Transport of the ommastrephid squid Todarodes pacificus under cold-water anesthesia

We describe a method for transporting live squid, Todarodes pacificus (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae), using cold-water anesthesia. Squid were placed individually in 30-l plastic bags with 5 l of 0–1°C seawater and 10–15 l of oxygen gas. Thirteen of 14 anesthetized squid survived 6.5 h transport by ca...

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Published inAquaculture Vol. 170; no. 2; pp. 127 - 130
Main Authors Bower, John R, Sakurai, Yasunori, Yamamoto, Jun, Ishii, Hiroshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.01.1999
Elsevier Science
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects
AGUA
ANAESTHESIA
ANESTESIA
Anesthesia
ANESTHESIE
Animal aquaculture
Animal productions
Aquaculture
Biological and medical sciences
COLD
EAU
FRIO
FROID
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Invertebrate aquaculture
Marine
Mollusca
Mollusks
Seawater
Squid
SUPERVIVENCIA
SURVIE
SURVIVAL
TODARODES PACIFICUS
TRANSPORT D'ANIMAUX
TRANSPORT OF ANIMALS
Transportation
TRANSPORTE DE ANIMALES
WATER
Squid
Anesthesia
Todarodes pacificus
Cephalopoda
Cold water
Invertebrata
Mollusca
Transport
Survival
Boat
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Summary:We describe a method for transporting live squid, Todarodes pacificus (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae), using cold-water anesthesia. Squid were placed individually in 30-l plastic bags with 5 l of 0–1°C seawater and 10–15 l of oxygen gas. Thirteen of 14 anesthetized squid survived 6.5 h transport by car and airplane with no signs of distress or shock. The longest survival under anesthesia was 10 h.
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ISSN:0044-8486
1873-5622
DOI:10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00403-7