First record of Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae (Eoacantocephala, Neochinorhynchidae) on Colossoma macropomum (Characidae) in a fish farm in Roraima, Brazil
ABSTRACT Severe infections by the acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae were reported in Colossoma macropomum in fish farms in northern Brazil. The occurrence of the parasite is recorded for the first time in the state of Roraima, Brazil, along with its parasite indexes. Fifty C. macropomum fr...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Acta Amazonica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aa/v48n1/1809-4392-aa-48-01-42.pdf |