scholarly journals Protozoan and metazoan parasites of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus cultured in Brazil

2012 ◽  
pp. 2812-2819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanderson Pantoja MF ◽  
Ligia Neves R ◽  
Márcia Dias RD ◽  
Renata Marinho GB ◽  
Daniel Montagner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Nile Tilapia ◽  
Condition Factor ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
Fish Farms ◽  
Metazoan Parasites ◽  
Relative Condition Factor ◽  
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus

ABSTRACTObjective. This study describes the parasitic fauna and relative condition factor (Kn) in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus L. (Cichlidae) from fish farms in the State of Amapá. Material and methods. 123 fish from four fish farms in the state of Amapá, Brazil were necropsied for parasitological and Kn analysis. Results. 64.2% of the examined fish, had the gills infected with Cichlidogyrus tilapiae Paperna, 1960 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae); Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Fouquet, 1876 (Protozoa: Ciliophora), Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1830 and Paratrichodina africana Kazubski & El-Tantawy, 1986 (Protozoa: Trichodinidae). The highest prevalence found corresponded to Monogenoidea C. tilapiae while the lowest corresponded to Trichodinidae. However, I. multifiliis was the parasite that presented the greatest intensity and abundance. The differences found in the infection rates of the different fish farms due to causes further discussed. The parasitism did not influence the relative condition factor (Kn) of fish. This was the first record of P. africana in Brazil and occurred in the Eastern Amazon. Conclusions. In Brazil, Lamproglena sp. is an emerging parasite in the Southern and Southeastern regions, but this crustacean was not found in the Nile tilapia in the State of Amapá. The parasitic infections in Nile tilapia farmed in Brazil are caused by protozoan, monogenoidea, crustacea and digenea species, and the regional differences on their prevalence and intensity rates are discussed in this study.

scholarly journals First report of Trichodinella and new geographical records of trichodinids in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) farmed in Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-237
Author(s):  
Fabrício Sado Rodrigues ◽  
Inácio Mateus Assane ◽  
Gustavo Moraes Ramos Valladão ◽  
Fernanda Gomes de Paula ◽  
Caniggia Lacerda Andrade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Nile Tilapia ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Body ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Morphometric Characteristics ◽  
Fish Farms ◽  
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Protozoa Ciliophora ◽  
Serious Disease

Abstract Massive occurrence of trichodinids is frequently accompanied by serious disease in fish farms. In this study, trichodinid species from the gills and skin of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) farmed in the central-western region of Brazil (state of Goiás) were morphologically characterized. Dried slides were prepared from the parasites and were impregnated with silver nitrate (2%). Morphometric characteristics were determined and schematic drawings of the denticles were made using photomicrographs produced from the slides. Seven species of trichodinid ectoparasites (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) were found parasitizing the gills: four of the genus Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1838; one of Tripartiella Lom, 1959; one of Paratrichodina Lom, 1963; and one of Trichodinella Ṧrámek-Huṧek, 1953. On the body surface, three specimens of the genus Trichodina were identified. This study presents new geographical records of trichodinids in Brazil, thus confirming that Trichodina centrostrigeata, Trichodina compacta, Trichodina heterodentata, Paratrichodina africana and Tripartiella orthodens are widely distributed worldwide. Additionally, the first record of the genus Trichodinella in Brazil is presented.

scholarly journals Determination of presence and quantification of cadmium, lead and copper in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fillets obtained from three cold storage plants in the state of Parana, Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Nobuhiro Tajiri ◽  
Daisy Pontes Netto ◽  
Márcia Sassahara ◽  
Mari Sylmara Martins Rodrigues ◽  
Cristina Arduini Cavalcanti de Arruda
Keyword(s):  
Cold Storage ◽  
Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Nile Tilapia ◽  
The State ◽  
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Cadmium Lead

scholarly journals Trichodina magna Van As and Basson, 1989 (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) from cultured Nile tilapia in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
ML. Martins ◽  
L. Ghiraldelli
Keyword(s):  
Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Nile Tilapia ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Fish Ponds ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Mean Diameter ◽  
The Mean

