Ectoparasitic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) affect behavior and brain serotonergic activity in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Perspectives on animal welfare

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-50

  Øverli, Øyvind ^a   Nordgreen, Janicke ^a   Mejdell, Cecilie M ^b   Janczak, Andrew M ^a   Kittilsen, Silje ^a   Johansen, Ida B ^c   Horsberg, Tor E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavior; Experimental infestation; Neurochemistry; Parasites; Sea lice

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECTOPARASITOSIS; INFESTATION; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; LOCOMOTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; BRAIN; COPEPOD; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COPEPODA; LOCOMOTION; MELATONIN; SALMO SALAR; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84900816898     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.04.031     Document Type: Article

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