Clove oil: An alternative anaesthetic for aquaculture

Authors
Taylor, PW Roberts, SD
Citation
Pw. Taylor et Sd. Roberts, Clove oil: An alternative anaesthetic for aquaculture, N AM J AQUA, 61(2), 1999, pp. 150-155
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE
ISSN journal
15222055 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
150 - 155
Database
ISI
SICI code
1522-2055(199904)61:2<150:COAAAF>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The anesthetic properties of clove oil were tested on chinook salmon Oncorh ynchus tshawytscha, coho salmon O. kisutch, rainbow trout O. mykiss, and wh ite sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus. The median lethal concentrations for a 10-min exposure were 62 mg/L for chinook salmon, 96 mg/L for coho salmon, 250 mg/L for rainbow trout, and 526 mg/L for white sturgeon. A dosage of 2 5 mg/L was effective in anaesthetizing all species for 120 min without mort ality.