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Dietary Contaminants and Their Effects on Zebrafish Embryos
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: Received: 30 July 2019 / Approved: 1 August 2019 / Online: 1 August 2019 (10:28:59 CEST)
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Tye, M.; Masino, M.A. Dietary Contaminants and Their Effects on Zebrafish Embryos. Toxics 2019, 7, 46. Tye, M.; Masino, M.A. Dietary Contaminants and Their Effects on Zebrafish Embryos. Toxics 2019, 7, 46.
Abstract
Dietary contaminants are often an over-looked factor in the health of zebrafish. Typically, water is considered to be the source for most contaminants, especially within an aquatic environment. For this reason, source water for zebrafish recirculating systems is highly regulated and monitored daily. Most facilities use reverse osmosis or de-ionized water filtration systems to purify incoming water to ensure that contaminants, as well as pathogens, do not enter their zebrafish housing units. However, diets are rarely tested for contaminants and, in the case of manufactured zebrafish feeds, since the product is marketed for aquaculture or aquarium use it is assumed that the feed is acceptable for animals used for research. The following provides examples as to how contaminants could lead to negative effects on development and behavior of developing zebrafish.
Keywords
zebrafish diet; heavy metals; contaminant; toxin; development; behavior; persistent organic pollutant
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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