scholarly journals Parasitological assessment in the hybrid surubim (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum x P. corruscans), with uncommon occurrence of Monogenea parasites

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Tomas Jerônimo ◽  
Santiago Benites de Pádua ◽  
Arlene Sobrinho Ventura ◽  
Eduardo Luis Tavares Gonçalves ◽  
Márcia Mayumi Ishikawa ◽  
...  

Abstract This study evaluated the parasite fauna of farmed hybrid surubim (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum x P. corruscans) and the host-parasite-environment relationship in two fish farms located in Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil, South America. A total of 120 hybrids from two different farms, 60 in each season (30 in the hot and 30 in cold season) were examined during a year. Water quality was weekly measured to evaluate the interaction among environmental conditions and parasitism. Histopathology was used to observe the effects of the parasites and environment on the fish gills. The ciliate protozoan Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and the monogeneans (Ameloblastella sp., Amphocleithrium paraguayensis, Vancleaveus ciccinus, V. fungulus and V. janacauensis) were the most prevalent parasites detected in both seasons in both farms, with prevalence above 80%. It was stated that parasites did not cause important damage in the health status of the hybrid surubim. These results might be related to general good management practices and environmental quality implemented by the fish farmers. The presence of uncommon monogenean parasites to this hybrid compared to their parents causing an environmental and ecological concern is here discussed.

Author(s):  
Gabriela Tomas Jerônimo ◽  
Arlene Sobrinho Ventura ◽  
Santiago Benites de Pádua ◽  
Edson Luniere Porto ◽  
Liliane Campos Ferreira ◽  
...  

Abstract This study evaluated the parasitic fauna of hybrids tambacu (Colossoma macropomum × Piaractus mesopotamicus) and patinga (P. mesopotamicus × Piaractus brachypomus) and their host-parasite-environment interaction during the warm and cold seasons in two fish farms located in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America. A total of 120 fish, being 60 fish for species (30 in the warm season and 30 in the cold season) were examined. Water quality was measured weekly to evaluate the interaction between environmental conditions and parasitism. Fifteen species of parasites were found: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Chilodonella hexasticha e Trichodina sp. (Protozoa), Henneguya piaractus, Myxobolus colossomatis and Myxobolus cuneus (Myxozoa); Anacanthorus penilabiatus, Mymarothecium boegeri, Mymarothecium viatorum, and Notozothecium janauachensis (Monogenoidea), Goezia spinulosa and Goezia sp. (Nematoda), Echinorhynchus jucundus (Acanthocephala), and Dolops carvalhoi, Lernaea cyprinacea (Crustacea). The ciliate protozoan I. multifiliis and monogenoids were the most prevalent parasites in the cold and warm seasons for both hybrids in the different culture systems intensive production and sportive fishing. It was observed that the serrasalmid hybrids are more susceptible to parasites and harbor high diversity of parasites in relation to the parental species C. macropomum, P. mesopotamicus and P. brachypomus, with a predominance of ectoparasites.


Check List ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Aoki ◽  
Frederico Santos Lopes ◽  
Franco Leandro de Souza

No information is given for the distribution of Cicadidae in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, central Brazil. Thus, the present note reports the species Quesada gigas, Fidicina mannifera, Dorisiana viridis and D. drewseni for the first time in this state.


Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1386 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATIANE M. FERREIRA ◽  
ALEXANDRE C. RIBEIRO

A new Hypoptopomatinae, Corumbataia britskii, is described based on specimens recently collected in a tributary of the upper Rio Paraná basin, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Corumbataia britskii differs from its congeners by having a more depressed head profile (vs. a more rounded head profile in C. cuestae and C. tocantinensis), by having a more developed and conspicuous tuft of enlarged odontodes on the tip of the supraoccipital (vs. its reduced condition found in C. cuestae and C. tocantinensis), and by heaving a partially enclosed arrector fossae (vs. an almost completely enclosed arrector fossae in C. cuestae and C. tocantinensis).


2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Milanin ◽  
Stephen D. Atkinson ◽  
Márcia R.M. Silva ◽  
Roberto G. Alves ◽  
Antônio A.M. Maia ◽  
...  

AbstractThe involvement of oligochaetes in the life cycles of fresh water myxozoan parasites in Brazil was investigated. Of 333 oligochaetes collected in a fish farm in the State of São Paulo, three (0.9%) released Aurantiactinomyxon type spores. From 86 worms collected in a fish farm in Mato Grosso do Sul State, 1 (0.9%) released actinospores with a novel morphology for which we propose the name Seisactinomyxon. Infected oligochaetes were identified by morphology: all belonged to family Naididae, with


2013 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 1192-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.G.B. Marinho ◽  
M. Tavares-Dias ◽  
M.K.R. Dias-Grigório ◽  
L.R. Neves ◽  
E.T.O. Yoshioka ◽  
...  

The parasitofauna in the giant Amazon basin, pirarucu (Arapaima gigas Schinz, 1822) cultured in fish farms from the state of Amapá, in eastern Amazonia (Brazil) was investigated. Of the 100 examined fish, 90.0% were parasitized by Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ciliophora), Dawestrema cycloancistrium, Dawestrema cycloancistrioides (Monogenoidea) and Polyacanthorhynchus macrorhynchus (Acanthocephala), which had an aggregated distribution pattern. The highest infection rates were caused by I. multifiliis and the lowest by P. macrorhynchus. Infection rates were different for each fish farm, due to different water quality and management characteristics. A negative correlation was found between the intensity of monogenoideans D. cycloancistrium and D. cycloancistrioides and the relative condition factor (Kn), but the welfare of fish was not affected by parasitism. The number of I. multifiliis was positively correlated with the weight and total length of hosts, while the intensity of monogenoideans was negatively correlated with body weight and total length. This study is the first to record the occurrence of P. macrorhynchus in A. gigas farmed in Amazon.


