Data/hora: 08/06/2024 17:40:23

Provedor de dados: 	36	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Metacercariae of Austrodiplostomum compactum (Lutz, 1928) (Trematoda, Diplostomidae) infecting the eyes of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1840) (Perciformes, Scienidae) from Lake Catalão, Amazonas, Brazil	
Autores: 	ALBUQUERQUE,Natália Brandão de; MOREY,Germán Augusto Murrieta; MORAIS,Aprigio Mota; MALTA,José Celso de Oliveira.	
Data: 	2017-06-01	
Ano: 	2017	
Palavras-chave: 	Corvina fish; Digenea; Parasites; Infection.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT Austrodiplostomum compactum is a digenetic trematode whith metacercariae that occur in the eyes of a wide variety of fish species. In Brazil, A. compactum metacercariae have been reported in many fish species, but there are only a few studies in the Amazon region. Due to the lack of information in the Amazon, the aim of this study was to report the occurrence of A. compactum metacercariae in the eyes of 15 specimens of Plagioscion squamosissimus from the Lake Catalão, in Amazonas, Brazil. Fishes were collected using gill nets placed randomly in the lake, euthanized in a field laboratory, and had their eyes dissected and examined under a stereomicroscope. A total of 801 metacercariae were registered infecting the eyes of the hosts with a parasitic prevalence of 100%. There was a significant positive correlation between the number of metacercariae recorded and the standard body length of fishes. No significant correlation was found between the number of metacercariae and the weight and relative condition factor (Kn) of the hosts. Values of the variance-to-mean ratio and Green's index suggested an aggregate distribution of the parasites in the hosts, with a low degree of aggregation. This is the first report of occurrence of A. compactum parasitizing a fish in the Lake Catalão.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672017000200141	
Editor: 	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia	
Relação: 	10.1590/1809-4392201602474	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Acta Amazonica  v.47 n.2 2017	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess