Abstract A total of 30 specimens of the Amazonian electric knifefish, Brachyhypopomus beebei Schultz, 1944 (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae), were collected from the Peixe-Boi River in the state of Pará, Brazil (1°06'59" S; 47°18'26" W). Fragments of the brain tissue were extracted for analysis via optical...
Silva, Ana Clécia dos Santos;
Paschoal, Aline Ticiani Pereira;
Bernardes, Juliana Correa;
Matos, Andressa Maria Rorato Nascimento de;
Balbino, Letícia Santos;
Santomauro, Rafael Alves;
Viana, João Gabriel Neves;
Caldart, Eloiza Teles;
Lacerda, Luan Henrique;
Oliveira, Camila de;
Chryssafidis, Andreas Lazaros;
Garcia, João Luis;
Navarro, Italmar Teodorico;
Mitsuka-Breganó, Regina;
Pinto-Ferreira, Fernanda.
Abstract This study aimed to identify the intestinal parasites of road-killed wild felines in the North Central and North, Paraná state, southern Brazil. The animals were monitored by sampling previously established transects. The places where the felines were run over were mapped, the animals were iden...
Animales Salvajes/parasitología,
Biodiversidad,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Gatos/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Gatos/parasitología,
Heces/parasitología,
Parasitosis Intestinales/epidemiología,
Parasitosis Intestinales/parasitología,
Parasitosis Intestinales/veterinaria,
Parásitos/aislamiento & purificación,
Parásitos/fisiología,
Enfermedades Parasitarias en Animales/epidemiología,
Enfermedades Parasitarias en Animales/parasitología,
Prevalencia
Abstract Hoplias malabaricus is a non-migratory fish commonly found in the Mogi Guaçu River basin, mainly feeding on fish, small crustaceans and insects. It forms part of the diet for humans, birds and some mammals. This fish has great nutritional value, with both good quality and good quantities of ess...
Abstract This study evaluated the use of gill parasitic monogenoideans from Sciades herzbergii (Siluriformes: Ariidae) as bioindicators of environmental quality in Amazonian estuarine ecosystems. Fish were caught in the tidal channels in an impacted area - IA, near the port of São Luís and a reference ...
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic in the soil of three beaches of Mosqueiro Island, located in the State of Pará, Brazil,
as well as to compare the frequency of helminths and protozoa, pathogenic and non-pathogenic parasites according to the beaches analyzed. Methods...
Abstract The present study attempted to evaluate the practical experience and methods employed by Brazilian veterinary practitioners for control of parasites. Twenty-one questions were asked of 403 veterinary practitioners based in different climatic zones with reference to parasite epidemiology from the...
Abstract The aim of this study was to compare the diversity and community structure of metazoan parasites in sympatric populations of Triportheus angulatus and Triportheus auritus in the Jari River basin, in the eastern Brazilian Amazon. All the specimens of T. angulatus and T. auritus examined were infe...
Abstract The present study describes a new species of the genus Sphaerospora found in the urinary bladder of the flag cichlid, Mesonauta festivus collected in Corre Água district of the municipality of Macapá, Amapá State (Brazil). The study includes morphological and phylogenetic analyses of the new ...
Abstract The present study investigated the metazoan parasite community in Pimelodus ornatus from the Amazon River, in the state of Amapá (Brazil). Of 71 fish examined, 70.4% were parasitized by Demidospermus sp. (Monogenea), Cucullanus pinnai, Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) inopinatus and Contracaecum...
Abstract Invasive species impact native wildlife in several ways, as they compete for resources and may transmit their specific pathogens. However, the potential consequences of co-introduced parasites are not fully understood. While the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) was introduced in Chile about a c...
