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Welfare in the Cultured Siberian Sturgeon, Acipenser baerii Brandt: State of the Art

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Abstract

The chapter aims at synthesising both the knowledge and the practices that are sturgeon welfare related. This allowed the authors to outline some main lines that should be investigated to improve the welfare of farmed sturgeon with a focus on the Siberian sturgeon. Thus, in the first part, the general principles of welfare are recalled (the so-called Five Freedoms) illustrated by a few sturgeon-related examples. As welfare might be wrongly restricted to pain perception of animals (sturgeon at present), a very brief synthetic knowledge of neuroanatomy with available data in sturgeon is given. The chapter is then focused on the anaesthetics on fish with a peculiar extension on sturgeon. The chapter also devoted to the external signs that can be used to detect painful situation. Available non-invasive methods as well as the characteristics of the environment that may impact the fish (including their physiology) are presented. A brief overview of stunning-slaughtering methods is listed. Finally, a synthetic overview of the available welfare-related tools for sturgeons is provided. As an end, some future directions to be investigated are given.

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Notes

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    OIE = Office International des Epizooties (French original acronym) known as the World Organisation for Animal Health.

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    RAS = Recirculated Aquaculture System.

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    PCA = Principal Component Analysis.

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Williot, P., Chebanov, M., Nonnotte, G. (2018). Welfare in the Cultured Siberian Sturgeon, Acipenser baerii Brandt: State of the Art. In: Williot, P., Nonnotte, G., Chebanov, M. (eds) The Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii, Brandt, 1869) Volume 2 - Farming. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61676-6_19

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