Fish Behavioral Indicators in Aquarium/ Aqua Farms
M. Kamalakannan*
College of Fisheries Engineering, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu (611 002), India
S. Ezhilarasu
B.Tech (Fisheries Engineering), College of Fisheries Engineering, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu (611 002), India
C. Mercy Amrita
College of Fisheries Engineering, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu (611 002), India
D. Babiyola
College of Fisheries Engineering, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu (611 002), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Behavioral Indicators, Fish, Fish Health, Stress
Abstract
It is most important to understand behavior of fish just like any other pet. The fish acts and behaves are confera clear idea about the health and environment of fish is living in like maintenance of aquarium water and many more things. Fish behavior monitoring technology mainly refers to the use of machine vision or acoustic technology to obtain fish behavior (speed, fish population fluctuations, exercise cycle, feeding behavior, stress, etc.). Therefore, the assessment of welfare in a few individuals may not represent the average welfare of a group and vice versa. This underlines the need to develop on-farm, operational behavioural welfare indicators that can be easily used to assess not only the individual welfare but also the welfare of the whole group.
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