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ArticleF1000Research2024

A survey of water chemistry used in zebrafish facilities and their effects on early zebrafish development.

Cosima S Porteus, Ella Waples, Anna Dempsey, Gregory Paull, Rod W Wilson

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Article in F1000Research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Cosima S PorteusBiological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, M1C 1A4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4730-4960
Ella WaplesBiosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QD, UK.
Anna DempseyBiosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QD, UK.
Gregory Paull *Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QD, UK.
Rod W Wilson *Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QD, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: There are a variety of published standard methods and water chemistry recommendations for zebrafish ( Methods: Here we document the current range of water chemistry used by various research institutions around the world and report initial findings on their effects on the development and growth of zebrafish. Over 40 institutes responded to a survey that revealed a large variation in water chemistry used for zebrafish husbandry including differences in the set-points and acceptable ranges for temperature, pH and conductivity. In subsequent experiments, zebrafish ( Results: Larvae exposed to the lowest salt concentration (5 μM Na Conclusions: Overall, we highlight the magnitude of variation in water chemistry used within zebrafish research and provide some empirical evidence to show that not all of these water conditions might be optimal for developing zebrafish and reproducibility of research, although further research is necessary to determine longer-term effects of water chemistry on older larvae, juveniles and adults.

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WaterZebrafishAnimal HusbandryAnimalsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLarvaTemperatureWaterconductivitydevelopmentGrowthpHpolyculturesalinitytemperaturewater chemistryzebrafish

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PMID39386085
PMCPMC11462130

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