Evaluation of electronarcosis and clove oil for short-term anesthesia in common carp, Cyprinus carpio L. 1758
Anesthesia is considered to be the best way to ensure animal welfare during handling etc. Clove oil and electronarcosis are among the most popular chemical and physical anesthetics used in fisheries and biology; however there is a little information available on the effect of anesthesia using dire...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Guilan
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://cjes.guilan.ac.ir/article_2072.html |
| Summary: | Anesthesia is considered to be the best way to ensure animal welfare during handling etc. Clove oil and
electronarcosis are among the most popular chemical and physical anesthetics used in fisheries and biology;
however there is a little information available on the effect of anesthesia using direct electric current in fish. In the
present study, the impacts of clove oil (30 mg.l-1) and electro-anesthesia (constant direct current, 0.5 v.cm-1) (DC)
were assessed in common carp, Cyprinus carpio during narcotic stage in two experimental sets. Experiment 1 was
conducted to quantitatively compare induction of anesthesia and recovery time. The biochemical and
hematological effects of anesthetics were analyzed as experiment 2. The results revealed that induction and
recovery times in fish anesthetized with electric current were significantly lower than clove oil treatment.
Significant differences were observed in cortisol concentrations, red blood cells and mean corpuscular hemoglobin
concentration between anesthetic methods. Our results suggest that constant direct current electronarcosis was
more quickly than clove oil and associated with lower side effects in common carp. |
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| ISSN: | 1735-3033 1735-3866 |