Tissue alterations in the pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, infected by Goezia spinulosa (Nematoda) Alterações teciduais em pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, infectado por Goezia spinulosa (Nematoda)

Five specimens of Arapaima gigas caught in the Araguaia River (State of Mato Grosso, Brazil) were investigated for helminths in 2004. Numerous adult specimens of the rhapidascarid nematode Goezia spinulosa were found in stomach ulcers in all the specimens of A. gigas and were surrounded by thickenin...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Sonia Maria Cursino dos Santos, Paulo Sérgio Ceccarelli, Luiz Eduardo Roland Tavares, Rogério Tortelly, José Luis Luque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2011-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612011000300005