ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Humane Slaughter of Edible Decapod Crustaceans.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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21 citing papers in PubMed.
- Diversity and Prevalence of Fungi Associated with Freshwater Crayfish in Three Regions of Lithuania: A First Assessment.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Decapod Crustaceans in Animal Welfare Law: Fragmentation, Gaps, and Emerging Models in Europe and Oceania.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Effects of Slaughter Methods on the Quality and Refrigerated Shelf Life of Biofloc-Cultured White Shrimp (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Euthanasia Methods in Invertebrates: A Critical Narrative Review of Methodological and Welfare Standards.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Assessing the Welfare of Spiny Lobsters and True Lobsters in Aquaria: Biology-Informed Best-Practice Guidelines for Captive Conditions.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion: Is it ethical?Monash bioethics review · 2025Article
- A History of Pain Studies and Changing Attitudes to the Welfare of Crustaceans.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Perish the thawed? EDTA reduces DNA degradation during extraction from frozen tissue.PloS one · 2025Article
- Animal welfare risks from commercial practices involving cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2025Review
- Boiling Time to Estimated Stunning and Death of Decapod Crustaceans of Different Sizes and Shapes.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Trade-Offs between Avoidance of Noxious Electric Shock and Avoidance of Bright Light in Shore Crabs Are Consistent with Predictions of Pain.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- The Effects of Caustic Soda and Benzocaine on Directed Grooming to the Eyestalk in the Glass Prawn,Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Considerations for implementing regulation of decapods in science.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024Review
- The mycobiome of a successful crayfish invader and its changes along the environmental gradient.Animal microbiome · 2023Article
- Non-Invasive Methods for Assessing the Welfare of Farmed White-Leg Shrimp (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Metabolic and behavioural effects of hermit crab shell removal techniques: Is heating less invasive than cracking?Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2023Article
- Invertebrate sentience and sustainable seafood.Nature food · 2022Article
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- Perspective: Opportunities for advancing aquatic invertebrate welfare.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Virome Analysis of Signal Crayfish (Viruses · 2021Article
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Abstract
Vast numbers of crustaceans are produced by aquaculture and caught in fisheries to meet the increasing demand for seafood and freshwater crustaceans. Simultaneously, the public is increasingly concerned about current methods employed in their handling and killing. Recent evidence has shown that decapod crustaceans probably have the capacity to suffer because they show responses consistent with pain and have a relatively complex cognitive capacity. For these reasons, they should receive protection. Despite the large numbers of crustaceans transported and slaughtered, legislation protecting their welfare, by using agreed, standardized methods, is lacking. We review various stunning and killing systems proposed for crustaceans, and assess welfare concerns. We suggest the use of methods least likely to cause suffering and call for the implementation of welfare guidelines covering the slaughter of these economically important animals.
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