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- Title
Etomidate as an anesthetic in Colossoma macropomum: Behavioral and electrophysiological data complement each other as a tool to assess anesthetic safety.
- Authors
Reis, Thaysa de Sousa; Araújo, Daniella Bastos de; Paz, Clarissa Araújo da; Santos, Rodrigo Gonçalves; Barbosa, Anara de Sousa; Souza, Luana Vasconcelos de; Deiga, Yris da Silva; Garcia, Vera Louzeiro de Oliveira; Barbosa, Gabriela Brito; Rocha, Lucas Lima da; Hamoy, Moisés
- Abstract
The use of anesthetic agents in the management of fish in fish farming or ornamental fish breeding aims to minimize stress and promote animal welfare. Therefore, this study aims to investigate behavioral, electrocardiographic, and ventilatory characteristics of tambaquis exposed to anesthetic baths with etomidate. The study was conducted with juvenile tambaquis (27.38 ± 3.5g) n = 99, at etomidate concentrations of 2–4 mg.L -1, analyzing induction and anesthetic recovery behavior (experiment I), electrocardiogram (experiment II), and opercular movement (experiment III). Fish exposed to high concentrations of etomidate reached the stage of general anesthesia faster, however, the recovery time was longer, characterizing a dose-dependent relationship. Cardiorespiratory analyzes demonstrated a reduction in heart rate (69.19%) and respiratory rate (40.70%) depending on the concentration of etomidate used during anesthetic induction. During the recovery period, there was cardiorespiratory reversibility to normality. Therefore, etomidate proved to be safe as an anesthetic agent for this species at concentrations of 2 to 3 mg.L -1 for short-term anesthesia, but at higher doses the animals showed slow reversibility of anesthesia in a gradual manner and without excitability. The hemodynamic effect due to the rapid decrease in heart rate includes a negative factor of using higher concentrations of etomidate for Colossome macropomum anesthesia.
- Subjects
ANESTHETICS; TAMBAQUI; FISH farming; ETOMIDATE; FISHERY management
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0305093