Larvas de nematóides de importância zoonótica encontradas em traíras (Hoplias malabaricus bloch, 1794) no município de Santo Antonio do Leverger, MT / Nematode larvae with zoonotical importance found in trairas (Hoplias malabaricus) in Santo Antonio do Leverger, Mato Grosso, Brazil

ABSTRACT

In order to investigate the prevalence of nematode larvae with zoonotical importance in trairas (Hoplias malabaricus), necropsy exams were done 30 specimes from Santo Antonio do Leverger, Mato Grosso, Brazil. These fishes were collected during drought time and two different nematodes larvae were found - Contracaecum sp. and Eustrongylides sp. - presenting the following prevalence: Contracaecum sp., 73 percent and Eustrongylides sp., 33 percent.