Advances in Zebrafish Husbandry
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 848
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fish nutrition and feeding; fish physiology; larval fish rearing; aquaculture; aquatic ecotoxicology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: egg; sperm; fertilization; embryology; genetics; zebrafish (Danio rerio); fish; biomedical research; cryopreservation; cryobanking; (aquatic) animal husbandry; animal welfare in research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a small cyprinid native to South Asia that was first popularized as an aquarium pet fish and then became a valuable laboratory animal in biomedical research. Currently, zebrafish is one of the most widely used model organisms, maintained in numerous laboratories worldwide.
Due to the ease of maintenance and reproduction in captivity, zebrafish rearing is still mostly based on subjective protocols, under potentially suboptimal and quite variable conditions between laboratories. This can compromise the quality and reproducibility of research outcomes, as well as productivity. For this reason, and despite some achievements in the last decade, further efforts towards optimization and harmonization of husbandry methods as well as the standardization of husbandry reporting, terminology, and research are required.
For this Special Issue, we are inviting research papers addressing zebrafish husbandry related topics, including but not limited to breeding, embryonic culture, larval rearing, feeding and nutrition, health, welfare and ethical considerations. We also invite articles about environmental maintenance conditions for entire colonies and water systems including temporally limited environmental requirements for experiments on subsets of colony stocks. Review articles about recent advances and insights on these topics are also very welcome.
Prof. Dr. António Paulo Carvalho
Dr. Zoltan M. Varga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- zebrafish
- husbandry optimization
- husbandry harmonization
- breeding
- embryonic culture
- larval rearing
- feeding and nutrition
- health and welfare
- environmental requirements
