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Experimental evidence that host choice by parasites is age-dependent in a fish-monogenean system
(2022-01-01)
Host age is known to influence the risk of parasite infection, but there is very little experimental evidence on whether parasites show preference towards potential hosts of a specific age. To investigate how host age ...
New host records and a checklist of fishes infected with Austrodiplostomum compactum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Brazil
(Brazilian Coll Veterinary Parasitology, 2013-10-01)
This study reports the infection of fishes by Austrodiplostomum compactum metacercariae in the Chavantes reservoir, medium Paranapanema River, municipality of Ipaussu, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Twenty-three fish species ...
Host ontogeny and the temporal decay of similarity in parasite communities of marine fish
(Elsevier, 2010-07)
Geographical distances between host populations are key determinants of how many parasite species they share. In principle, decay in similarity should also occur with increasing distance along any other dimension that ...
Isopods (Isopoda: Aegidae, Cymothoidae, Gnathiidae) associated with Venezuelan marine fishes (Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii)
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2006)
Novel host report for Catadiscus uruguayensis Freitas & Lent, 1939 (Trematoda, Diplodiscidae) infecting Austrolebias Costa, 1998 species from Uruguay
(Pensoft Publishers, 2020-09-29)
The genus Catadiscus Cohn, 1904 has a total of 16 known species that infect the intestinal tract of reptiles, amphibians, and mollusks. However, Catadiscus has never been found in teleosts. The annual fish Austrolebias ...
Trichodina modesta: an exotic ciliate in the Neotropical region parasitizing an unusual host
(Brazilian Coll Veterinary Parasitology, 2015-04-01)
In this study, an important ornamental fish, Betta splendens (Osphronemidae), from three different Brazilian states was examined for parasitic infestations. Smears with parasites were impregnated with silver nitrate or ...