LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

First report of Diplostomidae metacercariae (Trematoda: Digenea) in African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in Brazil

Ribeiro, Juliana Souza; Oliveira, Francisco Carlos Rodrigues de; Ederli, Nicole Brand.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 28 (4), 2019

Abstract Clarias gariepinus is a fish from North of South Africa and was later introduced in several countries, including Brazil. The present study aimed to describe the first report of Diplostomidae metacercariae in C. gariepinus in Brazil. For this, 30 C. gariepinus were captured in a lake in the city ...

Brasil, Bagres/clasificación, Bagres/parasitología, Enfermedades de los Peces/parasitología, Metacercarias/anatomía & histología, Metacercarias/clasificación, Metacercarias/aislamiento & purificación, Metacercarias/ultraestructura, Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo, Trematodos/anatomía & histología, Trematodos/clasificación, Trematodos/aislamiento & purificación, Trematodos/ultraestructura, Infecciones por Trematodos/veterinaria

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Xiphidiocercariae from naturally infected Lymnaea columella (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in urban area: morphology and ultrastructure of the larvae and histological changes in the mollusc host

Paviotti-Fischer, E; Lopes-Torres, E J; Santos, M A J; Brandolini, S V P B; Pinheiro, J.

Braz. j. biol; 79 (3), 2019

Abstract Urban agriculture is very common in the cities, as Rio de Janeiro and adjacencies, being important as economic activity. However, this practice can create appropriate conditions for establishment and maintenance of life cycle of many parasites. Lymneid snails can act as intermediate hosts of ma...

Agricultura, Brasil, Cercarias/crecimiento & desarrollo, Cercarias/fisiología, Cercarias/ultraestructura, Ciudades, Lymnaea/parasitología, Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo, Nasturtium/crecimiento & desarrollo, Trematodos/crecimiento & desarrollo, Trematodos/fisiología, Trematodos/ultraestructura

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Molecular identification and histological aspects of Renicola sloanei (Digenea: Renicolidae) in Puffinus puffinus (Procellariiformes): a first record

Matos, Andressa Maria Rorato Nascimento de; Lavorente, Fernanda Louise Pereira; Lorenzetti, Elis; Meira Filho, Mário Roberto Castro; Nóbrega, Daniela Farias da; Chryssafidis, Andreas Lazaros; Oliveira, Admilton Gonçalves de; Domit, Camila; Bracarense, Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 28 (3), 2019

Abstract Renicolids are parasites that inhabit the renal tubules and ureters of molluscivorous and piscivorous birds. Puffinus puffinus is a migratory seabird that was identified as the definitive host of Renicola spp. Studies focusing on the renicolid species and the resulting renal lesions are valuable...

Enfermedades de las Aves/parasitología, Aves/parasitología, ADN de Helmintos/genética, ADN Mitocondrial/genética, ADN Ribosómico/genética, Riñón/parasitología, Filogenia, Análisis de Secuencia de ADN, Trematodos/clasificación, Trematodos/genética, Trematodos/aislamiento & purificación, Trematodos/ultraestructura

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Light microscopy and surface topography of Urotrema scabridum and Renschetrema indicum (Digenea) from Rhinopoma hardwickii (Chiroptera): first report in Egypt

Morsy, Kareem; Abdel-Ghaffar, Fathy; Bashtar, Abdel-Rahman; Dajem, Saad Bin; Abdel-Gaber, Rewaida; Mostafa, Marwa.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 27 (3), 2018

Abstract This report introduced the description of two different species of digenean parasites isolated from the intestine of Rhinopoma hardwickii with new host and locality records in Egypt. The recovered helminthes were studied morphologically and morphometrically by light microscopy and the surface t...

Quirópteros/clasificación, Quirópteros/parasitología, Egipto, Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo, Trematodos/clasificación, Trematodos/aislamiento & purificación, Trematodos/ultraestructura

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