Pathological study in mussels from culture of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Authors

  • Ana Lúcia CARNEIRO-SCHAEFER Núcleo de Estudos em Patologia Aquí­­cola (NEPAQ), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA), Departamento de Aquicultura (AQI)
  • Simone SÜHNEL Núcleo de Estudos em Patologia Aquí­­cola (NEPAQ), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA), Departamento de Aquicultura (AQI)
  • Claudio Manoel Rodrigues de MELO Laboratório de Moluscos Marinhos (LMM), UFSC/CCA/AQI http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0969-7022 (unauthenticated)
  • Aimê Rachel Magenta MAGALHÃES Núcleo de Estudos em Patologia Aquí­­cola (NEPAQ), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA), Departamento de Aquicultura (AQI) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3183-1734 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20950/1678-2305.2017v43n1p124

Keywords:

pathology, prevalence, infestation, mussel culture

Abstract

This study evaluated the presence of pathogens in Perna perna mussels farmed on the coast of state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. A total of 2,880 specimens of P. perna was collected from the main mussel-producing municipalities of state between July 2010 and June 2011. Analyses of hemocytes monolayers, tissue imprint, thioglycolate culture method (RFTM) and histology showed the absence of World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) listed pathogens. The Trematoda Bucephalus margaritae, the cestoda Tylocephalum sp., as well as the protozoans Ancistrocoma sp. and Nematopsis sp. were identified by light microscopy. The turbellarian Urastoma sp. and the copepods Pseudomyicola and Monstrilla were identified by stereomicroscopy. Parasitic castration was observed in mussels with high B. margaritae infestation.

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Published

2017-03-21

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2017): BOLETIM DO INSTITUTO DE PESCA

Section

Short Communication

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