Aquatic and Terrestrial Invertebrate Welfare
Publication Type: |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Gregory A. Lewbart, Trevor T. Zachariah |
Publication/Journal: |
Animals |
Keywords: |
chelicerates, coelenterates, crustaceans, echinoderms, enrichment, health, insects, invertebrates, mollusks, myriapods, welfare |
ISBN: |
2076-2615 |
Abstract:
Invertebrates (animals without backbones) make up over 95% of the earth’s species yet compared with vertebrates (animals with backbones like fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) our understanding of and efforts relating to the topic of welfare is relatively minimal. We have selected seven of the most economically important and widely recognized invertebrate taxa to focus the topic of animal welfare on. In these pages the reader will learn about coelenterates (jellyfishes, anemones, and corals), mollusks (snails, slugs, squid, and octopi), crustaceans (lobsters, crabs, and shrimp), echinoderms (sea stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers), chelicerates (spiders, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs), myriapods (centipedes and millipedes), and insects (butterflies, honeybees, and fruit flies). In addition to discussing the welfare of these species, other topics, including anatomy, physiology, husbandry, natural history, and environmental diseases, are reviewed.