ASCOCOTYLE SP. METACERCARIAE (DIGENEA: HETEROPHYIDAE) IN TISSUES OF MULLETS MUGIL LIZAAND MUGIL CUREMA (OSTEICHTHYES: MUGILIDAE) COLLECTED IN THE FISH TRADE OF THE IGUAPE CITY, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Thales Kodi Namba Universidade Estadual de Campinas/UNICAMP – Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz – Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal – Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255 – Campinas/SP, Brasil – CEP 13083-862 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9482-5860
  • Rubens Riscala Madi Universidade Estadual de Campinas/UNICAMP – Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz – Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal – Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255 – Campinas/SP, Brasil – CEP 13083-862 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1526-0687
  • Marlene Tiduko Ueta Universidade Estadual de Campinas/UNICAMP – Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz – Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal – Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255 – Campinas/SP, Brasil – CEP 13083-862 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6604-4351

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621016

Keywords:

Ascocotyle, fish trade, metacercariae, Mugil curema, Mugil liza, mullets.

Abstract

The world distribution of oriental culture and the common use of fish which is not cooked manifested problems related to parasites. There is a great incidence of Ascocotyle sp. parasites in mullet fishes, which are part of human culinary spread all over world. The aim of the present study is to estimate the presence of trematode Heterophyidae metacercariae among mullet fishes commercialized at Iguape city Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ascocotyle sp. metacercarie (Digenea: Heterophyidae) were observed and analyzed in viscera and muscles of 60 mullets Mugil liza and 60 mullets Mugil curema (Osteichthyes: Mugilidae) purchased in the fish market of the Iguape city. The extraction of metacercariae of Ascocotyle sp. from viscera and muscles was performed by homogenization in homemade processor. All mullets samples were infected. M. liza and M. curema marketed in city constitute in a potential risk to the population, because of high prevalence of infection (100%) and large numbers of metacercarie in their tissues (up to 939 to M. liza and 92 to M. curema).

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Published

2012-12-12

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Kodi Namba, T., Riscala Madi, R., & Tiduko Ueta, M. (2012). ASCOCOTYLE SP. METACERCARIAE (DIGENEA: HETEROPHYIDAE) IN TISSUES OF MULLETS MUGIL LIZAAND MUGIL CUREMA (OSTEICHTHYES: MUGILIDAE) COLLECTED IN THE FISH TRADE OF THE IGUAPE CITY, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. Neotropical Helminthology, 6(2), 271–275. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621016

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