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Anatomopathological study of parrot pufferfishColomesus psittacus parasitized by the aspidogastreanRohdella sp.

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Title
Anatomopathological study of parrot pufferfishColomesus psittacus parasitized by the aspidogastreanRohdella sp.
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, March 2013
DOI 10.1590/s1984-29612013000100007
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Michele Velasco Oliveira da Silva, Marcela Nunes Videira, Rogério Tortelly, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Edilson Rodrigues Matos

Abstract

Aspidogastrea are globally-distributed parasites of the class Trematoda, which have been described as pathogens of a range of aquatic organisms, in marine and freshwater environments. The principal morphological characteristic of the group is an adhesive ventral disc, which is responsible for fixing the parasite to the host organism. In this study, 112 specimens of Colomesus psittacus from the municipality of Cametá, in the state of Pará (Brazil), were necropsied. Platyhelminthes of the genus Rohdella attached to the mucous membrane of the fish's intestine by the adhesive disc were observed. Fragments of parasitized tissue were fixed in Davidson solution and then processed and stained with hematoxylin-eosin. Other fragments were fixed in glutaraldehyde, processed and observed under a scanning electron microscope. The prevalence of the parasite was 76.4%, mean intensity of infection was 8.0 and mean abundance was 6.2. The parasitism provoked chronic enteritis with diffused inflammatory infiltration. The adherence of the parasite to the mucous membrane of the intestine resulted in strangulation and hyperplasia of the region, as well as causing hypertrophy of the muscle of the mucous membrane. The present study describes the anatomopathological and ultrastructural aspects of the parasitism of the intestine of C. psittacus by Rohdella sp.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 2 20%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 20%
Student > Master 2 20%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 10%
Professor 1 10%
Other 1 10%
Unknown 1 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 30%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 20%
Environmental Science 2 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 10%
Unspecified 1 10%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 1 10%
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#17,285,036
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#206
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