EU guidelines for the care and welfare of an "exceptional invertebrate class" in scientific research

Cephalopods have been defined as "advanced invertebrates" due to the complexity of their nervous system and to their sophisticated behavioural repertoire. However, until recently, the protection and welfare of this class of invertebrates has been mostly disregarded by EU regulations on the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alessandra Berry, Augusto Vitale, Claudio Carere, Enrico Alleva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2015-12-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712015000400004&lng=en&tlng=en