Haematological and parasitological assessment of silver catfish Rhamdia quelen farmed in Southern Brazil

Autor: Aline Brum Figueredo, Karen Roberta Tancredo, Gabriela Sayuri de Oliveira Hashimoto, Katina Roumbedakis, Natália da Costa Marchiori, Maurício Laterça Martins
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, Vol 23, Iss 2, Pp 157-163
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-2961
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-29612014028
Popis: This study evaluated for two years the haematological parameters and the occurrence of gill parasites in silver catfish Rhamdia quelen, farmed in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Between March 2010 and January 2012, a total of 137 fish were caught in a fish farm to compare the haematological and parasitological analysis, during hot and cold seasons. Simultaneously, water quality parameters were measured in the pond to analyze the relationship between environmental conditions and haematology and parasitism. During the hot season, there was an increase in water temperature, electrical conductivity and ammonia followed by a decrease in dissolved oxygen, pH, transparency and alkalinity. Two species of Monogenea were observed in the gills, Aphanoblastella mastigatus (Dactylogyridae) and Scleroductus sp. (Gyrodactylidae). Additionally, during this season, there was a significant increase (p
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