"This new text fulfils a proven need for an illustrated practical guide for scientists, veterinarians and others involved in aquaculture, fisheries research and aquarium management. Based on first-hand experience, the text covers fish, amphibians, reptiles and selected aquatic invertebrates and includes a glossary of drugs, an explanation of major technical terms and an index for ease of reference. A new chapter on transportation has been included as calming and sedative techniques have a useful role in this commercially important operation."--Jacket.

Revised edition of: Anaesthetic and sedative techniques for fish / by Lindsay G. Ross, Barbara Ross. 1st. ed. 1984.

"Comfort" and animal husbandry --Handling and mechanical damage -- Pain -- Stress in Aquatic Animals -- The adrenergic system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis -- The generalised stress response (GSR) -- External signs of stress -- Internal signs of stress -- Effects on heart rate -- Haematological effects -- Hormonal effects -- Acclimation to stressors -- Stress reduction -- Stress reduction during anaesthesia -- Stress induced by anaesthesia -- The Nature of Anaesthesia, Sedation and Analgesia -- General anaesthesia and sedation -- Local anaesthesia -- Defining pain -- Analgesia -- The mechanism of anaesthesia -- The stages of anaesthesia -- Dose, exposure times and effect achieved -- Euthanasia -- The Features of Anaesthetic Agents and their Legal Use -- Desirable features of an anaesthetic agent -- Toxicity and margin of safety -- Additives -- Anaesthetics and legislation -- Safe operator practice for users -- Food chain safety -- Environmental safety -- Animal welfare and experimentation -- Factors Affecting the Response of Aquatic Ectotherms to Anaesthesia -- Biotic factors affecting anaesthesia -- Environmental or abiotic factors affecting anaesthesia -- Anaesthesia of Aquatic Invertebrates -- Anaesthesia of Molluscs -- Bivalves -- Gastropods -- Cephalopods -- Anaesthesia of Crustaceans -- Branchiopods -- Stomatopods -- Amphipods -- Decapods -- Anaesthesia of Fish. I. Inhalation Anaesthesia -- Water quality maintenance during inhalation anaesthesia -- The basic procedure.