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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060
EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 101, No. 6, 2006, pp. 683-687
Bioline Code: oc06116
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 101, No. 6, 2006, pp. 683-687

 en Camallanus cotti check for this species in other resources Fujita, 1927 (Nematoda, Camallanoidea) in ornamental aquarium fishes: pathology and morphology
Rodrigo Caldas Menezes; Rogério Tortelly; Roberto Tortelly-Neto; Dely Noronha & Roberto Magalhães Pinto

Abstract

The pathology induced by the nematode Camallanus cotti check for this species in other resources in the aquarium fishes Beta splendens check for this species in other resources (beta fish) and Poecilia reticulata check for this species in other resources (guppy) consisted of gross and microscopic lesions, the former characterized by abdominal swelling with reddish parasites protruding from the anus in both fish hosts and the latter, similar in the beta fishes and guppies, by hemorrhage, congestion, edema, a few glandular elements, and extensive erosion areas in the rectum mucosa, with a marked thickening of the wall and absence of inflammatory infiltrate. Lesions were associated with the presence of several worms attached to the wall or free in the rectal lumen. This is the second reference of the parasite in Brazil and the first report of pathological findings related to this nematode species that is also briefly redescribed and illustrated for the first time on the basis of Brazilian samples.

Keywords
nematodes - freshwater fishes - Camallanus cotti - pathology - Brazil

 
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