[Pain in the breeding of fish]

Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 1997 Feb;104(2):74-5.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Excessive breeding leading to suffering in animals only exists in ornamental fish, especially in gold fish or poecillids. These varieties are physically handicapped in locomotion, feeding and/or reproduction in comparisation to wild fish.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Breeding / standards*
  • Fish Diseases / genetics*
  • Fishes*
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / genetics
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / prevention & control
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / veterinary*
  • Goldfish
  • Pain*
  • Poecilia