Social Isolation Reduces Oxygen Consumption, Speed of Movement and Social Preference in Wild-Type Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

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Keyword: Epidemics and Public Health

Abstract: We implemented a month of visual and olfactory social isolation in adult wild-type zebrafish and found that socially isolated fish demonstrated a significant decrease in metabolic rate, social preference and average speed of movement compared to their pre-intervention baseline. These metabolic savings are an important epidemiologically relevant factor.

• Bittu Rajaraman (Author)
• Arpita Ghosh (Author)
• Prarthna Middha (Presenting Author)
• Aakash Rao (Author)
• Shambhavi Rai (Author)