Improving zebrafish laboratory welfare and scientific research through understanding their natural history

Understanding fish cognition: a review and appraisal of current practices

(2021) Matthew G. Salena et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

The evolution of critical thermal limits of life on Earth

(2021) Joanne M. Bennett et al.   Nature Communications

Acute environmental temperature variation affects brain protein expression, anxiety and explorative behaviour in adult zebrafish

(2021) S. Nonnis et al.   Scientific Reports

Enrichment for Laboratory Zebrafish—A Review of the Evidence and the Challenges

(2021) Chloe H. Stevens et al.   Animals

Impact of noise on development, physiological stress and behavioural patterns in larval zebrafish

(2021) Rafael A. Lara et al.   Scientific Reports

Emergence of breeding tubercles and puberty onset in male zebrafish: evidence for a dependence on body growth

(2021) Xiangyan Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Effect of stress severity on zebrafish (Danio rerio) growth, gonadal development and reproductive performance: Do females and males respond differently?

(2020) Hamed Abdollahpour et al.   AQUACULTURE

Enrichment Preferences of Singly Housed Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2020) Lauren D Krueger et al.   Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

A newly developed genetic sex marker and its application to understanding chemically induced feminisation in roach ( Rutilus rutilus )

(2020) Anke Lange et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Aggressive encounters lead to negative affective state in fish

(2020) Leia Rogers et al.   PLoS One

Increase in environmental temperature affects exploratory behaviour, anxiety and social preference in Danio rerio

(2020) E. Angiulli et al.   Scientific Reports

Whole-brain mapping of socially isolated zebrafish reveals that lonely fish are not loners

(2020) Hande Tunbak et al.   eLife

Moderate early life stress improves adult zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) working memory but does not affect social and anxiety‐like responses

(2020) Barbara D. Fontana et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Exposure of zebrafish to elevated temperature induces sex ratio shifts and alterations in the testicular epigenome of unexposed offspring

(2020) Alejandro Valdivieso et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The impact of housing environment color on zebrafish anxiety-like behavioral and physiological (cortisol) responses

(2020) Murilo S. de Abreu et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Zebrafish as a Model for Fish Diseases in Aquaculture

(2020) Louise von Gersdorff Jørgensen   Pathogens

The effect of photoperiod on growth and spawning performance of zebrafish, Danio rerio

(2020) Hamed Abdollahpour et al.   Aquaculture Reports

Shedding new light on early sex determination in zebrafish

(2020) Alex C. King et al.   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

Live-imaging of astrocyte morphogenesis and function in zebrafish neural circuits

(2020) Jiakun Chen et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Circadian rhythms in zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) behaviour and the sources of their variability

(2020) Viacheslav V. Krylov et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The role of habitat configuration in shaping social structure: a gap in studies of animal social complexity

(2019) Peng He et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Measuring cortisol, the major stress hormone in fishes

(2019) Bastien Sadoul et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

The impact of flow and physical enrichment on preferences in zebrafish

(2019) Cairsty DePasquale et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Sex differences in behavior and neuropharmacology of zebrafish

(2019) Rafael Genario et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Automated monitoring of behaviour in zebrafish after invasive procedures

(2019) Anthony G. Deakin et al.   Scientific Reports

Shade as enrichment: testing preferences for shelter in two model fish species

(2019) Nick A.R. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Insensitivity to reward shifts in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and implications for assessing affective states

(2019) Sern Loong Timothy Tan et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Social creatures: Model animal systems for studying the neuroendocrine mechanisms of social behaviour

(2019) Kelly J. Robinson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

On the Observation of Wild Zebrafish (Danio rerio) in India

(2019) Josefin Sundin et al.   Zebrafish

Stress-induced changes in group behaviour

(2019) Tanja K. Kleinhappel et al.   Scientific Reports

Efficient phenotypic sex classification of zebrafish using machine learning methods

(2019) Shahrbanou Hosseini et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Assessing Affective State in Laboratory Rodents to Promote Animal Welfare—What Is the Progress in Applied Refinement Research?

(2019) Paulin Jirkof et al.   Animals

Assessment of behaviour in groups of zebrafish (Danio rerio) using an intelligent software monitoring tool, the chromatic fish analyser

(2019) Jack S. Thomson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

A critical review of zebrafish schizophrenia models: Time for validation?

(2019) Kinga Gawel et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Sex differences in adult zebrafish anxiolytic-like responses to diazepam and melatonin

(2019) Rafael Genario et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

The Influence of Behavioral, Social, and Environmental Factors on Reproducibility and Replicability in Aquatic Animal Models

(2019) Christine Lieggi et al.   ILAR JOURNAL

Review: Assessing fish welfare in research and aquaculture, with a focus on European directives

(2018) M. Toni et al.   Animal

Open-design Recirculating Systems for Zebrafish Culture

(2018) Yogesh Bhargava   AQUACULTURAL ENGINEERING

The influence of exercise on anxiety-like behavior in zebrafish ( Danio rerio )

(2018) C. DePasquale et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Characterization of sickness behavior in zebrafish

(2018) Karina Kirsten et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Zebrafish models of autism spectrum disorder

(2018) Daria A. Meshalkina et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Can simple tank changes benefit the welfare of laboratory zebrafish Danio rerio ?

