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MS-222 (Tricaine-S,

Syndel USA)

— See tricaine methanesulfonate

Pentobarbital 60 mg/kg ICe 100 Euthanasia

2-Phenoxyethanol

0.1-0.5 mL/L

bath 149

0.6 mL/L bath 149 Carp/surgery

Propofol 3.5-7.5 mg/kg IV 43 Gulf of Mexico sturgeon

7 mg/L bath 45 Goldfish/anesthesia; induction time, 7.4 min;

recovery, 8.5 min

Quinaldine sulfate 25 mg/L bath 149 Channel catfish, salmonids/do not use with

largemouth bass; not recommended for long

surgical procedures

50-100 mg/L bath

induction; 15-

60 mg/L

maintenance 58

Anesthesia; not sold as fish anesthetic in United

States; stock solution: 10 g/L, buffer the acidity

by adding sodium bicarbonate to saturation;

store stock in dark container; shelf-life of stock

extended by refrigeration or freezing; aerate

water to prevent hypoxemia; drug not

metabolized, excreted unchanged; euthanasia:

keep in solution >10 min after respiration stops

Sodium bicarbonate 30 g/L bath 100 Euthanasia; generates CO 2 ; use when other

agents unavailable; keep fish in solution

>10 min after respiration stops; generally not

recommended; not an AVMA-approved

method of euthanasia

Sodium bicarbonate

tablets (Alka-

Seltzer, Bayer)

Tricaine

methanesulfonate

(MS-222;

Tricaine-S,

Syndel USA)

2-4 tablets/L

bath 48

15-50 mg/L

water 58

50-100 mg/L

bath

induction; 50-

60 mg/L

maintenance 141

100-200 mg/L

bath

induction; 50-

100 mg/L

maintenance 58

Euthanasia; generates CO 2 ; use when other

agents unavailable; keep fish in solution

>10 min after respiration stops; generally not

recommended; not an AVMA-approved

method of euthanasia

Sedation

Anesthesia; stock solution: 10 g/L, buffer the

acidity by adding sodium bicarbonate at 10 g/L

or to saturation (unbuffered solution may

cause some ectoparasites to leave fish) 20 store

stock in dark container; shelf-life of stock

extended by refrigeration or freezing; stock

that develops an oily film should be discarded;

aerate water to prevent hypoxemia; narrower

margin of safety in young fish, and soft, warm

water; euthanasia: keep fish in solution

>20 min after respiration stops

1 g/L spray 100 Large fish/anesthesia; spray onto gills with an

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