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Title: Nematofauna of red piranha pygocentrus nattereri (Kner, 1958) (characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from Amazonia, Brazil
Other Titles: Nematofauna de piranha-vermelha Pygocentrus nattereri (Kner, 1958) (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) da Amazonia, Brasil
Authors: Morais, Aprigio Mota
Cárdenas, Melissa Querido
Malta, José C.O.
Keywords: Amazona
Anisakis
Biodiversity
Fauna
Helminth
Human Tissue
Intestines
Lake
Larva
Liver
Nonhuman
Serrasalmidae
Animals
Biodiversity
Characiformes
Classification
Female
Isolation And Purification
Male
Nematode
Parasitology
Animal
Biodiversity
Characiformes
Female
Male
Nematoda
Issue Date: 2019
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 28, Número 3, Pags. 458-464
Abstract: Between March and October 2008, 355 specimens of Pygocentrus nattereri were collected from the lowland lakes of Central Amazonia, Brazil, to study their nematode fauna. A total of 1.116 specimens of Nematoda were collected, belonging to six species. Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) inopinatus was the species with the highest parasite indices. Larvae of Anisakis sp. have zoonotic potential and were found parasitizing the intestine and liver of Pygocentrus nattereri. Some of these nematode species were new records for the host P. nattereri. The diversity of nematodes that use P. nattereri as a host indicates the important role of this fish species in the maintenance of these six nematode species in the lowland lakes of Central Amazonia. © 2019, Brazilain Coll Veterinary Parasitology. All rights reserved.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1590/s1984-29612019055
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