(2018) C. J. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Reproducibility and replicability in zebrafish behavioral neuroscience research

(2018) Robert Gerlai   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

Zebrafish as a model of mammalian cardiac function: Optically mapping the interplay of temperature and rate on voltage and calcium dynamics

(2018) Kaveh Rayani et al.   PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Developmental temperature has persistent, sexually dimorphic effects on zebrafish cardiac anatomy

(2018) Anastasia Dimitriadi et al.   Scientific Reports

Complexities of Using Wild versus Captive Activity Budget Comparisons for Assessing Captive Primate Welfare

(2018) Christian P. Howell et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

How to estimate kinship

(2018) Jérôme Goudet et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Understanding the Role of Environmental Enrichment in Zebrafish Neurobehavioral Models

(2018) Andrey D. Volgin et al.   Zebrafish

The effects of auditory enrichment on zebrafish behavior and physiology

(2018) Heloísa H. A. Barcellos et al.   PeerJ

Is Heightened-Shoaling a Good Candidate for Positive Emotional Behavior in Zebrafish?

(2018) Becca Franks et al.   Animals

Environmental enrichment influences spatial learning ability in captive-reared intertidal gobies (Bathygobius cocosensis)

(2018) Penelope S. Carbia et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Novel zebrafish behavioral assay to identify modifiers of the rapid, nongenomic stress response

(2018) Han B. Lee et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Effects of environmental enrichment on survivorship, growth, sex ratio and behaviour in laboratory maintained zebrafish Danio rerio

(2018) Carole J. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Characterization of the Natural Soundscape of Zebrafish and Comparison with the Captive Noise Conditions

(2018) Rafael A. Lara et al.   Zebrafish

Physiological Responses to Swimming-Induced Exercise in the Adult Zebrafish Regenerating Heart

(2018) Mireia Rovira et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Appropriate rearing density in domesticated zebrafish to avoid masculinization: links with the stress response

(2017) Laia Ribas et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

International survey on the use and welfare of zebrafish Danio rerio in research

(2017) K. Lidster et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Improving quality of science through better animal welfare: the NC3Rs strategy

(2017) Mark J Prescott et al.   LAB ANIMAL

Long-Term Social Recognition Memory in Zebrafish

(2017) Natália Madeira et al.   Zebrafish

Breeding Zebrafish: A Review of Different Methods and a Discussion on Standardization

(2017) Benjamin Tsang et al.   Zebrafish

Tank size and fish management history matters in experimental design

(2016) Åsa Maria Espmark et al.   AQUACULTURE RESEARCH

Water flow impacts group behavior in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2016) Piyumika S. Suriyampola et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Retina regeneration in zebrafish

(2016) Jin Wan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Son et lumière: Sound and light effects on spatial distribution and swimming behavior in captive zebrafish

(2016) Saeed Shafiei Sabet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Zebrafish Social Behavior in the Wild

(2016) Piyumika S. Suriyampola et al.   Zebrafish

Evaluating and Optimizing Fish Health and Welfare During Experimental Procedures

(2016) Nicola Goodwin et al.   Zebrafish

Recommendations for Health Monitoring and Reporting for Zebrafish Research Facilities

(2016) Chereen Collymore et al.   Zebrafish

The Red Light District and Its Effects on Zebrafish Reproduction

(2016) Isaac Adatto et al.   Zebrafish

Report of a Meeting on Contemporary Topics in Zebrafish Husbandry and Care

(2016) Nikki Osborne et al.   Zebrafish

A history-based method to estimate animal preference

(2016) Caroline Marques Maia et al.   Scientific Reports

Acute stress is detrimental to heart regeneration in zebrafish

(2016) Pauline Sallin et al.   Open Biology

My stress, our stress: Blunted cortisol response to stress in isolated housed zebrafish

(2015) Ana Cristina Vendrametto Varrone Giacomini et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Behavioral Plasticity in Response to Environmental Manipulation among Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Populations

(2015) Anuradha Bhat et al.   PLoS One

Animal Personality Relates to Thermal Preference in Wild-Type Zebrafish, Danio rerio

(2015) Sonia Rey et al.   Zebrafish

Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Nitrate to Early Life Stages of Zebrafish—Setting Nitrate Safety Levels for Zebrafish Rearing

(2015) Cândida Learmonth et al.   Zebrafish

The Effects of Environmental Enrichment and Age-Related Differences on Inhibitory Avoidance in Zebrafish (Danio rerio Hamilton)

(2015) Remy Manuel et al.   Zebrafish

Environmental enrichment for fish in captive environments: effects of physical structures and substrates

(2014) Joacim Näslund et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Wild Sex in Zebrafish: Loss of the Natural Sex Determinant in Domesticated Strains

(2014) C. A. Wilson et al.   GENETICS

Environmental effects on behavioural development consequences for fitness of captive-reared fishes in the wild

