Fish Slaughter, Killing, and Euthanasia: A Review of Major Published U.S. Guidance Documents and General Considerations of Methods
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Yanong, Roy P., Kathleen H. Hartman, Craig A. Watson, Jeffrey E. Hill, B. Denise Petty, and Ruth Francis-Floyd. 2007. “Fish Slaughter, Killing, and Euthanasia: A Review of Major Published U.S. Guidance Documents and General Considerations of Methods: CIR1525/FA150, 6/2007”. EDIS 2007 (18). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fa150-2007.

Abstract

Circular 1525, a 6-page fact sheet by Roy P.E. Yanong, Kathleen H. Hartman, Craig A. Watson, Jeffrey E. Hill, B. Denise Petty, and Ruth Francis-Floyd, provides a discussion of terminology used to describe the deliberate ending of life of a fish, reviews of four major guidance documents with the limitations of each, and a discussion of general considerations. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, June 2007.

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References

Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1994 (AMDUCA). Accessed August 20, 2007. http://www.fda.gov/cvm/amducatoc.htm

AVMA Animal Welfare Principles, Approved November 2006. Accessed August 20, 2007. http://www.avma.org/issues/policy/animal_welfare/principles.asp

FDA-CVM. Drugs Approved for Use in Aquaculture. Accessed August 20, 2007. http://www.fda.gov/cvm/drugsapprovedaqua.htm

FDA Guidance Document 1240.4200, Low Regulatory Priority Aquaculture Drugs. http://www.fda.gov/cvm/Documents/LRPDrugs.pdf http://www.fda.gov/cvm/hydrogenperoxide.htm Both sites accessed August 20, 2007.

Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Research, 2004. American Fisheries Society, American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists, and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. American Fisheries Society. Accessed August 20, 2007. http://www.fisheries.org/afs/publicpolicy/guidelines2004.pdf

Guide to Drug, Vaccine, and Pesticide Use in Aquaculture (April, 2007 revision). Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture Working Group on Quality Assurance in Aquaculture Production. Both sites accessed August 20, 2007. http://aquanic.org/jsa/wgqaap/drugguide/drugguide.htm

Guide to the 2000 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia. American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). 2001. JAVMA 281(5): 669-696. Web version: AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia. June 2007. Accessed August 20, 2007. http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.2001.218.669

Hartman, K.H. 2006. Fish. In: Guidelines for Euthanasia of Nondomestic Animals. American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV). 111 pp.

University of Washington Policy for the Euthanasia of Fish Species, 2002. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, University of Washington. Accessed August 20, 2007. http://depts.washington.edu/iacuc/policies/fish_euthanasia.html

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