Piaractus brachypomus Diseases
MainRef: Moravec, F. 1998  
Disease name: Rondonia Infestation Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)Rondonia Infestation Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)Rondonia Infestation Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)  
Country: Brazil   Year:  
Locality: Paraná River: Foz de Iguacú, reservoire in Sao Paulo  
Diseases occurred in: eggs fry females in the wild
  larvae juveniles males  in culture
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Remarks: The infesattion was also recorded in the nurseries of the CEPTA fish culture station in Sao Paulo, and in the Amazon River tributaries (Travassos 1920, 1945, Travassos et al. 1928, 1939, Baylis 1936, Costa 1962, 1963, Travassos and Kohn 1965, Santos et al. 1979, Kohn et al. 1985, Kohn and Fernandes 1987, Rego and Vicente 1988, Moravec, Kohn and Fernandes 1992a, Martins and Urbinati 1993, Moravec and Thatcher 1997b, Parra et al. 1997).  
 
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