Sampling fish
Most of the resources about sampling fish are now located within the relevant section of the PREPARE guidelines. There are also some resources within this separate section on zebrafish.
See also:
- Black MC (2000) Collection of body fluids. Chapter 30 in: The laboratory fish (Ostrander GK, eds). Baltimore: Academic press, 513-527. Blood, urine, fecal materials, eggs and milt.
- Roche H, Boge G (1996) Fish blood parameters as potential tool for identification of stress caused by environmental factores and chemical intoxication. Marine Environmental Research 41, 27-43. Shows that if 10 fish in a tank are sampled serially the stress level in the last fish will be significantly higher than in the first fish.
- Wooster GA, Hsu HM, Bowser PR (1993) Nonlethal surgical procedures for obtaining tissue samples for fish health inspections. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 5, 157-164
- Hawkins P (2009) An overview of existing guidelines handling, bleeding, administration and identification techniques
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