Resumen de Considerations for a European animal welfare standard to evaluate adverse phenotypes in teleost fish

Bettina Bert, Justyna Chmielewska, Sven Bergmann, Maxmilian A. Busch, Wolfgang Driever, Karin Finger‐Baier, Johanna Hößler, Almut Köhler, Nora Leich, Thomas Misgeld, Torsten Nöldner, Annegret Reiher, Manfred Scharti, Anja Seebach‐Sproedt, Thomas Thumberger, Gilbert Schönfelder, Barbara Grune

• The EU Directive on the use animals in research requires scientists to assess and document pain, distress or lasting harm of genetically modified animals. This article proposes a detailed protocol and guidelines for assessing adverse phenotypes in teleost fish, an important model organism for biomedical research.