Mutilation on gill filaments of Piaractus brachypomus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) caused by Braga patagonica (Crustacea: Cymothoidae), in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaFish aquaculture is one of the main food production sectors for the growing global human population and is currently one of the most profitable production activities.
Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira +1 more
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Albendazole is effective for controlling monogenean parasites of the gills of Piaractus brachypomus (Serrasalmidae) and Megaleporinus macrocephalus (Anostomidae) [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2022 Monogenean infestations can cause high mortality in farmed fish and therefore significant economic losses. The present study investigated the efficacy of albendazole in therapeutic baths against monogeneans of Piaractus brachypomus Cuvier, 1818 and ...
Luciano Pereira Negreiros +3 more
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Molecular characterization of myelin basic protein a (mbpa) gene from red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus) [PDF]
Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Background Myelin basic protein (MBP) is one of the most important structural components of the myelin sheaths in both central and peripheral nervous systems. MBP has several functions including organization of the myelin membranes, reorganization of the
Juan Sebastian Cruz-Méndez +3 more
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Molecular Characterization of High Mobility Group Box 1a (HMGB1a) Gene in Red-Bellied Pacu, Piaractus brachypomus [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine International, 2023 High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a chromosomal protein in the nucleus and a potent extracellular proinflammatory cytokine, widely described in mammals, nevertheless, with scarce reports in fish.
Nicolas Carrillo-Godoy +1 more
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Two new species of Anacanthorus (Monogenoidea, Dactylogyridae) parasitizing serrasalmid fish in Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaDuring studies on fish parasites, two new species of Anacanthorus were found parasitizing serrasalmid fishes, Anacanthorus simpliciphallus sp. n. from the hybrid Piaractus mesopotamicus x Piaractus brachypomus and Anacanthorus brandtii sp. n.
Augusto Leandro de Sousa Silva +5 more
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A Study of Some Biological Aspects of Pacu Piaractus Brachypomus (G. Cuvier, 1818)
مجلة ديالى للعلوم الزراعية, 2021 The present study attempts to shed light on some biological aspects and characteristics of Piaractus brachypomus, including some biometrics, phenotypic and feeding pattern that characterizes this species.
Mohammed Inad Ghazwan
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On Dactylogyridae (Monogenea) of four species of characid fishes from Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2009 Material collected from the fishes from the dams and fish farms of the Departamento Nacional de Obras contra asSecas (DNOCS) and from the tanks of the Itaipu Hydroelectric Station was examined in order to analyze the index andthe infestation of Monogenea.
Cohen, S. C., Kohn A.
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Asian Fisheries Science, 2021 Gut contents of the exotic characid fish Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) that escaped into the Vembanad-Kole Wetland, India, during the floods were examined for their gut food spectrum.
VINOD SREEDEVI ANUPAMA +3 more
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Neotropical Ichthyology, 2022 Recently, the large migratory fishes of the family Serrasalmidae (Piaractus brachypomus and P. orinoquensis) were described as restricted to the Orinoco and Amazon basins. Both species provide important ecosystem services.
María Doris Escobar L. +2 more
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Parasitological assessment in hybrids Serrasalmidae fish farmed in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020 This study evaluated the parasitic fauna of hybrids tambacu (Colossoma macropomum × Piaractus mesopotamicus) and patinga (P. mesopotamicus × Piaractus brachypomus) and their host-parasite-environment interaction during the warm and cold seasons in two ...
Gabriela Tomas Jerônimo +6 more
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