Mohamed, Amin R.
Verbyla, Klara L.
Al-Mamun, Hawlader A.
McWilliam, Sean
Evans, Bradley
King, Harry
Kube, Peter
Kijas, James W.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Article History
Received: 17 April 2018
Accepted: 11 February 2019
First Online: 15 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All animals used in this study were part of the commercial operations of Tassal Operations and Salmon Enterprises of Tasmania. Their use was in accordance with authorised management practises of both companies and compliant with the Tasmanian Animal Welfare Act (1993) which is under the jurisdiction of Biosecurity Tasmania, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Under this Act, those animals that are expressly killed for purposes other than research, such as abattoir specimens, do not need specific approval of an Animal Ethics Committee and that was the case for this study.
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