title: Zebrafish Health Conditions in the China Zebrafish Resource Center and 20 Major Chinese Zebrafish Laboratories.
abstract: In China, the use of zebrafish as an experimental animal in the past 15 years has widely expanded. The China Zebrafish Resource Center (CZRC), which was established in 2012, is becoming one of the major resource centers in the global zebrafish community. Large-scale use and regular exchange of zebrafish resources have put forward higher requirements on zebrafish health issues in China. This article reports the current aquatic infrastructure design, animal husbandry, and health-monitoring programs in the CZRC. Meanwhile, through a survey of 20 Chinese zebrafish laboratories, we also describe the current health status of major zebrafish facilities in China. We conclude that it is of great importance to establish a widely accepted health standard and health-monitoring strategy in the Chinese zebrafish research community.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, China Zebrafish Resource Center, Institute of Hydrobiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China .
authors.forename: Liyue
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, China Zebrafish Resource Center, Institute of Hydrobiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China .
authors.forename: Luyuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, China Zebrafish Resource Center, Institute of Hydrobiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China .
authors.forename: Kuoyu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, China Zebrafish Resource Center, Institute of Hydrobiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China .
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, China Zebrafish Resource Center, Institute of Hydrobiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China .
authors.forename: Zuoyan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, China Zebrafish Resource Center, Institute of Hydrobiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China .
authors.forename: Yonghua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D017756:Aquaculture / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D002681:China; D023421:Models, Animal; D015027:Zebrafish