Alternative treatment for Anacanthorus penilabiatus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) infection in cultivated pacu, Piaractus mesopotamicus (Osteichthyes: Characidae) in Brazil and its haematological effects.
The present work, studied the effect of 0, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 mg of garlic powder/kg dry ration for Piaractus mesopotamicus (Osteichthyes: Characidae), weighting 73.6 +/- 39.4 g and measuring 15.0 +/- 2.7 cm, fed for a period of 15, 30 and 45 days. Fifteen days after treatment with 1,000 and 2,000 mg of garlic/kg dry ration, significant reduction of Anacanthorus penilabiatus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) in the gills was related. Nevertheless, the addition of garlic to the ration caused significant increase in the erythrocyte number and in the thrombocyte percentage in the circulating blood. However, a decrease in the lymphocyte percentage was also observed. After 45 days, fish fed with garlic showed significant increase in the erythrocyte number, leucocyte, haemoglobin rate, hematocrit and thrombocyte.
Centro de Aqüicultura, UNESP, Via Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, 14870-000, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil. mlaterca@caunesp.unesp.br
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Martins
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Bozzo
D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy*; D005398:Fisheries; D005399:Fishes / Q000254:growth & development / Q000469:parasitology; D005737:Garlic; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy*; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010976:Platelet Count; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000502:physiology; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control
D010936:Plant Extracts