 An introduction to the study of the ethology of cichlid fishes. Behaviour Supplement 1: 1-242
3. Barlow GW 1974 Hexagonal territories. Animal Behaviour 22: 876-878
4. Barnard CJ and Hurst JL 1996 Welfare by design: The natural selection of welfare criteria. Animal Welfare 5: 405-433
5. Barreto RE and Volpato GL 2006 Stress responses of the fish Nile tilapia subjected to electroshock and social stressors. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 39: 1605-1612
6. Borges RA, Oliveira RF, Almada VC and Canário VM 1998 Short-term social modulation of II-ketotestosterone urinary levels in males of the cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus during male-female interaction. Acta Ethologica 1: 43-48
7. Bracke MBM and Hopster H 2006 Assessing the importance of natural behavior for animal welfare. Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics 19: 77-89
8. Braithwaite VA and Huntingford FA 2004 Fish and welfare: do fish have the capacity for pain perception and suffering? Animal Welfare 13: S87-S92
9. Broom DM and Johnson KG 1993 Stress and Animal Welfare. Chapman and Hall: London, UK
10. Chandroo KP, Duncan IJH and Moccia RD 2004 Can fish suffer? Perspectives on sentience, pain, fear and stress. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 86: 225-250
11. Christ H 1984 Behavioral-effects of Trh, 3-Me-His2-Trh and naloxone in Hemichromis bimaculatus. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 21: 727-732
12. Clement TS, Parikh V, Schrumpf M and Fernald RD 2005 Behavioral coping strategies in a cichlid fish: the role of social status and acute stress response in direct and displaced aggression. Hormones and Behavior 47: 336-342
13. Cnaani A, Tinman S, Avidar Y, Ron M and Hulata G 2004 Comparative study of biochemical parameters in response to stress in Oreochromis aureus, O mossambicus and two strains of O niloticus. Aquaculture Research 35: 1434-1440
14. Correa SA, Fernandes MO, Iseki KK and Negrao JA 2003 Effect of the establishment of dominance relationships on cortisol and other metabolic parameters in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 36: 1725-1731
15. Dawkins MS 1980 Animal Suffering. The Science of Animal Welfare. Chapman and Hall: London, UK
16. Dawkins MS 1990 From an animals' point of view: motivation, fitness, and animal-welfare. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 13: 1-61
17. Duncan IJH and Fraser D 1997 Understanding Animal Welfare. In: Appleby MC and Hughes BO (eds) Animal Welfare pp 19-31. CABI Publishing: Oxon, UK
18. Earley RL, Edwards JT, Aseem O, Felton K, Blumer LS, Karom M and Grober MS 2006 Social interactions tune aggression and stress responsiveness in a territorial cichlid fish (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus). Physiology & Behavior 88: 353-363
19. Estabrook CB and Estabrook GF 1989 ACTUS: a solution to the problem of small samples in the analysis of 2-way contingency-tables. Historical Methods 22: 5-8
20. Foo JTW and Lam TJ 1993 Serum cortisol response to handling stress and the effect of cortisol implantation on testosterone level in the Tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. Aquaculture 115: 145-158
21. Fryer G and Iles TD 1972 The Cichlid Fishes of the Great Lakes of Africa. Their Biology and Evolution. Oliver and Boyd: Edinburgh, UK
22. Galhardo L, Appleby MC, Waran NK and Dos Santos ME 1996 Spontaneous activities of captive performing bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus). Animal Welfare 5: 373-389
23. Gilmour KM, Dibattista JD and Thomas JB 2005 Physiological causes and consequences of social status in salmonid fish. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 263-273
24. Heiligenberg W 1965 A quantitative analysis of digging movements and their relationship to aggressive behaviour in cichlids. Animal Behaviour 13: 163-170
25. Huntingford FA, Adams C, Braithwaite VA, Kadri S, Pottinger TG, Sandøe P and Turnbull JF 2006 Current issues in fish welfare. Journal of Fish Biology 68: 332-372
26. Kreger MD, Hutchins N and Fascione N 1998 Context, ethics, and environmental enrichment in zoos and aquariums. In: Shepherdson DJ, Mellen JD and Hutchins M (eds) Second Nature, Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals pp 59-82. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, USA
27. Lane J 2006 Can non-invasive glucocorticoid measures be used as reliable indicators of stress in animals? Animal Welfare 15: 331-342
28. Lindman HR 1974 Analysis of Variance in Complex Experimental Designs. WH Freeman and Co: San Francisco, USA
29. Manning A and Dawkins MS 1992 An Introduction to Animal Behaviour. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK
