Essential oils as stress-reducing agents for fish aquaculture: a review

CF Souza, MD Baldissera, B Baldisserotto… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In fish, stressful events initiate a hormone cascade along the hypothalamus-pituitary-
interrenal and hypothalamus-sympathetic-chromaffin (HSC) axis to evoke several …

The use of dietary additives in fish stress mitigation: comparative endocrine and physiological responses

M Herrera, JM Mancera, B Costas - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the last years, studies on stress attenuation in fish have progressively grown. This is
mainly due to the interest of institutions, producers, aquarists and consumers in improving …

Allostatic Load and Stress Physiology in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) and Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata L.)

A Samaras, C Espírito Santo… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The present study aimed to compare effects of increasing chronic stress load on the stress
response of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus …

Physiology: An important tool to assess the welfare of aquatic animals

I Jerez-Cepa, I Ruiz-Jarabo - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ensuring a good quality of life for animals is a matter of concern. Welfare
assessment has been quite well developed for many terrestrial species, but it is less well …

What can we learn from glucocorticoid administration in fish? Effects of cortisol and dexamethasone on intermediary metabolism of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata …

I Jerez-Cepa, M Gorissen, JM Mancera… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2019 - Elsevier
In aquaculture facilities fish welfare could be compromised due to stressors. Fish deal with
stress, inter alia, through the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal endocrine …

Synthetic estrogen bioaccumulates and changes the behavior and biochemical biomarkers in adult zebrafish

WA Tamagno, JR de Oliveira Sofiatti, C Alves… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Estrogen is considered to be an endocrine disrupter and is becoming increasingly more
prevalent in the daily life of humans. In some cases, estrogen is not fully metabolized by …

Skin Mucus as a Relevant Low-Invasive Biological Matrix for the Measurement of an Acute Stress Response in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

L Franco-Martinez, I Brandts, F Reyes-López, L Tort… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Skin mucus is a non-lethal and low-invasive matrix appropriate to assess fish welfare as it
contributes to their defence against external aggressions and reflects changes in fish health …

Special features of neuroendocrine interactions between stress and reproduction in teleosts

K Rousseau, P Prunet, S Dufour - General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2021 - Elsevier
Stress and reproduction are both essential functions for vertebrate survival, ensuring on one
side adaptative responses to environmental changes and potential life threats, and on the …

Dietary aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) reduces growth performance, impacting growth axis, metabolism, and tissue integrity in juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

A Barany, M Guilloto, J Cosano, M De Boevre, M Oliva… - Aquaculture, 2021 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are an increasing threat to all the related commodities from agriculture. Its
occurrence is expected to increase due to climate change. Here, we examined the impacts …

Plasma 1α-Hydroxycorticosterone as Biomarker for Acute Stress in Catsharks (Scyliorhinus canicula)

I Ruiz-Jarabo, C Barragán-Méndez… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Glucocorticoids are pleiotropic steroid hormones mediating redistribution of energy. They
induce breakdown of glycogen stores and consequent plasma hyperglycaemia after …