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The Welfare of Fish

Part of the book series: Animal Welfare ((AWNS,volume 20))

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In this chapter, we aim at giving an overview of the extent to which fish are used in laboratory studies. We look at the most commonly used species (zebrafish, salmonids, goldfish, medaka and three-spined stickleback) and give some reasons why these species—and fish in general—are so popular experimental animals. Further, we give an overview of some of the legislation governing the use of fish as experimental animals and the areas in which they are used. We describe general and specific efforts to improve laboratory fish welfare and the quality of the research being performed on them. Given that fish is such a diverse group of species with species-specific needs and adaptations, it is difficult to make general guidelines, but we argue that we can achieve a great deal by building a knowledge database and welfare guidelines for the most commonly used species. Guidelines for planning and conducting fish experiments are mentioned, as well as advice on the assessment of welfare in fish species.

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Utne-Palm, A.C., Smith, A. (2020). Fish as Laboratory Animals. In: Kristiansen, T., Fernö, A., Pavlidis, M., van de Vis, H. (eds) The Welfare of Fish. Animal Welfare, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41675-1_16

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