Effects of gryporhynchid metacestodes (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from Mozambique

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2009

Authors

Saraiva, A (Author) FCUP; Boane, C (Author) Other; Cruz, C (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Vol. 29

Pages: 139-143

ISSN: 0108-0288

Publisher: FRS Marine Lab.

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Scientific classification

FOS: Agrarian Sciences > Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-PB5

Abstract (EN): Larvae of two species of gryporhynchid tapeworms were found in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) collected in Mozambique, Africa. Metacestodes of Parvitaenia samfyia were recovered encysted in a fibrous coat rich on collagen fibres in the mucosa of the intestinal wall. Larvae of unidentified species of Cyclustera, closely resembling C. magna, were encysted by a thin fibrous coat in the liver causing necrosis and hyperaemia in the adjacent tissue. The levels of infection by P. samfya were high attaining a maximum of 600 metacestodes. Higher infection levels were observed in smaller fish.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5