2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 1049-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronilson Macedo Silva ◽  
Marcos Tavares-Dias ◽  
Maycon Willian Reis Dias ◽  
Márcia Kelly Reis Dias ◽  
Renata das Graças Barbosa Marinho

The objective of this work was to evaluate the parasitic fauna of hybrid tambacu (Colossoma macropomum x Piaractus mesopotamicus) from fish farms and the host-parasite relationship. A hundred and fourteen fish were collected from four fish farms in Macapá, in the state of Amapá, Brazil, 80.7% of which were infected by: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ciliophora); Piscinoodinium pillulare (Dinoflagellida); Anacanthorus spatulatus, Notozothecium janauachensis, and Mymarothecium viatorum (Monogenoidea); Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae (Acanthocephala); Cucullanus colossomi (Nematoda); Perulernaea gamitanae (Lernaeidae); and Proteocephalidae larvae (Cestoda). A total of 8,136,252 parasites were collected from the examined fish. This is the first record of N. buttnerae, C. colossomi, N. janauachensis, M. viatorum, and Proteocephalidae for hybrid tambacu in Brazil. Ichthyophthirius multifiliis was the most prevalent parasite, whereas endohelminths were the less. A positive correlation was observed between number of I. multifiliis and total length and weight of fish, as well as between number of P. gamitanae and total length. The infection by I. multifiliis had association with the parasitism by Monogenoidea. Low water quality contributes to high parasitism of hybrid tambacu by ectoparasites, which, however, does not influence the relative condition factor of fish.


Author(s):  
Job Teixeira de Oliveira ◽  
Cassiano Garcia Roque ◽  
Rubens Alves de Oliveira ◽  
Rafael Montanari ◽  
Claudinei Martins Guimarães ◽  
...  

The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) can be cultivated practically throughout the year in different regions of Brazil, provided there are no water and temperature limitations. This study was carried out in a Quartzarenic Neosol, in the municipality of Cassilândia, state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), Brazil, in the 2016/2017 agricultural year. This study aimed to establish the linear and spatial interrelations of the penetration resistance (PR), gravimetric moisture (GM), and organic matter content (OM) with bean grain yield (GY) in the 0.00-0.10 and 0.10-0.20 m soil layers, collected in a mesh of 117 georeferenced points [81 points of the base mesh (6 m spacing among points)] and 36 mesh points with higher density (2 m spacing among points). Data analysis was carried out by statistical and geostatistical techniques that enabled to note that the organic matter content correlates linearly and negatively with penetration resistance, indicating that soil management practices aiming to increase its profile improve its physical conditions and therefore the bean grain development and yield. The gravimetric moisture and soil organic matter content correlate spatially, directly, and linearly with bean grain yield, proving to be the best properties among those surveyed to estimate and increase its agricultural productivity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago Benites de Pádua ◽  
Gabriela Tomas Jerônimo ◽  
Mácia Mayumi Ishikawa ◽  
Marco Antonio De Andrade Belo ◽  
Maurício Laterça Martins ◽  
...  

Los alevines de bagres del Sur de América en cautiverio están frecuentemente expuestos a muchos parásitos, pero poca información es evaluada para implementar programa de salud para control y prevención de enfermedades en criaderos. Este estudio evaluó la fauna de parásitos de alevines de cachara (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum Eingenmann & Eingenmann, 1889) y la relación huésped-parásito durante las fases iníciales de cultivo. Un total de 302 alevines fueran sometidos a diagnóstico y análisis histopatológicos. Ichthyophthirius multifiliis y Trichodina heterodentata fueran diagnosticados como los parásitos mas prevalentes, seguidos de Cryptobia sp., Henneguya sp., Monogenea y Nematoda. Ha sido observada una correlación positiva entre la longitud de los peces y la intensidad promedio de I. multifiliis. Proliferación de células de moco, células club, áreas multifocales de degeneración, necrosis epitelial en la superficie del cuerpo, ulceración de piel, fusión de laminillas branquiales secundarias e infiltración inflamatoria fueron observados en peces infectados por I. multifiliis. Los protozoarios ciliados fueran los agentes etiológicos mas importantes y el cachara (P. reticulatum) es un nuevo huésped para T. heterodentata. En adición, la ictioftiriasis indujo un daño severo favoreciendo las infecciones oportunistas en los alevines.


2020 ◽  
pp. 169-175
Author(s):  
G. Michelin ◽  
K. Ceron ◽  
D. J. Santana

Prey availability in an environment may change seasonally and these changes should be considered as determinant factors for the diets of anurans. Scinax species are generalist predators that feed on arthropods, but data concernning their diet in relation to prey availability are lacking. In this study, we describe the diet of Scinax fuscomarginatus by evaluating its possibly generalist diet related to prey availability in its environment. We studied the diet of Scinax fuscomarginatus by analysing the stomach contents of 48 individuals captured in the Campo Grande municipality, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. We found eight prey categories, the most common and most representative being Hemiptera. The selectivity index of the two most important prey varied inversely between dry and wet seasons. Prey availability also varied between seasons. These results suggest a temporal pattern in prey composition and in the diet of Scinax fuscomarginatus.


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