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Cuadernos de Investigación UNED
Print version ISSN 1659-4266
Abstract
ARGUEDAS C, Donald; ORTEGA S, Cesar; MARTINEZ C, Simón and ASTROZA C, Ángel. Parasites of Nile Tilapia larvae Oreochromis niloticus (Pisces: Cichlidae)in concrete ponds in Guanacaste, Northern Costa Rica. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.2, pp.313-319. ISSN 1659-4266. http://dx.doi.org/10.22458/urj.v9i2.1904.
Tilapia is the second most important cultured species in the world fish culture but it can be affected by parasites. We conducted a cross-sectional parasitic study in tilapia larvae during sexual reversion for two seasons in Costa Rica. A total of 320 larvae from a concrete pond were necropsied and we found ten parasite species: Ichtyobodo sp., Apiosoma sp., Chillodonella sp., Heteropollaria sp., Trichodina sp.,Dactylogyrus sp., Girodactylus sp., Centrocestus sp., lasidies and glochidies (two larval forms). These were classified in five taxonomic groups (two subtypes of protozoa, two metazoan classes and a type of mollusk). Protozoans and monogeneans (except Trichodina sp.) had a higher prevalence in the rainy season, when water had more solid waste, while digeneans and molluscs were more prevalent in the dry season, with different infection dynamics over gills, skin, fins and head.
Keywords : Prevalence; parasites; Nile tilapia; sex reversal process; Costa Rica..