(2014) J. I. Johnsson et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

What do zebrafish want? Impact of social grouping, dominance and gender on preference for enrichment

(2014) Paul Schroeder et al.   LABORATORY ANIMALS

Potential Biological and Ecological Effects of Flickering Artificial Light

(2014) Richard Inger et al.   PLoS One

Gaining translational momentum: More zebrafish models for neuroscience research

(2014) Allan V. Kalueff et al.   PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Kin recognition in zebrafish, Danio rerio, is based on imprinting on olfactory and visual stimuli

(2013) Cornelia Hinz et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model for the study of aging and exercise: Physical ability and trainability decrease with age

(2013) Matthew J.H. Gilbert et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Zebrafish Housing Systems: A Review of Basic Operating Principles and Considerations for Design and Functionality

(2013) C. Lawrence et al.   ILAR JOURNAL

Behavioural fever is a synergic signal amplifying the innate immune response

(2013) S. Boltana et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Environmental stressors alter relationships between physiology and behaviour

(2013) Shaun S. Killen et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Acclimation of Zebrafish to Transport Stress

(2013) Anusha K.S. Dhanasiri et al.   Zebrafish

One for All and All for One: The Importance of Shoaling on Behavioral and Stress Responses in Zebrafish

(2013) Natália Pagnussat et al.   Zebrafish

Natural History of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) in India

(2013) Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam et al.   Zebrafish

Effect of Lighting Conditions on Zebrafish Growth and Development

(2013) Natalia Villamizar et al.   Zebrafish

Mind the fish: zebrafish as a model in cognitive social neuroscience

(2013) Rui F. Oliveira   Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Does structural enrichment for toxicology studies improve zebrafish welfare?

(2012) Luanne Wilkes et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Boulders as building blocks: improving habitat and river connectivity for stream fish

(2012) Paulo Branco et al.   Ecohydrology

Levels of domestication in fish: implications for the sustainable future of aquaculture

(2012) Fabrice Teletchea et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Parasite manipulation of host personality and behavioural syndromes

(2012) R. Poulin   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Preference for structured environment in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and checker barbs (Puntius oligolepis)

(2011) Claudia Kistler et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

The effect of rearing temperature on body shape and meristic characters in zebrafish (Danio rerio) juveniles

(2011) Dimitris G. Sfakianakis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Mortality and fish welfare

(2011) Tim Ellis et al.   FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Fish under exercise

(2011) Arjan P. Palstra et al.   FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Cortisol and finfish welfare

(2011) Tim Ellis et al.   FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Health of farmed fish: its relation to fish welfare and its utility as welfare indicator

(2011) Helmut Segner et al.   FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Behavioural indicators of welfare in farmed fish

(2011) Catarina I. M. Martins et al.   FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Aggression and Welfare in a Common Aquarium Fish, the Midas Cichlid

(2011) Ronald G. Oldfield   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

Effects of Flickering Light on Refraction and Changes in Eye Axial Length of C57BL/6 Mice

(2011) Ying Yu et al.   OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH

Effect of Rearing Temperatures during Embryonic Development on the Phenotypic Sex in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2011) H. Abozaid et al.   Sexual Development

The Effect of Stocking Densities on Reproductive Performance in Laboratory Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2011) Daniel Castranova et al.   Zebrafish

Reproductive behaviour of wild zebrafish (Danio rerio) in large tanks

(2010) Hutter et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Taking account of fish welfare: lessons from aquaculture

(2010) F. A. Huntingford et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Current knowledge on the photoneuroendocrine regulation of reproduction in temperate fish species

(2010) H. Migaud et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Dominance Hierarchies in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Their Relationship with Reproductive Success

(2010) Gregory C. Paull et al.   Zebrafish

Zebrafish Temperature Selection and Synchronization of Locomotor Activity Circadian Rhythm to Ahemeral Cycles of Light and Temperature

(2009) Jose Fernando López‐Olmeda et al.   CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Husbandry stress exacerbates mycobacterial infections in adult zebrafish,Danio rerio(Hamilton)

(2009) J M Ramsay et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES

Case Study: Effect of Submerged Aquatic Plants on Turbulence Structure in a Lowland River

(2009) Alexander N. Sukhodolov et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

Key issues concerning environmental enrichment for laboratory-held fish species

(2009) T D Williams et al.   LABORATORY ANIMALS

Growth and Survival of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Fed Different Commercial and Laboratory Diets

(2009) Anthony J. Siccardi et al.   Zebrafish

Nitrite Toxicity to Danio rerio: Effects of Subchronic Exposure on Fish Growth

(2008) E. Voslářová et al.   ACTA VETERINARIA BRNO

Quantifying stress responses induced by different handling methods in three species of fish

(2008) Nichola M. Brydges et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Variability in measures of reproductive success in laboratory-kept colonies of zebrafish and implications for studies addressing population-level effects of environmental chemicals

(2008) G PAULL et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Autonomous onset of the circadian clock in the zebrafish embryo

(2008) Marcus P S Dekens et al.   EMBO JOURNAL