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Dermocystidiosis induced by the parasite Dermocystidium sp. in the Paracheirodon axelrodi
Fecha
2018-04Registro en:
Plaul, Silvia Elena; Andres Laube, P. F.; Montes, Martin Miguel; Topa, Pascual Emilio; Martorelli, Sergio Roberto; et al.; Dermocystidiosis induced by the parasite Dermocystidium sp. in the Paracheirodon axelrodi; European Association of Fish Pathologists; Bulletin Of The European Association Of Fish Pathologists; 38; 2; 4-2018; 73-78
0108-0288
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Plaul, Silvia Elena
Andres Laube, P. F.
Montes, Martin Miguel
Topa, Pascual Emilio
Martorelli, Sergio Roberto
Barbeito, Claudio Gustavo
Resumen
The Rio Negro floodplain (tributary of the Amazon River) is a natural habitat of the cardinal tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi. In home aquaria, this species has high vulnerability to superficial infetions and is affected by the protist Dermocystidium. Protist cysts were located in the dermis causing lesions reaching in the epidermis. We observed that a few weeks after the introduction of new wild ornamental fish (mostly Hemigrammus sp. or Hyphessobrycon sp.) into established home aquaria, the cardinal tetra fish became infected, suggesting that the new fish could have acted as carriers.