Esophageal infection due to Kudoa sp. (Myxozoa) in mapara catfish, Hypophthalmus marginatus

The present study describes lesions caused by Kudoa sp. in the esophageal tissue of mapará catfishes (Hypophthalmus marginatus) collected from Cametá, Tocantins River in the northern Brazil. Fifty refrigerated H. marginatus specimens were dissected and tissue samples were for embedded in paraffin an...

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Main Authors: Michele Velasco, Marcela Videira, José Mauro Viana da Silva, Osimar Sanches, Patrícia Santos Matos, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente, Edilson Matos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:Aquaculture Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513415000149