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dc.creatorFlorindo,Maitê Coelho
dc.creatorJerônimo,Gabriela Tomas
dc.creatorSteckert,Lilian Dordete
dc.creatorAcchile,Monyele
dc.creatorFigueredo,Aline Brum
dc.creatorGonçalves,Eduardo Luiz Tavares
dc.creatorCardoso,Lucas
dc.creatorMarchiori,Natalia da Costa
dc.creatorAssis,Guilherme da Costa
dc.creatorMartins,Maurício Laterça
dc.date2017-11-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T13:28:14Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T13:28:14Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2017000500992
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/88378
dc.descriptionABSTRACT This study aimed to characterize the metazoan parasitic fauna associated with freshwater farmed ornamental fish in Southern Brazil. Between July 2014 and January 2015, a total of 423 fish belonging to nine species were examined: Pterophylum scalare, Betta splendens, two varieties of Carassius auratus, Danio rerio, Xiphophorus helleri, two varieties of Xiphophorus maculatus, Poecilia sphenops, Tanichthys albonubes and Puntius sachsii. In each fish collection, the water quality parameters were measured. Specimens were obtained from three ornamental fish farms located in three micro-regions in the State of Santa Catarina (Araquari, Biguaçu and Camboriú). Parasitological indexes were obtained after qualitative and quantitative parasitological analysis. Monogenean parasites, nematodes, and cestodes were found in all facilities. Nevertheless, nematodes and monogeneans presented 100% of prevalence in P. scalare from Araquari. From the analyzed species, P. scalare showed the highest parasite richness.
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dc.publisherPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
dc.relation10.3856/vol45-issue5-fulltext-15
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceLatin american journal of aquatic research v.45 n.5 2017
dc.subjectornamental fish
dc.subjectepidemiology
dc.subjectparasitology
dc.subjectdiseases
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.subjectrisk factors
dc.titleMetazoan parasites of freshwater ornamental fishes


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