Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (Jun 2011)

Proteocephalid cestode infection in tucunaré Cichla sp. (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae) from Paraná River, São Paulo

  • R.S. Santos,
  • K. Roumbedakis,
  • N.G. Marengoni,
  • H.K. Takahashi,
  • F.D.A. Pimenta,
  • C.M.R. Melo,
  • M.L. Martins

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-09352011000300008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 63, no. 3
pp. 584 – 590

Abstract

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The occurrence of proteocephalid cestodes in tucunaré Cichla sp., captured monthly, between August 2000 and August 2001, in Paraná River, Presidente Epitácio, SP, was evaluated. From 128 specimens, 71 (55.6%) were parasitized by Proteocephalus macrophallus (Diesing, 1850) and/or P. microscopicus (Woodland, 1935). Total mean abundance and intensity were 157.08 and 223.41, respectively. The highest prevalence (90%) mean abundance (1,122.4) and intensity indexes (1,247.11) occurred in February 2001, while in September 2000 there were no observed animals infected by cestodes. No relationship between the sex of the host and parasitological indexes was found.

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