scholarly journals Heart rate bio-loggers as welfare indicators in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture

Aquaculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 529 ◽  
pp. 735630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malthe Hvas ◽  
Ole Folkedal ◽  
Frode Oppedal
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Welfare Indicators ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar

Increase of heart rate without elevation of cardiac output in adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) exposed to acidic water and aluminium

1999 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie C Brodeur ◽  
Trine Ytrestøyl ◽  
Bengt Finstad ◽  
R Scott McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Cardiac Output ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Stroke Volume ◽  
River Water ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Exposure Period ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Concomitant Reduction ◽  
Ventral Aorta

Adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were exposed for 48 h to water from acidified (pH 5.2) Fossbekk River (Norway), with and without 94 µg aluminium (Al)/L added as AlCl3, and to water from circumneutral (pH 6.7) Ims River (Norway) (controls). Cardiac output, heart rate, and stroke volume were monitored throughout the exposure period with Doppler flow probes placed around the ventral aorta of the fish. Fish exposed to Fossbekk River water without added Al showed few physiological disturbances. When 94 µg Al/L was added to Fossbekk River water, most of the fish died before the end of the 48-h exposure period, and a large elevation in heart rate was observed together with a decrease in plasma chloride concentrations and an increase in haematocrit, plasma glucose and plasma cortisol levels. Cardiac output was maintained at basal levels during the first 24 h of exposure because the tachycardia was accompanied by a concomitant reduction of stroke volume. Signs of arrhythmia appeared after 32 h of exposure and were associated with a further decrease in stroke volume that caused cardiac output to decrease below basal levels. The incapacity of the tachycardia to elevate cardiac output and the subsequent death of the fish suggest that this response to low pH and Al is more of a maladaptation reaction than a compensatory or adaptative reaction.

scholarly journals Heart rate and swimming activity as stress indicators for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Aquaculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 531 ◽  
pp. 735804 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Svendsen ◽  
M. Føre ◽  
F. Økland ◽  
A. Gräns ◽  
R.D. Hedger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Swimming Activity ◽  
Stress Indicators ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
As Stress

Effect of Nitrite on the Embryonic Development of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

1989 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 1726-1729 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Williams ◽  
F. B. Eddy
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Cardiovascular Effects ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Delayed Hatching

Effects of nitrite on eggs, alevins, and fry of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were studied and of these developmental stages eggs were the most resistant with a 24-h LC50 value of 3276 mg∙L−1 N∙NO2. Upon hatching tolerance sharply decreased, the 24-h LC50 value for early alevins (2940 mg∙L−1 N∙NO2) decreasing to 121.8 mg∙L−1 N∙NO2. Development in freshwater or dilute saline (10 mmol∙L−1 NaCl) proceeded normally without mortalities. Long-term exposure to nitrite concentrations as low as 14 mg∙L−1 N∙NO2 delayed hatching and retarded embryo growth and development as well as producing cardiovascular effects such as a reduced heart rate. The physiological and environmental implications of nitrite exposure are discussed.

Cardiac Responses to a Natural Odorant as Evidence of a Sensitive Period for Olfactory Imprinting in Young Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar

1989 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Philippe Morin ◽  
Julian J. Dodson ◽  
François Y. Doré
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sensitive Period ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Olfactory Recognition ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Cardiac Responses ◽  
Olfactory Imprinting

Olfactory imprinting was assessed in young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, undergoing smoltification (parr–smolt transition) by measuring their cardiac responses to a natural odorant, L-cysteine. Condition factor and body coloration were used for characterizing the degree of smoltification. In Experiment 1, heart rate conditioning to L-cysteine was used to compare olfactory learning between fish from different age groups of smoltification. In Experiments 2 and 3, other fish from the same age groups of smoltification were exposed to L-cysteine and their long-term olfactory memory was assessed by measuring their unconditioned cardiac responses to L-cysteine after smoltification. In Experiment 2, the time from the end of odor exposure to testing for olfactory recognition was kept constant for ail age groups of smoltification whereas in Experiment 3, the age of fish tested for olfactory recognition was kept constant. Greater conditioning (heart rate reduction) to L-cysteine occurred in age-groups 3 (612–619 d since birth) and 6 (642–649 d) as compared with any other age group of smoltification. Fish tested for odor recognition exhibited a greater unconditioned response (cardiac deceleration) to L-cysteine if they belonged to age-group 3 than to any other age group of smoltification. Our results demonstrated the existence of a sensitive period for olfactory imprinting in Atlantic salmon that occurred between 21 and 28 d after the onset of smoltification induced in the laboratory.

