Assessing Negative Welfare Measures for Wild Invertebrates: The Case for Octopuses

Authors: Michaella P. Andrade, Charles Morphy D. Santos, Mizziara M. M. De Paiva, Sylvia L. S. Medeiros, C. E. O’Brien, Françoise D. Lima, Janaina F. Machado, Tatiana S. Leite

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body patterns, cephalopoda, field study, sentience

2023

Characterization of Current Husbandry and Veterinary Care Practices of the Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) Using an Online Survey

Authors: Ashley J. Kirby, Julie A. Balko, Caroline E. C. Goertz, Gregory A. Lewbart

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences

Keywords: anesthesia, octopus, sedation, veterinary

2023

Exploring the Effect of Age on the Reproductive and Stress Physiology of Octopus bimaculoides Using Dermal Hormones

Authors: Stephanie Chancellor, Bret Grasse, Taylor Sakmar, David Scheel, Joel S. Brown, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: California two-spot octopus, cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, senescence, testosterone

2023

Unusual formation of air bubbles in the arms of the California two-spot octopus, Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883 during handling in captivity

Authors: Graciela Esmeralda Colunga-Ramírez, Oscar B. Del Rio-Zaragoza, Sheila Castellanos-Martínez

Publication/Journal: Marine Biology

Keywords:

2023

The Use of a Species-Specific Health and Welfare Assessment Tool for the Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini

Authors: Meghan M Holst, Tim Miller-Morgan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: disease, octopus, senescence, stress, welfare

2021

Aquarium Tank Design Is Integral to the Elimination of Mantle Abrasion in the Captive Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa): A Case Study at Macduff Marine Aquarium

Authors: Lauren E Smith, Christopher Rowe, Frazer Mackay, Claire Matthews, Christopher GG Matthews

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: abrasion, aquarium, husbandry, octopus, welfare

2020

The Use of a Species-Specific Health and Welfare Assessment Tool for the Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini

Authors: Meghan M Holst, Tim Miller-Morgan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: disease, octopus, senescence, stress, welfare

2020

Why Are Octopuses Going to Be the ‘Poster Child’ for Invertebrate Welfare?

Authors: Jennifer Mather

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cephalopods, consciousness, intelligence, octopuses, welfare

2020

Environmental Enrichment for Aquatic Animals

Authors: Mike Corcoran

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice

Keywords: aquarium enrichment, aquatic animal enrichment, fish enrichment, fish medicine, koi enrichment, octopus enrichment, tropical fish enrichment

2015

Guidelines for the Care and Welfare of Cephalopods in Research -A consensus based on an initiative by CephRes, FELASA and the Boyd Group

Authors: G. Fiorito, A. Affuso, J. Basil, A. Cole, P. de Girolamo, L. D'Angelo, L. Dickel, C. Gestal, F. Grasso, M. Kuba, F. Mark, D. Melillo, D. Osorio, K. Perkins, G. Ponte, N. Shashar, D. Smith, J. Smith, P. L. R. Andrews

Publication/Journal: Laboratory Animals

Keywords: 3rs, 63, aggregata-octopiana protista, animal welfare, anisakis-simplex nematoda, branchial heart, caribbean reef squid, cephalopods, complex, cuttlefish sepia-officinalis, directive 2010, eledone-cirrhosa mollusca, elevated seawater pco(2), eu, invertebrates, octopus octopus-vulgaris, sepioteuthis-sepioidea, squid, standard publication checklist, veterinary sciences, zoology

2015

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