Evaluating immobilisation thresholds and suitability of conductive glove electrodes for largemouth bass electroanaesthesia

Although electroanaesthesia (immobilising fish with weak currents and direct electrode contact for short-term handling and surgeries) is becoming more common, detailed data on electroanaesthesia immobilisation thresholds and potential morphological predictors of such thresholds remain sparse. We administered electroanaesthesia to largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) over a large range of body sizes using conductive mesh gloves connected to a …