Análise do parasitismo por Contracaecum sp. e Eustrongylides sp. em cacharas, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766) (Pisces: Pimelodidae) provenientes do rio Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brasil / Analisys of the parasitism by Contracaecum sp. and Eustrongylides sp. in cacharas, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766) (Pisces: Pimelodidae) from Cuiabá river, Mato Grosso, Brazil
R. bras. Ci. Vet.
; 16(2): 58-61, 2009.
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RESUMO
Cento e quarenta e nove espécimes de cacharas (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum) foram capturados do rio Cuiabá, estado de Mato Grosso, durante o período de outubro de 2004 a abril de 2006, para análise do parasitismo por larvas de nematóides. Encontrou-se prevalência de 100% destes peixes parasitados por larvas de Contracaecum sp. e/ou Eustrongylides sp. A análise do parasitismo foi feita por registro da prevalência e localização das larvas encontradas. Cinco cacharas (3,35%) apresentaram parasitismo por larvas de Contracaecum sp. na musculatura esquelética e 147 (98,65%) no mesentério. Cinquenta cacharas (33,55 %) apresentaram larvas de Eustrongylides sp. na musculatura esquelética e 117 (78,52%) no mesentério. A intensidade média de infecção foi de 15,42 larvas/peixe para Contracaecum sp. e de 6,37 larvas/peixe para Eustrongylides sp. O peso médio dos peixes examinados foi de 5,59 kg (1,9-10,5 kg) e o comprimento total médio de 82,39 cm (63,5-105 cm). Não foi observada correlação entre parâmetros biométricos como comprimento total e peso dos hospedeiros e a intensidade de infecção.(AU)
ABSTRACT
One hundred and forty-nine cacharas (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum) specimens were captured from Cuiabá river, Mato Grosso State, between october of 2004 to april of 2006, intending to analyse the parasitism by nematode larvae. The prevalence was 100% to parasitism by Contracaecum sp. and/or Eustrongylides sp. larvae. The analysis of the parasitism were done by prevalence record and the localization of the larvae founded. Five cacharas (3,35 %) presented parasitism by Contracaecum larvae in the skeletal muscle and one hundred and forty-seven (98,65 %) on the mesenterium. Fifty cacharas (33,55%) presented Eustrongylides sp. larvae in the skeletal muscle and one hundred seventeen (78,52%) on the mesenterium. The mean intensity of infection was 15,42 larvae/fish for Contracaecum sp. and 6,37 larvae/fish for Eustrongylides sp. The average of weight to the examined fishes was 5,59 kg (1,9-10,5 kg) and the average of the total length was 82,39 cm (63,5-105 cm). Correlation between biomethric parameters as host´s total length and weight and the intensity of infection was not observed.(AU)
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VETINDEX
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Main subject:
Parasitic Diseases
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Fishes
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
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Pt
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R. bras. Ci. Vet.
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Rev. bras. ciênc. vet
Journal subject:
MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil