Hana, Heba Naeim Sadek
El-Lateif, Rasha S. A. Abd
El-Galil, Mohamed Abd El Aziz Ahmed Abd
Mousa, Mohamed Abd Allah
Ali, Fatma Abo Zakaib
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sohag University
Article History
Received: 22 November 2023
Accepted: 25 January 2024
First Online: 13 February 2024
Declarations
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: The experiment was approved by the Veterinary Medical Ethics Research Committee- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt (code no. Soh.un.vet/00010R). The Veterinary Medical Ethics Research Committee- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt guidelines and regulations has authorized all the steps in this work. This study is reported by following the ARRIVE guidelines (ExternalRef removed). Our experiment excluded direct physical contact between fish, removing injury risks, and staged contests were kept brief, reducing related stress levels. By minimizing the number and duration of transfers we limited handling stress.
: Informed consent from farm fish owners were carried out and the statements were available on request from the corresponding author.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.