Objective
The main goal is to develop the first database and expert system for on farm welfare and stress level assessment in farmed fish in all ontogenetic stages (FAST-TOOL). This will include validated non-invasive behavioural and chemical stress level indicator s that can be used to monitor and quantify acute and chronic stress levels.
The main focus areas for potential indicators will be feeding motivation and individual and group swimming behaviour. Feeding motivation depends on the metabolic state of the fish and is well known to be sensitive to stress, and can be assessed by e.g. quantifying anticipatory behaviour before feeding or feed intake.
Secondly, swimming behaviour is an indicator of behaviour control level, and should be sensitive to stress level and physiological state. Our hypothesis is that under increasing stress an individual will change from individual goal directed behaviour to group controlled behaviour, and finally loose behavioural control.
The identified indicators will be cross-validated as proxy measures for stress using immunological and physiological methods. To interpret these indicators correctly and identify the stressors, essential information on present and previous rearing conditions must be available.
This will be achieved by the database and expert system, which also will give early warning when rearing conditions or stress level indicators approach harmful conditions. The expert systems will also include forecasts based on artificial neural networks.
FASTFISH will use European sea bass and Atlantic salmon as model species and tailor the FAST-TOOL to commercial production by testing on selected hatcheries and farms in periods with potentially high and low stress levels.
Finally, FASTFISH will evaluate what market-factors and governance mechanisms that will enhance the implementation of FAST-TOOL in the industry.
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- natural sciences computer and information sciences internet
- natural sciences computer and information sciences databases
- natural sciences computer and information sciences artificial intelligence expert systems
- natural sciences biological sciences zoology ichthyology
- natural sciences computer and information sciences artificial intelligence computational intelligence
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FP6-2004-SSP-4
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1870 BERGEN
Norway
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