Remote monitoring of heart rate as a measure of recovery in angled Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar (L.)

1998 ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. G. Anderson ◽  
R. Booth ◽  
T. A. Beddow ◽  
R. S. McKinley ◽  
B. Finstad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar

Effects of adrenergic drugs on the coronary circulation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Farrell ◽  
M. S. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Coronary Circulation ◽  
Adrenergic Stimulation ◽  
Adrenergic Regulation ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Adrenergic Drugs ◽  
Rate Effects

Spontaneously beating hearts from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were used to examine the adrenergic regulation of the perfused coronary circulation. Excitatory α-adrenoceptors (vasoconstriction) dominated over inhibitory β-adrenoceptors (vasodilatation). Increased heart rate via β-adrenergic stimulation was possible with drug injections into the coronary artery. The heart rate effects followed the vasoactive effect by approximately 2 min.

scholarly journals Heart rate and swimming activity as indicators of post-surgical recovery time of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Føre ◽  
Eirik Svendsen ◽  
Finn Økland ◽  
Albin Gräns ◽  
Jo Arve Alfredsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Recovery Time ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Recovery Times ◽  
In The Wild

Abstract Background: Fish telemetry using electronic transmitter or data storage tags has become a common method for studying free-swimming fish both in the wild and in aquaculture. However, fish used in aquatic telemetry studies must be handled, anaesthetised and often subjected to surgical procedures to be equipped with tags, processes that will shift the fish from their normal physiological and behavioural states. In many projects, information is needed on when the fish has recovered after handling and tagging so that only the data recorded after the fish has fully recovered are used in analyses. We aimed to establish recovery times of adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) after an intraperitoneal tagging procedure featuring handling, anaesthesia and surgery.Results: Based on ECG and accelerometer data collected with telemetry from nine individual Atlantic salmon during the first period after tagging, we found that heart rate was initially elevated in all fish, and that it took an average of 4 days for heart rate to return to an assumed baseline level. Although activity levels assessed from acceleration appeared to be less affected by the tagging procedure, baseline levels were on average reached after 3.4 days for this parameter.Conclusion: Our findings showed that the Atlantic salmon used in this study on average required 3-4 days of recovery after tagging before tag data could be considered valid. Moreover, the differences between recovery times for heart rate and activity imply that recovery time recommendations should be developed based on a combination of indicators and not just on e.g. behavioural observations.

Thyroid Activity Concomitant with Olfactory Learning and Heart Rate Changes in Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar, during Smoltification

1989 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Philippe Morin ◽  
Julian J. Dodson ◽  
François Y. Doré
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Thyroid Hormones ◽  
Salmo Salar ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Olfactory Learning ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Resting Heart Rate ◽  
Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar ◽  
Histological Activity

Thyroid-histological (epithelial cell height, follicular eccentricity) and thyroid-radiochemical (thyroxine, triiodothyronine) activities were examined in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, undergoing smoltification in relation to cardiac conditioning to L-cysteine (olfactory learning). Changes in plasma levels of thyroxine were also examined along with those of resting heart rate, during and after smoltification. In a related study, we reported greater learning ability in age-groups 3 (612–619 d since birth) and 6 (642–649 d) as well as a greater long-term olfactory memory in age-group 3. In the present study, thyroid-histological activity was correlated with olfactory learning during smoltification. Higher histological values occurred concomitantly with greater learning in age-groups 3 and 6. During smoltification, changes in thyroid-histological activity were different from those of radiochemical activity. Apparently different plasma–tissue fluxes of thyroid hormones occurred between age-groups 3 and 6. Plasma thyroxine was correlated with resting heart rate. Our results suggested that thyroid hormones play a role in olfactory learning and imprinting in anadromous salmonids.

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