Nematodes of zoonotic importance in Cynoscion guatucupa (Pisces) in the state of Rio de Janeiro

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
• Main Authors: Gabrielle Fontenelle, Marcelo Knoff, Nilza Nunes Felizardo, Leila Maria Silva Lopes, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2013
• Subjects: Hysterothylacium deardorffoverstreetorum; Anisakis sp; Terranova sp; Contracaecum sp; Cynoscion guatucupa; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Terranova
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-29612013005000019; https://doaj.org/article/bd06efc02f8240bab4f5e7b88fefcae7

Between January and August 2012, thirty specimens of Cynoscion guatucupa (Cuvier, 1830) caught off coast of the municipality of Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil (26° 54′ 28″ S and 48° 39′ 43″ W) and commercialized in the state of Rio de Janeiro were investigated for the presence of zoonotic nematodes. In total 853 larvae of four nematode parasite species were found. There were three species of Anisakidae: three larvae ofAnisakis sp., with prevalence (P) of 10%, mean intensity (MI) of 1.0, mean abundance (MA) of 0.1 and infection site (IS) in the mesentery; five of Terranova sp. with P = 13.3%, MI = 1.25, MA = 0.17, range of infection (RI) from 1 to 2 and IS = mesentery; and seven ofContracaecum sp. with P = 6.6%, MI = 3.5, MA = 0.23, RI = 1 to 4 and IS = mesentery and abdominal cavity. There was one species of Raphidascarididae: 838 larvae of Hysterothylacium deardorffoverstreetorum with P = 83.3%, MI = 33.52, MA = 27.93, RI = 1 to 219 and IS = mesentery, liver serosa and abdominal cavity. This is the first report of larvae of Anisakis sp. andContracaecum sp in C. guatucupa in Brazil. Hysterothylacium deardorffoverstreetorum;Anisakis sp.; Terranova sp.;Contracaecum sp.; Cynoscion guatucupa