Wöhr Anna-Caroline, Hildebrand Heike, Unshelm Jürgen, Erhard Michael Helmut
Verhaltenskunde,Tierhygiene und Tierhaltung, Tierärztliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 2005 May-Jun;118(5-6):177-85.
The number of ornamental fish kept in German aquariums is rising, but the supply of offspring is not sufficient to meet the needs of the fish enthusiasts. Therefore millions of ornamental fish from foreign countries are being imported to Germany. This provokes a number of new problems regarding the protection of species and the animals' welfare during transportation. For the assessment of the transport conditions, 1000 shipments of ornamental fishes were evaluated at the Rhein-Main-Airport Frankfurt, Germany. Water samples were taken from 100 shipments and were examined for anaesthetics. The results are disturbing: 41% of the shipments have total transportation times between 31-42 h resulting in an oxygen deficit in the transport bags (5.2%) and dead ornamental fish. Also damage of the transportation containers, high fish densities as well as drastic size differences amoung the fish in one transport bag were noticeable. In 99% of the cases, formal defects could be noted. The German association of pet stores has declared that fish belonging to three special fresh water families should not be kept in an aquarium, but 1 200 of such fish were imported. The HPLC analysis of the water samples revealed an additive. The non-declared anaesthetic 2-phenoxyethanol was present in all samples taken from shipments based out of Singapore. The results emphasize that improvements are urgently necessary in the control of the air transport and trade with Ornamental fish.
德国水族馆中饲养的观赏鱼数量在不断增加，但鱼苗的供应不足以满足养鱼爱好者的需求。因此，数百万条外国观赏鱼正被进口到德国。这引发了一些关于物种保护和运输过程中动物福利的新问题。为了评估运输条件，在德国法兰克福的莱茵-美因机场对1000批观赏鱼运输进行了评估。从100批运输中采集了水样，并检测其中的麻醉剂。结果令人不安：41%的运输总时长在31至42小时之间，导致运输袋中出现缺氧情况（5.2%）以及观赏鱼死亡。运输容器的损坏、鱼的高密度以及一个运输袋中鱼的大小差异过大也很明显。在99%的情况下，可以发现形式上的缺陷。德国宠物商店协会宣称，属于三个特殊淡水鱼类家族的鱼不应养在水族箱中，但仍有1200条此类鱼被进口。对水样的高效液相色谱分析显示有一种添加剂。从新加坡出发的运输批次所采集的所有样本中均存在未申报的麻醉剂2-苯氧基乙醇。结果强调，在航空运输和观赏鱼贸易的管控方面迫切需要改进。
