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.
Martins
M L
ML
Centro de Aqüicultura, UNESP, Via Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, 14870-000, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil. mlaterca@caunesp.unesp.br
Moraes
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FR
Miyazaki
D M Y
DM
Brum
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CD
Onaka
E M
EM
Fenerick
J
J
Bozzo
F R
FR
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