Specimens of Trichodina magna Van As and Bassson, 1989 (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) from the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus collected from October 2004 to June 2005 in fish ponds situated in three regions of Santa Catarina State, Brazil are described here. Wet smears of skin and gills were prepared in the field, air dried, impregnated with Klein’s dry silver method and Giemsa’s solution. From a total of 146 examined fish, 36 were parasitized on the skin, 14 in the gills and 33 on the skin and gills, simultaneously. The mean diameter of the body of the specimens of T. magna was 84.3 ± 12.6 µm, adhesive disc 60.7 ± 10.0 µm, denticulate ring, 38.3 ± 7.4 µm, consisting of 26 (23 to 29) denticles. The only distinguishable difference from the original description was the fact that the ray of the denticle is anteriorly directed and does not extend over the y + 1 axis.

Incorporation of dietary palm date pits in all-male Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) diets

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-202
Author(s):  
NEDAL MOHAMMED SIDDIG SWAR ◽  
ASAAD HASSAN WIDAA MOHAMED
Keyword(s):  
Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Nile Tilapia ◽  
Fish Meal ◽  
Condition Factor ◽  
Control Diet ◽  
Animal Protein ◽  
Partial Substitution ◽  
Date Seed ◽  
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Bakery Yeast

Swar NMS, Mohamed AHW. 2018. Incorporation of dietary palm date seeds in all-male Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) diets. Nusantara Bioscience 10: 193-202. The study utilizes a 45-days randomized factorial design 3×2, three levels (25, 50 and 75%) of palm date seeds, three levels (non, with and without) of 3% bakery yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and three replicates. The observation was carried out in twenty-one plastic aquaria. All-male Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings were put in each aquarium. Each aquarium was provided with well-aerated and triggered dechlorinated tap water with an average weight of 1.9±1.11 g/fish (10 fish/aquaria) and a total length of 5.18±0.69 cm/fish. Fish were given food three times/day (10 days, at 8.30,11.30, 3.30 A.M) at a rate of 12, 8 and 4% of body weight, to examine the impact of partial substitution of animal protein (fish meal) in the diet on growth achievement, carcass contexture, feed utilization, condition factor (k) and feed expense. Seven experimental diets were prepared; control diet (T0, CP 36.84) concluding 45% (fish meal) as animal protein and 0% (palm date seed meal) plant protein. Tested diets (T1, T2 and T3) concluding 25, 50, 75% with 3% bakery yeast (CP 35.71, 35.53, 34.74) and 25, 50, 75% without yeast (CP36.01, 36.27 and 35.57) respectively ; so, they substitute about 75, 50, and 25 of fish meal diet respectively. The outcomes showed that, tilapia were given food on T1, T2 and T4 diets (25, 50, and 25%) substitution with and without yeast respectively registered the greater growth achievement, feed and protein utilization than other experimental diets such as control diet, also they indicate the highest condition factor (K) grades which state that the fish are in decent health. Tilapia were given food by diet T3 (25% fish meal) T5, T6 (50 and 25% fish meal) with and without yeast respectively possessed deficient growth and diverged remarkably (p>0.05) from the other diets. Diet contexture remarkably had an impact on carcass contexture. These data prompted that Palm date seed with and without yeast S. cerevisiae can, to a certain extent, substitute fish meal (animal protein) in a diet for all-male Nile tilapia fingerlings at level-up to 50 and 25% with and without yeast respectively, without any unfavorable result on accretion achievement. Furthermore, fish diet, partially substituted with 3% yeast, resulted from superior accretion achievement than other diets within the present experimental circumstance. This study showed that there is an economic efficiency of confounding palm date seed (plant protein) as partial substitution of fish meal (animal protein) with and without yeast in all-male Nile tilapia, that it could decrease the expense of feeds.

