Do Brine Shrimp Have Pain Receptors?
Many people don’t think of invertebrates as lab animals, but they are used a lot for studies in toxicology, developmental biology, cellular and molecular biology, and radiation biology with euthanasia as the endpoint. Little is known regarding appropriate euthanasia methods for invertebrate species, particularly for Artemia. Here, we evaluated the AVMA-recommended 2-step method of euthanasia … Read more