Humane killing of fishes for scientific research: a comparison of two methods

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Blessing, JJ
Marshall, JC
Balcombe, SR
Griffith University Author(s)
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2010
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Abstract
Two killing methods were compared on the clupeid, bony bream Nematolosa erebi and it was found that ice-slurry immersion was more humane than benzocaine overdose. The use of ice-slurry for killing N. erebi should be accepted as a standard humane method and considered similarly for other warm-water species.
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Journal of Fish Biology
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76
Issue
10
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© 2010 QLD Department of Environment and Resource Management. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
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Ecology
Zoology
Fisheries sciences
Fisheries sciences not elsewhere classified
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