scholarly journals First record of Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae (Eoacantocephala, Neochinorhynchidae) on Colossoma macropomum (Characidae) in a fish farm in Roraima, Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffson Nobre PEREIRA ◽  
Germán Augusto Murrieta MOREY
Keyword(s):  
Condition Factor ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fish Farm ◽  
Fish Farms ◽  
Colossoma Macropomum ◽  
Relative Condition Factor ◽  
Severe Infections ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT Severe infections by the acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae were reported in Colossoma macropomum in fish farms in northern Brazil. The occurrence of the parasite is recorded for the first time in the state of Roraima, Brazil, along with its parasite indexes. Fifty C. macropomum from a fish farm were analyzed. We collected a total of 13474 individual parasites. Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae had a prevalence of 100%, and mean intensity and mean abundance of 269.48. Significant positive correlations were observed between fish standard length, weight and relative condition factor and the number of parasites. Our results showed evident loss of body mass in the parasitized fish. Fish farmers in Roraima should be advised to manage the infection of C. macropomum by N. buttnerae, as massive infections of this parasite can deteriorate the health of the fish.

scholarly journals Parasitic fauna in hybrid tambacu from fish farms

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
Keyword(s):  
Condition Factor ◽  
First Record ◽  
Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis ◽  
Fish Farms ◽  
Parasitic Fauna ◽  
Total Length ◽  
Relative Condition Factor ◽  
Host Parasite Relationship ◽  
Parasite Relationship ◽  
Host Parasite

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.

scholarly journals Prevalence of parasitic infections on cultured Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) In Bong County, Liberia

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
S. Addo ◽  
S. Mullah ◽  
P. K. Ofori-Danson ◽  
S. K. K. Amponsah ◽  
J. O. Nyarko
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Nile Tilapia ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Water Quality Parameters ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Fish Samples

This study investigated the prevalence rate, relative abundance and mean intensity of par­asites infecting cultured Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus L. in three fish farms, Gbarnga, Warta and CARI in Bong County, Liberia. Organs from thirty fish samples were exam­ined from September 2016 to February 2017, along with water quality parameters. Results showed the occurrence of seven parasites including protozoans, monogeneans, digeneans, cestodes, hirudineans, nematodes and crustaceans which were organ specific in terms of infection. The prevalence of the parasites varied seasonally, with the highest numbers oc­curring in November-January. The low prevalence rate, relative abundance and mean in­tensity of the parasites showed no threat to fish farmers in Liberia. All the water quality parameters were at desirable levels for the culture of the fish except nitrite, which was beyond the threshold for sustainable fish culture. It is therefore concluded that although parasitic infections in the three farms in the Bong County were low, best farm management practices are essential.

scholarly journals Epidemiology of Gill Monogenean Parasites Infections in Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Agneby River, Côte d’Ivoire

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (34) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Adou Yedehi Euphrasie ◽  
Blahoua Kassi Georges ◽  
Yeo Kolo ◽  
Konate Souleymane ◽  
Tiho Seydou
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Nile Tilapia ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
First Time

The Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus is a fast growing fish and has a great importance for fisheries, aquaculture, and screen aquarium in Côte d’Ivoire. Parasitic infections constitute significant economic loss in fish production. The work based on Epidemiology of gill Monogenean parasites of O. niloticus from the Agneby River between August to December 2020, for the first time, was aimed to characterize the physicochemical parameters of this River, to inventory the gill Monogenean species in Nile tilapia, to analyze the parasitism as a function study areas and to highlight the parasite species’ distribution on the gill. A total of 102 specimens of fishes was sampled and examined for parasites. Gill helminthofauna of this fish consisted of Cichlidogyrus cirratus, C. tilapiae, C. halli and Scutogyrus longicornis. Fishes of the Agneby River at Agboville are more infested than the other ones due to environmental conditions. The examination of the two sides of the fish revealed that parasites species have the same affinity for the both sides of the fish. In contrast, at the level of the gill arch, these parasites preferred median gill arches (arches II and III).

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