Physiological welfare of commercially reared cod and effects of crowding for harvesting

Aquaculture

Volumn 298, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 315-324

  Brown, J Anne ^a,b   Watson, Justin ^c   Bourhill, Alan ^c   Wall, Tony ^d  

^a Aquatonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NoCatch Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Fish Vet Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Blood lactate; Crowding; Gadus morhua; Osmoregulation; Plasma cortisol; Plasma glucose; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BLOOD; CAGE CULTURE; CHLORIDE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; GADOID FISHERY; GLUCOSE; HARVESTING; MARICULTURE; MUSCLE; OSMOREGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SODIUM; STEROL;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 71649104926     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

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