Determining the appropriateness of timely euthanasia in acute fish toxicity testing using observed clinical signs to predict time of death.

Applying euthanasia before death in acute fish toxicity (AFT) tests contributes significantly to animal welfare by serving as a "refinement" of the test method. A previous study defined three severe signs as moribund states in Japanese medaka (Oryzia…

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