ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2021
Potential Pain in Fish and Decapods: Similar Experimental Approaches and Similar Results.
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- Effects of analgesia on the response to a noxious stimulus in Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus).Scientific reports · 2026Article
- From nociception in aneural animals to human suffering: toward a comparative biology of pain.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Review
- A History of Pain Studies and Changing Attitudes to the Welfare of Crustaceans.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Effects of Acetic Acid and Morphine in Shore Crabs,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
- Estimating global numbers of fishes caught from the wild annually from 2000 to 2019.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024Article
- Why it hurts: with freedom comes the biological need for pain.Animal cognition · 2023Article
- Methods to Induce Analgesia and Anesthesia in Crustaceans: A Supportive Decision Tool.Biology · 2023Review
- Effect of Animal Stocking Density and Habitat Enrichment on Survival and Vitality of Wild Green Shore Crabs,Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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Abstract
I review studies that examined the possibility of pain experience in fish and note how they provided guidance on general methods that could be applied to other animals such as decapod crustaceans. The fish studies initially reported the occurrence of prolonged rocking movements in trout and rubbing of their lips if they were injected with acetic acid. Subsequent studies examined the role of morphine in reducing these activities and examined shifts in attention when responding to noxious stimuli. Various studies take up these themes in decapods. The results reported for the two taxonomic groups are remarkably similar and indicate that responses of both go beyond those expected of mere nociceptive reflex. Thus, the idea of pain cannot be dismissed by the argument that fish and decapods respond only by reflex. The responses of both clearly involve central processing, and pain experience, although not proven for either, is a distinct possibility. These studies have been the subjects of highly critical opinion pieces and these are examined and rebutted. The conclusion is that both fish and decapods should be awarded consideration for their welfare.
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