Fish

CCAC resources

• Ackerman P.A., Morgan J.D. and Iwama G.K. (2005) Anesthetics (Supplement to the CCAC Guidelines on: the care and use of fish in research, teaching and testing).
  - Provides information on the characteristics of the major anesthetics used on fishes, essential parameters for their application, including optimum and lethal doses, as well as induction and recovery times. Possible physiological effects and cautionary notes are also given.
• CCAC guidelines on: the care and use of fish in research, teaching and testing

Other resources

• Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) (2015) Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibians
• Council of Europe (2006) Appendix A of the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (ETS No. 123). In: Guidelines for Accommodation and Care of Animals. Strasbourg, France: CE.
• Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (DAO) (2007) Welfare of Aquatic Organisms [theme issue]. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 75(2):85-182.
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) (2004) Blood Sampling of Finfish, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Animal-user Training Template 4.
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) (2004) Marking and Tagging of Finfish, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Animal-user Training Template 6.
• Hubrecht R. and Kirkwood J. (eds.) (2010) The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals, 8^th ed. Oxford UK: Blackwell Science.
• Huntingford F.A., Adams C., Braithwaite V.A., Kadri S., Pottinger T.G., Sandøe P. and Turnbull J.F. (2006) Current issues in fish welfare. Journal of Fish Biology 68(2):332-372.
• Readman G.D., Owen S.F., Murrell J.C. and Knowles T.G. (2013) Do Fish Perceive Anaesthetics as Aversive? PLoS ONE 8(9):e73773.
• Reed B. and Jennings M. (2011) Guidance on the housing and care of zebrafish, Danio rerio. Southwater UK: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).
• University of Oregon (n.d.) Zebrafish Model Organism Database.
• Wong D., Von Keyserlingk M.A.G., Richards J.G. and Weary D.M. (2014) Conditioned Place Avoidance of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) to Three Chemicals Used for Euthanasia and Anaesthesia. PLoS ONE 9(2):e88030.