Tailfin clipping, a painful procedure: Studies on Nile tilapia and common carp

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 533-540

  Roques, Jonathan A C ^a,b   Abbink, Wout ^a   Geurds, Femke ^b   van de Vis, Hans ^a   Flik, Gert ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Fin clip; Fish welfare; Nociception; Stress; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CARP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TAILFIN CLIPPING; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARPS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TAIL; TILAPIA;

EID: 77957229146     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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