Post-Surgical Analgesia in Rainbow Trout: Is Reduced Cardioventilatory Activity a Sign of Improved Animal Welfare or the Adverse Effects of an Opioid Drug?

Albin Gräns; Erik Sandblom; Anders Kiessling; Michael Axelsson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095283

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Post-Surgical Analgesia in Rainbow Trout: Is Reduced Cardioventilatory Activity a Sign of Improved Animal Welfare or the Adverse Effects of an Opioid Drug?

Albin Gräns ,

* E-mail: albin.grans@bioenv.gu.se

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Erik Sandblom,

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Anders Kiessling,

Affiliation Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Michael Axelsson

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Post-Surgical Analgesia in Rainbow Trout: Is Reduced Cardioventilatory Activity a Sign of Improved Animal Welfare or the Adverse Effects of an Opioid Drug?

Albin Gräns,
Erik Sandblom,
Anders Kiessling,
Michael Axelsson

Published: April 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095283

About the Authors

Albin Gräns

* E-mail: albin.grans@bioenv.gu.se

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Erik Sandblom

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Anders Kiessling

Affiliation Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Michael Axelsson

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG ES AK MA. Performed the experiments: AG. Analyzed the data: AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG ES MA. Wrote the paper: AG ES MA.

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