30. Martin P and Bateson P 1993 Measuring Behaviour: an lntroductary Guide. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK
31. Mason G and Mendl M 1993 Why is there no simple way of measuring animal welfare? Animal Welfare 2: 301-319
32. Mench JA and Mason GJ 1997 Behaviour. In: Appleby MC and Hughes BO (eds) Animal Welfare pp 127-142. CABI Publishing: Oxon, UK
33. Mendl M and Paul ES 2004 Consciousness, emotion and animal welfare: insights from cognitive science. Animal Welfare 13: S17-S25
34. Mendonça FZ 2006 Efeito de Privação de Ninho sobre a Agressividade e o Sucesso de Acasalamento em Machos de Tilápia-do-Nilo. MSc Thesis, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exactas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil. [Title translation: Effect of nest deprivation on the aggressive behaviour and mating success in Nile tilapia males]
35. Mommsen TP, Vijayan MM and Moon TW 1999 Cortisol in teleosts: dynamics, mechanisms of action, and metabolic regulation. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 9: 211-268
36. Morgan JD and Iwama GK 1997 Measurements of stressed states in the field. In: Iwama GK, Pickering AD, Sumpter JP and Schreck CB (eds) Fish Stress and Health in Aquaculture pp 247-268. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK
37. Munro AD and Pitcher TJ 1985 Steroid hormones and agonistic behavior in a cichlid teleost, Aequidens pulcher. Hormones and Behavior 19: 353-371
38. Neil EH 1966 Observations on behavior of Tilapia Mossambica (Pisces Cichlidae) in Hawaiian ponds. Copeia 1: 50-56
39. Nelson CM 1995 Male size, spawning pit size and female mate choice in a lekking cichlid fish. Animal Behaviour 50: 1587-1599
40. Oliveira RF and Almada VC 1996 Dominance hierarchies and social structure in captive groups of the Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ethology Ecology and Evolution 8: 39-55
41. Oliveira RF and Almada VC 1998a Dynamics of social interactions during group formation in males of the cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus. Acta Ethologica 1: 57-70
42. Oliveira RF and Almada VC 1998b Maternal aggression during the mouthbrooding cycle in the cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus. Aggression Behaviour 24: 187-196
43. Oliveira RF and Almada VC 1998c Mating tactics and male-male courtship in the lek-breeding cichlid, Oreochromis mossambicus. Journal of Fish Biology 52: 1115-1129
44. Pinheiro M 1980 Observações etológicas em Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters) (Pisces, Cichidae) Garcia de Orta, Série Zoologie 9: 13-50. [Title translation: Ethological observations of Sarotherodon mossambicus]
45. Reebs SG 2002 Plasticity of diel and circadian activity rhythms in fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 12: 349-371
46. Rose J 2002 The neurobehavioral nature of fishes and the question of awareness and pain. Reviews in Fisheries Science 10: 1-38
47. Ross LG 2001 Restraint, anaesthesia and euthanasia. In: Wildgoose WH (eds) Veterinary Practice and Procedures for Ornamental Fish pp 75-83. British Small Animal Veterinary Association: London, UK
48. Shapiro CM and Hepburn HR 1976 Sleep in a schooling fish, Tilapia-Mossambica. Physiology & Behavior 16: 613-615
49. Silveira-Coffigny R, Prieto-Trujillo A and Ascencio-Valle F 2004 Effects of different stressors in haematological variables in cultured Oreochromis aureus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology and Pharmacology 139: 245-250
50. Smith CJ and Haley SR 1988 Steroid profiles of the female Tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus, and correlation with oocyte growth and mouthbrooding behavior. General and Comparative Endocrinology 69: 88-98
51. Sneddon LU 2003 Trigeminal somatosensory innervation of the head of a teleost fish with particular reference to nociception. Brain Research 972: 44-52
52. Sneddon LU, Braithwaite VA and Gentle MJ 2003 Do fishes have nociceptors? Evidence for the evolution of a vertebrate sensory system. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 270: 1115-1121
53. Trewavas E 1983 Tilapine Fishes of the Genera Sarotherodon, Oreochromis and Danakilia. British Museum (Natural History): London, UK
54. Turner GF 1994 The fighting tactics of male mouthbrooding cichlids: the effects of size and residency. Animal Behaviour 47: 655-662
55. Wemelsfelder F, Haskell M, Mendl MT, Calvert S and Lawrence B 2000 Diversity of behaviour during novel object tests is reduced in pigs housed in substrate-impoverished conditions. Animal Behaviour 60: 385-394
56. Zar JH 1984 Biostatistical Analysis. Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA