Live chilling and carbon dioxide sedation at slaughter of farmed Atlantic salmon: A description of a number of commercial case studies

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-61

  Erikson, Ulf ^a  

^a SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Carbon dioxide anesthesia; Fish processing; Fish welfare; Handling stress; Live chilling; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; HANDLING STRESS; PROCESSING; SALMONID CULTURE; WATER QUALITY;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 67649120095     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: 15450805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10454430802022078     Document Type: Article

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