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dc.creatorSilva-Gomes,Ana Lucia
dc.creatorGomes Coelho-Filho,Josué
dc.creatorViana-Silva,Wallon
dc.creatorBraga-Oliveira,Maria Inês
dc.creatorBernardino,Geraldo
dc.creatorCosta,Jesaias Ismael
dc.date2017-05-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T13:28:09Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T13:28:09Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2017000200025
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/88326
dc.descriptionABSTRACT. This study evaluates the impact of Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae on the productive and economic performance of "tambaqui" reared in ponds. Two fish farms were selected, one with infected fish (IF) and the other with non-infected fish (NIF). Biometry, age, initial weight and handling data were collected from each studied specimen. Our results show that IF presented lower weight, evident loss of body mass and body deformities, reflecting on a condition factor 300% smaller than NIF. Infection by acanthocephalans caused an impact bigger than 200% on growth and affected the gross income directly, resulting in a difference higher than 1000% between IF and NIF farms. We conclude that this impact could be even greater if we consider both income decrease and raising production costs due to the parasite infection.
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dc.publisherPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
dc.relation10.3856/vol45-issue2-fulltext-25
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceLatin american journal of aquatic research v.45 n.2 2017
dc.subjectColossoma macropomum
dc.subjectNeoechinorhynchus buttnerae
dc.subjectendoparasites
dc.subjectfish farm
dc.subjectgross revenue
dc.titleThe impact of Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae (Golvan, 1956) (Eoacanthocephala: Neochinorhynchidae) outbreaks on productive and economic performance of the tambaqui Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818), reared in ponds


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