First record of Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae (Eoacantocephala, Neochinorhynchidae) on Colossoma macropomum (Characidae) in a fish farm in Roraima, Brazil

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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Main Authors: Jeffson Nobre PEREIRA, Germán Augusto Murrieta MOREY
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2018-03-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Subjects:
Acanthocephala
intestine
parasites
parasitic indexes
tambaqui
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aa/v48n1/1809-4392-aa-48-01-42.pdf

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