Article
Inter-individual and -family differences in the cortisol responsiveness of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
2012-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Cortisol is released into the bloodstream of fish in response to exogenous stimuli referred to as stressors, and long-term or repetitive exposure to stressors can lead to poor growth and disease susceptibility in aquaculture-reared fish. Thus, as has been shown for other fish species (e.g. rainbow trout), the identification of fish with an attenuated cortisol response to stress may be beneficial to the emerging co...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b7a52060-a960-5e37-ba89-a64efcf8871a
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- 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.10.040
