Histopathology of gills of Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887) and Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) infested by monogenean and myxosporea, caugth in Aquidauana River, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Histopatologia de brânquias de Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887) e Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) parasitados por monogêneas e mixosporídios, capturados no Rio Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

A histological analysis was conducted on the gills of 15 Piaractus mesopotamicus and 19 Prochilodus lineatus specimens collected between April and November 2004 from the Aquidauana River, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Central-West Brazil, to describe the anatomopathological characteristics of the gil...

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Main Authors:	Cristiane Meldau de Campos, Julieta Rondini Engrácia de Moraes, Flávio Ruas de Moraes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2011-03-01
Series:	Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Subjects:	Alterações teciduais parasitos brânquias peixes Tissues alterations parasites gills fish
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612011000100014