scholarly journals Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) as an intermediate host of Centrocestus formosanus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hudson Alves Pinto ◽  
Alan Lane de Melo

Pleurolophocercous cercariae emerged from naturally infected Melanoides tuberculata from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were used to perform experimental infection of laboratory-reared Poecilia reticulata. Mature metacercariae were obtained from the gills of fishes and force-fed to Mus musculus. The adult parasites which recovered from small intestines of mice were identified as Centrocestus formosanus. This is the first report of M. tuberculata as intermediate host of this heterophyid in Brazil.

2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 323-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hudson Alves Pinto ◽  
Alan Lane de Melo

Melanoides tuberculata that naturally harbored trematode larvae were collected at the Pampulha dam, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil), during malacological surveys conducted from 2006 to 2010. From 7,164 specimens of M. tuberculata collected, 25 (0.35%) were infected by cercariae, which have been morphologically characterized as belonging to the Megalurous group, genus Philophthalmus. Excysted metacercariae were used for successful experimental infection of Gallus gallus domesticus, and adult parasites recovered from the nictitating membranes of chickens were identified as Philophthalmus gralli. This is the first report of P. gralli in M. tuberculata in Brazil.


2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
pp. 1941-1943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eridiane da Silva Moura ◽  
José Cola Zanuncio ◽  
Lêda Rita D'antonino Faroni ◽  
Fernanda Fernandes Heleno ◽  
Carlos Federico Wilcken ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Insect pests may make food products and by-products unfit for human consumption. This study reports the occurrence of Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) in packaged seeds of black Sesamum indicum. An intact plastic pot of S. indicum seeds was purchased by a consumer in a supermarket in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in April 2014 and was kept at his home for 3 months. Two hundred adults of this insect (196 dead and 4 alive) were counted in the pot with the seeds, besides three live larvae. This insect fed on S. indicum seeds, making them unfit for consumption. L. serricorne feed on and reproduce in S. indicum seeds stored in plastic packaging.


2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
André Luiz Quagliatto Santos ◽  
Antonio Vicente Mundim ◽  
Heloísa Castro Pereira ◽  
Renata Lima de Miranda ◽  
Jacqueline Ribeiro de Castro

Canine hepatozoonosis, which has been diagnosed in several regions of Brazil, can also affect wild canids. A male hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus) was treated in August 2008 at the Center for Wildlife Studies of theVeterinary Hospital, Federal University of Uberlândia, in the municipality of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. After a preliminary clinical assessment, the fox was subjected to hematological and hemoparasiteexams, which revealed Hepatozoon spp. gametocytes in the blood smear. This is the first report of the presenceof Hepatozoon spp. in a hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus) in the Triângulo Mineiro region.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Érica Munhoz de Mello ◽  
Reinaldo José da Silva

During a helminthological survey on bats from Minas Gerais state, Brazil, we found 3.13% of bats parasitized with capillarids. Aonchotheca pulchra (Freitas, 1934), Tenoranema rivarolai (Lent et al., 1946), and some specimens of capillarids non-identified were registered. This is the first report of A. pulchra in Minas Gerais state and the second report of T. rivarolai in South America.


2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hudson Alves Pinto ◽  
Alan Lane de Melo

Studies on fish parasites in Pampulha dam, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, found specimens of Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 harboring natural infection by larval stages of tapeworms. A total of 250 specimens of P. reticulata were collected and analyzed between February and August 2010, of which 23 were found infected (prevalence 9.2%) with one metacestode each (mean intensity 1, mean abundance 0.09). The analyses of the parasites, particularly the morphology of rostellar hooks, made it possible to identify Glossocercus auritus (Rudolphi, 1818). This is the first report of G. auritus metacestode in South America and P. reticulata is a newly known host for this parasite.


2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natália Conceição ◽  
Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini ◽  
Izabel Cristina Vanzato Palazzo ◽  
Cristina da Cunha Hueb Barata de Oliveira ◽  
Adriana Gonçalves de Oliveira

2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (1-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Augusto Corrêa ◽  
Bruno Pandelo Brügger ◽  
Amélia Guimarães Carvalho ◽  
José Cola Zanuncio ◽  
Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro

Author(s):  
Thiago Pasqua Narciso ◽  
Richardson Costa Carvalho ◽  
Luciano Carvalho Campos ◽  
Agostinho Gonçalves Viana ◽  
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Cola Zanuncio ◽  
Marcus Alvarenga Soares ◽  
Teresinha Vinha Zanuncio ◽  
Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke ◽  
Francisco De Sousa Ramalho ◽  
...  

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