Protozoários e metazoários parasitos do cardinal Paracheirodon axelrodi Schultz, 1956 (Characidae), peixe ornamental proveniente de exportador de Manaus, Estado do Amazonas, Brasil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i1.872

Marcos Tavares Dias; Maria Leonora Silva Brito; Jefferson Raphael Gonzaga Lemos

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i1.872

Protozoan and metazoan parasites of the cardinal Paracheirodon axelrodi Schultz, 1956 (Characidae), ornamental fish from Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i1.872

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Marcos Tavares Dias UFAM Author
Maria Leonora Silva Brito Escola Superior Batista do Amazonas -ESBAM Author
Jefferson Raphael Gonzaga Lemos UFAM Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i1.872

Keywords:

cardinal, metazoário, peixe ornamental, Paracheirodon axelrodi, parasitos, protozoário.

Abstract

Studies regarding parasites fauna in farmed ornamental fish are of great relevance for knowledge of the parasites species, allowing interference in their proliferation to avoid epizooties and consequently, economical losses. This study was designed to investigate the protozoan and metazoan parasites prevalence and intensity on cardinal Paracheirodon axelrodi, maintained in tanks of an exporter from Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil. On necropsy 65.2% of P. axelrodi were found parasitized by Piscinoodium pillulare, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Protozoa), Gyrodactylus sp. (Monogenoidea), Procamallanus sp. (Nematoda) and Trematoda. Gyrodactylus sp. (42.7%) and Procamallanus sp. (23.6%) were the parasites of greatest prevalence, and protozoan I. multifiliis was the parasite of greatest mean intensity (4.9). Low intensity of parasites was influenced by chemotherapeutic and prophylactic management. Therefore, the concern with treatment and prophylaxis are of extreme importance for ornamental fish aquaculture.

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Marcos Tavares Dias, UFAM

Biólogo, com Mestrado e Doutorado em AqÃ¼icultura de Ãguas Continentais pelo Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP) da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Campus Jaboticabal (SP). É Professor Adjunto I da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Instituto de Saúde e Biotecnologia, Campus do Médio Solimões, Coari, Estado do Amazonas. Tem experiência em Fisiologia e Sanidade de Peixes de Ãgua Doce e Quelônios, com ênfase em Hematologia, Aquicultura, Principais Grupos de Parasitos, Bioquímica e Citoquímica de Células SangÃ¼íneas. Currículo Lattes
Maria Leonora Silva Brito, Escola Superior Batista do Amazonas -ESBAM

Médica Veterinária da ESBAM, Manaus, AM

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Published

2009-04-14

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Aquiculture and Fisheries Resources

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Protozoan and metazoan parasites of the cardinal Paracheirodon axelrodi Schultz, 1956 (Characidae), ornamental fish from Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i1.872. (2009). Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 31(1), 23-28. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i1.872