Moderate pathogenic effect of Ligophorus uruguayense (Monogenoidea, Ancyrocephalidae) in juvenile mullet Mugil liza (Actinopterygii, Mugilidae) from Brazil



Título del documento: Moderate pathogenic effect of Ligophorus uruguayense (Monogenoidea, Ancyrocephalidae) in juvenile mullet Mugil liza (Actinopterygii, Mugilidae) from Brazil
Revista: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000417703
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Centro de Aquicultura, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Laboratorio de Imunologia e Patologia de Organismos Aquaticos, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
3Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuaria e Extensao Rural de Santa Catarina, Campo Experimental de Piscicultura, Camboriu, Santa Catarina. Brasil
4Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Laboratório de Parasitologia de Organismos Aquáticos, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
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Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 89
Número: 4
Paginación: 2997-3004
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés Monogenoidea pathogenic activity can elicit various histological responses in fish. Species of Ligophorus are specific parasites of mullets, and its relationship with host fish may result in a moderate pathogenic action. In order to ascertain this relationship, estuarine mullets (Mugil liza) were collected in an estuary, reared in laboratory, for three weeks, and forwarded for histological and parasitological analyses. Ligophorus uruguayense (Monogenoidea) infestation in the gills of the mullets was identified. The severe infestation by only one species of Monogenoidea may result from the specificity of these parasites to mullets. Mullets submitted to histological analysis exhibited respiratory epithelium detachment; mild, moderate and severe hyperplasia of the respiratory epithelium; atrophy; and telangiectasia of the gills. This is the first study reporting that mullets highly infested by Monogenoidea can show mild (100%) to severe (20%) gill changes with a distinct frequency of occurrence. Because of the high prevalence of mild alterations observed, it is possible to accept that L. uruguayense is moderately pathogenic to M. liza, even during high prevalence and intensity of infestation, as a result of its specificity
Disciplinas: Medicina veterinaria y zootecnia
Palabras clave: Peces,
Parasitología,
Cultivo de peces,
Peces de agua dulce,
Juveniles,
Parásitos,
Histopatología,
Ligophorus uruguayense,
Monogenoidea,
Mugil liza,
Mugilidae
Keyword: Fish,
Parasitology,
Fish culture,
Freshwater fish,
Juveniles,
Parasites,
Histopathology,
Ligophorus uruguayense,
Monogenoidea,
Mugil liza,
Mugilidae
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