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NOTE Parasitic infections in juveniles of Prochilodus nigricans ȱȱȱȬȱęȱ farm in the Peruvian Amazon
P. D. Mathews1*, J. P. D. Mathews2ȱȱǯȱǯȱ Û3
1*USP-University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of ¢ǰȱŖśśŖŞȬşŖŖȱ¨ȱǰȱǰȱ£Dzȱ2 National Institute of Amazonian ǰȱȱȱ¢ǰȱŜşŖŜŖȬŖŖŗȱǰȱ£Dzȱ3 Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon, Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, 265556, Iquitos, Peru.
Abstract The boquichico Prochilodus nigricans represents a socio-economically important species in the Amazon basin and semi-intensive and intensive production for human consumption has emerged in the ȱ¢ǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱęDZ Rhinonastes pseudocapsaloideum, Trichodina sp. and Lecithobotrioides elongates. R. pseudocapsaloideum was the most prevalent species (100%) with highest mean intensity and mean abundance (168.5).
Fishes of the genus Prochilodus are among the species is of high economic importance with a most conspicuous, abundant, and widespread promising potential for intensive and extensive freshwater species living in South American aquaculture. Despite the importance of boqui- ȱĚ ȱȱȱȱȱǻȱ ȱȱȱȱȱęȱȱȱȱ ȱǯǰȱŘŖŖŗǼǯȱȱęȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱǰȱĴȱȱȱȱȱ of aquatic ecosystems. P. nigricans, known as bo- its diseases. quichico or curimata, is a species with migratory behavior, which synchronizes its movements Therefore, with the gradual increase of intensive ȱ ȱȱĚǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȬȱęȱȱȱȱȱ several Amazonian landscape biotypes, such as Amazon, there is a need for constant monitoring ȃ¤£ȄȱǻĚȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱęȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ǼȱȱȃàȄȱǻĚȱȱ¢ȱ of the parasites. black water rivers) forests, streams and rapids (Lopera-Barreto et al., 2008). P. nigricans can Between August and September 2011, corre- ȱȱȱŚśȱȱȱǰȱ ȱřȱȱ sponding to the relative dry season, 50 individ- ǻȱȱǰȱŘŖŖŚǼǯȱǰȱȱęȱ uals of P. nigricans were collected with drag nets
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ȱȱȬȱęȱǰȱȱȱřŘŞȱȱ structures. Whole mount preparations were above sea level in the northeast of Loreto State made by means of the phenol balsam method ǻǼǰȱȱȱřǚȱŚŞȂȱŚŞǯşȂȂȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǻŗşşŗǼǯȱȱęȱ ŝřǚȱŗşȂȱŗŞȂȂȱǯȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ of the parasites was based on the methodol- temperature of 28.6°C and relative humidity ogy of Kritsky et al. (1988), Thatcher (1999) of 85%. and Thatcher (2006). The prevalence, mean intensity and mean abundance of the parasites ȱȱęȱ ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱ¡- ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱǻŗşşŝǼǯ truded diet containing 25% crude protein and ŘǯŜȱȦȱȱȱ¢ǯȱȱȱ The necropsy of juveniles of P. nigricans from ȱǻƹǼȱȱȱśŖȱȱęȱ ȱŘřǯśȱƹȱ a semi-intensive farm in the Peruvian Amazon ŖǯŚȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǻƹǼȱ ȱŘŘŖǯŝȱƹȱ evidenced the occurrence of the monogene- ŗśǯŚȱǯȱ ȱǰȱȱęȱ ȱȱ an Rhinonastes pseudocapsaloideum in the gill by cerebral puncture and placed individually ęȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱ ȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱęȱ ȱ Lecithobotrioides elongatus in the intestine and ȱȱ ȱȱŗDZŚŖŖŖȱȱǯȱ the ciliate Trichodina sp. in the skin. R. pseudo- ĞȱȬȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ capsaloideum was found in all the 50 examined this liquid and then removed from the bowl. ęȱ ȱTrichodina sp. and L. elongatus were ȱ ȱ ȱȱĴȱȱȱĴȱ found in 30 (60%) and 1 (2%) host specimens, and were subsequently collected with the aid of respectively (Table 1). ȱȱĴȱȱȱȱȱ (Nikon SM-30). The counting of protozoa of Several studies report the parasitism of neo- ȱȱȱȱȱęȱ ȱȱ tropical characids by monogeneans and cili- using MacMaster chamber under light micros- ates belonging to the genera Rhinonastes and copy and estimated by evaluating the number Trichodina. These parasites groups were also ȱȦęǯȱȱȱȱȱęȱ ȱ ȱȱȱęȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱŗDZŚŖŖŖǰȱȱȱȱ (Iannacone and Luque, 1991; Mathews et al., was analyzed under a stereomicroscope. For ŘŖŖŝDzȱȱȱǯǰȱŘŖŖŝǼǯȱ parasitological exams of their stomachs and intestines, the organs were removed and placed Parasites that have a direct life cycle, such as in Petri dishes and then examined. For identi- monogeneans and protozoan, are more fre- ęȱȱǰȱȱȱ quently found in lentic environments and this were prepared with total parasites assembly ac- type of environment favors the transmission of cording to Thatcher (2006). For the observation these parasites. Adult parasites can be found of sclerotized structures, monogeneans were ȱǰȱǰȱęȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ ȱ ę¡ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢- ¢ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱĞ ǯȱȱ erine and mounted in Canada balsam according ȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱȱĞȱ- ȱȱǻŗşŝŖǼǯȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱęȱ mounted unstained in Gray and Wess’ medium new host where they mature sexually (Thoney and Gomori’s trichrome to visualize internal and Hargis, 1991; Flores-Crespo and Flores, 30, Bull. Eur. Ass. Fish Pathol., 33(1) 2013
Table 1. ȱǻǼǰȱȱ¢ȱǻ DzȱƹȱȱǼȱȱȱȱǻDzȱƹȱȱ Deviation) of parasites collected from juveniles of Prochilodus nigricans cultivated in the Peruvian Amazon.
Parasites P(%) MI MA Site of infection Rhinonastes pseudocapsaloideum 100.0 ŗŜśǯŞȱƹȱŗǯřş ŗŜśǯŞȱƹȱŗǯŚŗ Ȧȱ¢ Trichodina sp. 60.0 ŗřŞǯŘȱƹȱŖǯŗŝ şśǯŞȱƹȱŖǯŘŖ Skin Lecithobotrioides elongatus 2.0 ŗşǯśȱƹȱŖǯŗŘ Śǯş ƹȱŖǯŗŜ Intestine
ŘŖŖřǼǯȱȱ¡ȱ ¢ȱȱęȱȱ in the Peruvian Amazon. Massive infestations opportunities for development and reproduc- by R. pseudocapsaloideum may explain why the tion in lentic environments and overpopulated ęȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱ ęȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ęȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ- semi-tropical climate, the life cycle of ectopar- gy, colour loss, anorexia and mild hyperpnea asites can be completed in less than one day occasionally leading to mortality. and thus proliferate explosively (Flores-Cres- po and Flores, 2003). The climate in the Peru- R. pseudocapsaloideum was described by Kritsky vian Amazon is tropical humid with annual et al. (1988) from the nasal cavity of P. nigricans temperature average of 28.6°C and relative collected from Janauaca Lake near Manaus, humidity of 85%. In the earthen ponds where Amazonas, Brazil. Furthermore, Lizana et al. ȱęȱ ȱǰȱȱ ȱȱ ǻŘŖŖśǼȱęȱȱ R. pseudocapsa- is almost negligible or non-existent and the loideum in nasal cavity of Prochilodus lineatus ęȱ¢ȱȱǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¤ȱȱĚǰȱ ectoparasites (Flores-Crespo and Flores, 2003; £ǰȱęȱȱȱȱȱȱ Cable et al., 2002), and may explain the elevated of parasite in the genus Prochilodus. prevalence and abundance of monogenean and ȱȱȱęǯ Lizana et al. (2005) reported a prevalence of ŚřǯŜƖȱȱȱȱȱȱŗǯřȱȱR. Among the various groups of helminthes which pseudocapsaloideum in wild P. lineatus collected ȱ ȱęǰȱ¢ȱȱ from Paraná River, Brazil. In addition, Kritsky et species cause considerable economic losses al. (1988) reported a 15 % prevalence of mono- ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ěȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ geneans in P. nigricans but without giving other world (Marcogliese et al., 2001). Three species parasitic indexes. The much higher prevalence of Monogenoidea are known to parasite the and mean intensity of R. pseudocapsaloideum in genus Prochilodus in the Amazonas River Basin, P. nigricans in our study can be explained by R. pseudocapsaloideum, Anacanthoroides mizel- the unfavorable environmental conditions and lei, Tereancistrum ornatus (Kritsky et al., 1988; ȱęȱȱȱȱęȱǯȱ Thatcher, 2006). In our study R. pseudocapsaloi- deumȱȱȱȱȱęȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱęȱ boquichico (P. nigiricans) in farmed conditions time parasitic infections in farmed P. nigricans Bull. Eur. Ass. Fish Pathol., 33(1) 2013, 31
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