کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2471362 1555762 2008 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Light and scanning electron microscopy of Henneguya arapaima n. sp. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) and histology of infected sites in pirarucu (Arapaima gigas: Pisces: Arapaimidae) from the Araguaia River, Brazil
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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Light and scanning electron microscopy of Henneguya arapaima n. sp. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) and histology of infected sites in pirarucu (Arapaima gigas: Pisces: Arapaimidae) from the Araguaia River, Brazil
چکیده انگلیسی

In this report, we describe Henneguya arapaima n. sp., a parasite of the gill arch and gall bladder of Arapaima gigas (pirarucu) collected in the Araguaia River, in the municipality of Nova Crixás, Goiás State, central Brazil. The plasmodia were white, round or ellipsoidal and measured 200–600 μm. Parasite development was asynchronous and the mature spores were fusiform and had smooth wall. The spores measurements were (range, with means ± S.D. in parentheses): total length—48.4–53.1 μm (51.6 ± 3.4 μm), body length—13.5–15.2 μm (14.2 ± 0.8 μm), body width—5.1–6.1 μm (5.7 ± 0.5 μm), body thickness—4.7–5.3 μm (4.9 ± 0.2 μm) and caudal process length—38.0–41.2 μm (38.3 ± 2.9 μm). The polar capsules were elongated and of unequal size, with lengths of 6.3–6.8 μm (6.5 ± 0.2) and 6.2–6.6 μm (6.3 ± 0.1) for the longest and shortest axes, respectively. Capsule width was 1.4–1.6 μm (1.5 ± 0.1). Histological analysis showed that the plasmodia occurred in the tunica adventitia of the gall bladder and were delimited by a thin capsule of connective tissue. In the gill arch, the plasmodia were also surrounded by connective tissue similar to the endomesium of striated skeletal muscle cells. Sixty-five juvenile specimens of A. gigas weighing 1.0–25.0 kg were examined, 17 (26.1%) of which were infected. Of these, 14 (82.3%) had cysts in the gall bladder, two (11.7%) had cysts in the gill arch and only one (5.9%) had cysts in both organs. When the fish were grouped by weight, the prevalence of infection in fish weighing up to 10.0 kg (20.7%) was significantly lower than in fish weighing 10.1–25.0 kg (50%) (G = 3.93; d.f. = 1; p < 0.05).

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Veterinary Parasitology - Volume 157, Issues 1–2, 20 October 2008, Pages 59–64
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