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Morphology and histopathology of Calyptospora sp. (Apicomplexa: Calyptosporidae) in speckled peacock bass, Cichla temensis Humboldt, 1821 (Perciformes: Cichlidae), from the Marajó-Açu River, Marajó Island, Brazil
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SANTIAGO, Hérika et al. Morphology and histopathology of Calyptospora sp. (Apicomplexa: Calyptosporidae) in speckled peacock bass, Cichla temensis Humboldt, 1821 (Perciformes: Cichlidae), from the Marajó-Açu River, Marajó Island, Brazil. Parasitology Research, v. 110, p. 2569-2572, 2012.
0932-0113
10.1007/s00436-011-2770-0
1432-1955
Autor
Santiago, Hérika
Corrêa, José Luís
Tortelly, Rogerio
Menezes, Rodrigo Caldas
Matos, Patrícia
Matos, Edilson
Resumen
Several species of coccidia are protozoan parasites that cause infection in a wide variety of animal groups. Calyptospora is an important genus of protozoan, which infests both freshwater and marine fish. The hepatopancreases of 150 speckled peacock bass captured on Marajó Island, Brazil were studied macro- and microscopically. Oocysts were found in 84 (56%) of the specimens in both the examination of the fresh
material by compression and the analysis of histological sections stained with hematoxylin–eosin. Small, circular, homogeneous forms in negative contrast had a mean diameter of 21.2 μm, frequently with pyriform sporocysts, with a mean length of 9.2 μm and width of 3.1 μm, and a thin-walled capsule, were observed in both the hepatic and the pancreatic parenchyma, but were completely devoid of any inflammatory reaction. Calyptospora infections are documented for the first time in the Marajó-Açu River. 2020-10-23