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Fish welfare: Current issues in aquaculture

Paul J. Ashley
- 01 May 2007 - 
- Vol. 104, Iss: 3, pp 199-235
TLDR
The scientific data that allows us to interpret the effects of disease, handling, transport, food deprivation, and slaughter technique on fish welfare are reviewed and caution should be taken when interpreting "abnormal" fish behaviour.
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This article is published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science.The article was published on 2007-05-01. It has received 847 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Aquaculture & Welfare.

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Use of plant extracts in fish aquaculture as an alternative to chemotherapy: Current status and future perspectives

TL;DR: The studies carried out on the use of plant products on fish aquaculture and their biological effects on fish such as growth promoter, immunostimulant, antibacterial and anti-parasitic are reviewed.
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Immunological Control of Fish Diseases

TL;DR: Fish are the first animal phyla to possess both an innate and adaptive immune system making them very interesting as regards developmental studies of the immune system, and the main prophylactic measures, including vaccination, probiotics and immunostimulation are covered.
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Teleost microbiomes: the state of the art in their characterization, manipulation and importance in aquaculture and fisheries

TL;DR: An explosion in research in this sector is predicted in line with the increasing global demand for fish protein, and the need to find sustainable approaches to improve aquaculture yield, with the reduced cost and increasing ease of next generation sequencing technologies.
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Nutrition and health of aquaculture fish.

TL;DR: It is becoming evident that diets overfortified with specific nutrients at levels above requirement may improve health condition and disease resistance in fish, and functional constituents other than essential nutrients are also currently being considered in fish nutrition.
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Behavioural indicators of welfare in farmed fish.

TL;DR: This review summarises the main findings on how behavioural changes have been used to assess welfare in farmed fish, using both functional and feeling-based approaches and underlines the need to develop on-farm, operational behavioural welfare indicators that can be easily used to assessed not only the individual welfare but also the welfare of the whole group.
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TL;DR: This review attempts to delineate common themes on the physiological and metabolic roles of cortisol in teleost fishes and to suggest new approaches that might overcome some of the inconsistencies on the role of this multifaceted hormone.
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Stress in Fishes: A Diversity of Responses with Particular Reference to Changes in Circulating Corticosteroids

TL;DR: Fishes display a wide variation in their physiological responses to stress, which is clearly evident in the plasma corticosteroid changes, chiefly cortisol in actinopterygian fishes, that occur following a stressful event.
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Stereotypies: a critical review.

TL;DR: Stereotypies are repetitive, invariant behaviour patterns with no obvious goal or function as discussed by the authors, and they seem to be restricted to captive animals, mentally ill or handicapped humans, and subjects given stimulant drugs.
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