Piazzon, M. Carla http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-8984
Mladineo, Ivona
Naya-Català, Fernando
Dirks, Ron P.
Jong-Raadsen, Susanne
Vrbatović, Anamarija
Hrabar, Jerko
Pérez-Sánchez, Jaume
Sitjà-Bobadilla, Ariadna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (PIE. 201740E013)
H2020 Societal Challenges (634429)
Article History
Received: 29 November 2018
Accepted: 3 March 2019
First Online: 11 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Fish were sampled during procedural health examination at the aquaculture facility performed by a veterinary service, and in accordance to the Guidelines of the European Union Council (Directive 2010/63/EU) and the Croatian legislation (Zakon o zaštiti životinja; NN 135/06 and 37/13, Pravilnik o zaštiti životinja koje se koriste u znanstvene svrhe; NN 55/13). The procedures have been approved by the Committee for the Animal Welfare, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia (IACUC, approval number 134/2). All efforts were made to minimize suffering of the fish used for the study in accordance to aforementioned national legislation and the current European Union legislation (86/609/EU).
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