Kudoa spp. (Myxozoa) infection in musculature of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Sciaenidae) in the Amazon region, Brazil
Ninety specimens of Plagioscion squamosissimus captured using fishing tackle in the Outeiro district, state of Pará, were examined. Fish were placed in plastic bags containing water, under conditions of artificial aeration, and transported live to the Carlos Azevedo Research Laboratory (LPCA), in Be...
| Autor principal: | OLIVEIRA, Joyce Cardim de |
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| Outros Autores: | SILVA, Michele Velasco Oliveira da, SANTOS, Patrícia de Fátima Saco dos, SILVA, José Mauro Viana, SÃO CLEMENTE, Sérgio Carmona de, MATOS, Edilson Rodrigues |
| Grau: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | por |
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Universidade Federal do Pará
2017
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http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/7580 |
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Ninety specimens of Plagioscion squamosissimus captured using fishing tackle in the Outeiro district, state of Pará, were examined. Fish were placed in plastic bags containing water, under conditions of artificial aeration, and transported live to the Carlos Azevedo Research Laboratory (LPCA), in Belém, Pará. They were anesthetized, euthanized and necropsied; small fragments of the epaxial and hypaxial muscles were removed for examination of fresh histological sections by means of optical microscopy. In 100% of the specimens analyzed, parasitic pseudocysts were seen to be interspersed within and between the skeletal muscle. These contained pseudoquadrate and/or star-shaped spores that presented four valves and four polar capsules, which were identified from their morphology as belonging to the genus Kudoa. This is the first report of Kudoa in P. squamosissimus in the Amazon region, Pará, Brazil. |