CEPAVE   05420
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLOGICOS Y DE VECTORES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Dermocystidiosis induced by the parasite Dermocystidium sp. in the Paracheirodon axelrodi
Autor/es:
PLAU SILVIA E.; TOPA EMILIO; ANDRES LAUBE PEDRO; MARTORELLI SERGIO R; MONTES M MARTIN; BARBEITO C.G.
Revista:
BULLETIN OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF FISH PATHOLOGISTS
Editorial:
EUR ASSOC FISH PATHOLOGISTS
Referencias:
Año: 2018 vol. 38 p. 73 - 78
ISSN:
0108-0288
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.