Human beings may affect the welfare of fish through fisheries, aquaculture and a number of
other activities. There is no agreement on just how to weigh the concern for welfare of fish …

Much of the understanding of the endocrine basis of stress in fish comes from studies of
cultured stocks of teleosts; there is comparatively little information on stress responses in …

1. Introduction 1.1. What Is Stress? 1.2. Dynamics of the Stress Response and Effects on
Performance 1.3. Contemporary View of the GAS: Eustress versus Distress 1.4. Sensory …

Sentience–the ability to feel, perceive and experience–is central to the animal welfare
debate as it raises the question of whether animals experience suffering in life and death …

Behaviour is a significant indicator of health in animals and understanding behaviour is the
key to good management. Animal behaviour and animal welfare science are fast becoming …

Post‐exercise mortality (PEM) may occur when fish exercise to exhaustion and are pushed
so far beyond their physiological limits that they can no longer sustain life. Although fish …

Growth in fish and other vertebrates is under endocrine control, particularly through the
growth hormone (GH)–insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis. For this reason, it has been of …

Over the past few decades, a considerable scientific progress has been achieved in the area
of fish welfare at all stages—farming, transportation, various pre-slaughter manipulations …

Commercial salmonid diets are not typically supplemented with selenium (Se) as they
naturally contain relatively high levels of this essential trace element; however …

On the premise that human medicines may potentially induce similar pharmacological and
toxicological profiles in fish and other lower vertebrates, we have applied this comparative …