MORTALITY OF YOUTH <i>Arapaima gigas</i> (PISCES: ARAPAIMIDAE) FROM A FISH FARMING IN THE NORTH OF BRAZIL, CAUSED BY <i>Hysterothylacium</i> sp. AND <i>Goezia spinulosa</i> (NEMATODA: ANISAKIDAE)

In youth A. gigas the risk of parasitic infections is very high, due to their feeding habit to prey on small invertebrates, which act as intermediate hosts of different endoparasite species, which can cause serious problems and high mortalities in fish farms. Thus, the aim of the present study was t...

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Main Authors: Patrizia Batista de Azevedo, Germán Augusto Murrieta Morey, José Celso de Oliveira Malta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Amapá 2017-03-01
Series:Biota Amazônia
Online Access:https://periodicos.unifap.br/index.php/biota/article/view/3030