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ArticleRevista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria2023

Gastrointestinal parasites in bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) in aquaculture production units in the Mexican central highlands.

Emmanuel Hernández-Valdivia, Efraín Islas-Ojeda, Rafael Casillas-Peñuelas, Arturo Valdivia-Flores, Alberto García-Munguía

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Article in Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emmanuel Hernández-ValdiviaDepartamento de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes - UAA, Aguascalientes, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8261-5129
Efraín Islas-OjedaDepartamento de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes - UAA, Aguascalientes, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7511-3099
Rafael Casillas-PeñuelasDepartmento de Ciencias de los Alimentos, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes - UAA, Aguascalientes, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-6450
Arturo Valdivia-FloresDepartamento de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes - UAA, Aguascalientes, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9354-0588
Alberto García-MunguíaDepartmento de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes - UAA, Aguascalientes, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5450-3197
Autonomous University of Aguascalientes · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Mexico, intensive production of bullfrogs is one of the most important aquaculture activities, due to growing demand for their meat. Frogs can be hosts for several parasites that negatively affect their development and health. The objective of this study was to identify the presence of intestinal parasites in bullfrogs in aquaculture production units. Eighteen bullfrogs aquaculture production units were selected, and 20 animals (n=360) from each farm. Fecal samples were obtained by mucosal scraping and processed using the concentration method. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites was 70.5%, and all farms had frogs infected by some species of parasite. Two species of parasites were identified: Eimeria sp. and Strongyloides sp. Significant differences were found regarding parasite prevalence between males and females (73.8% vs 58.8%) and regarding tibia length (5.5 vs 6.1 cm) and weight (168 vs 187 g) between parasitized and non-parasitized frogs. In conclusion, the present study showed a high prevalence of intestinal parasites, and morphometric alterations (weight, snout-cloaca length, radio-ulna length, tibia length and distance between parotid glands) were identified in the parasitized animals. These results provided useful information that will enable establishment of adequate control measures to help minimize the adverse effects of these parasites.

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Intestinal Diseases, ParasiticParasitesAnimalsAquacultureFemaleMaleMexicoRana catesbeiana

Identifiers

PMID37403883
PMCPMC10321717
OpenAlexW4382775843

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