The welfare of fishes and aquatic invertebrates is important, and several jurisdictions have
included these taxa under welfare regulation in recent years. Regulation of welfare requires …

We revisit the evidence attributing sentience-pain-suffering to aquatic animals. The objective
is to inform readers of the current state of affairs, to direct attention to where research is …

The scientific literature on the subject of welfare and pain in crustaceans is immature. It is
based largely on a few dubious and disputed studies done on a small number of decapod …

Recent empirical studies have reported evidence that many aquatic species, including fish,
cephalopods and crustaceans, have the capacity for nociception and pain, and that their …

Decapod crustaceans are faceless animals with five pairs of legs, an external skeleton and
multiple nerve centres (ganglia) rather than a single brain (as in vertebrates). They include …

The aim of this study is to use zebrafish embryos as a quick platform for wound healing
studies. At beginning, we optimized a protocol to induce skin lesion by acetic acid injection …

In the last decade, a considerable number of studies have broadened our knowledge of the
nociceptive mechanisms of pain, a global health problem in both humans and animals. The …

Environmental stressors induce rapid physiological and behavioral shifts in vertebrate
animals. However, the neurobiological mechanisms responsible for stress-induced changes …

Intuitively, there is a close link between moral status and phenomenal consciousness.
Taking the link seriously can serve as the basis of a proposal that appears to have a …

Salt is widely recommended as a cost-effective and readily available compound against
freshwater fish parasites in aquaculture; however, a limited number of studies provide …