Can Fish Suffer?

Fish Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 78-92

  Braithwaite, Victoria A ^a   Boulcott, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Biological; Fish in research; Medical research; Terrestrial animals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889310028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470697610.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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