Ventilatory frequency of Nile tilapia subjected to different stressors
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2006-12-12
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Ventilatory frequency (VF) was investigated in the fish Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, subjected to confinement, electroshock or social stressor. Fish were allowed to acclimatize to tank conditions for 10 days (1 fish/aquarium). VF baseline was determined 5 days after adjustment had been started. At the 10th day of isolation, stressor effects on VF were assessed. The stressors were imposed during 60 min: pairing with a larger resident animal (social stressor), or gentle electroshock (AC, 20 V, 15 mA, 100 Hz for 1 min every 4 min), or space restriction (confinement). VF was quantified immediately after the end of the stressor imposition. Baseline of VF was not statistically different among groups. Social stressor clearly induced VF to increase, while an increased or decreased VF can be observed for both confinement and electroshock. However, fish tend to increase their VF in response to confinement and decrease in the case of electroshock. These results suggest that VF is a sensitive behavioural indicator for distinguishing stress responses in the fish Nile tilapia among different stressors. © 2006 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Alert, Fish, Opercular beat rate, Stress, Ventilatory frequency, acclimatization, animal behavior, animal experiment, animal housing, aquaculture, controlled study, dominance behavior, electric shock, electrostimulation, immobilization stress, male, nonhuman, physical stress, stress, Tilapia, Animalia, Oreochromis niloticus
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Journal of Experimental Animal Science, v. 43, n. 3, p. 189-196, 2006.
