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Experiments on the humane killing of crabs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

John R. Baker
John R. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University Museum, University of Oxford
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Extract

The main purpose of the work described in this paper was to find a humane way of killing crabs for eating, but the method that resulted from the investigation is applicable also in the biological laboratory, unless it is necessary that the nerve ganglia should be intact.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 1955 , pp. 15 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1955

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