Fish have the same stress response and powers of nociception as mammals. Their behavioral responses to a variety of situations suggest a considerable ability for higher level neural processing – a level of consciousness equivalent perhaps to that attributed to mammals.
Each chapter of this book has been written by specialists in their field. The subject matter is wide ranging and covers in detail concepts of animal welfare in addition to more specific aspects of fish welfare. Philosophical concepts of welfare are discussed along with more practical areas of fish welfare encompassing all husbandry and management activities that have a potential to affect the welfare of the fish in our care.
This book is an essential purchase for fish veterinarians, fish farmers, fish biologists and those involved in the aquaculture industry and its regulation.
Contents
Part 1: General Fish Welfare.
1. What is animal welfare?
2. Welfare and fish.
3. The stress response in fish - mechanisms, effects and measurement.
4. Pain and fear in fish.
5. Can fish suffer?
6. Welfare legislation applying to farmed fish in UK.
Part 2: Aquaculture and fish welfare.
7. Fish farmer’s perspective of welfare.
8. Stocking density.
9. Fin erosion in farmed fish.
10. The influences of water quality on the welfare of farmed rainbow trout: a review.
11. Welfare of fish during transport.
12. Disease control, vaccination and medicine availability related to welfare.
13. Deformities.
14. Welfare of Fish at Harvest.
15. The use of stakeholders focus groups to identify indicators for the on-farm assessment of trout welfare.
Part 3: Ornamental fish and welfare.
16. The welfare of ornamental fish.
Edited By: Edward Branson
Hardcover, 312 pages
2008
