Zoonosis risk due to gastrointestinal parasites of jundias (rhamdia quellen) collected in a water captation dam in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5902/223658342316Keywords:
Jundia; Anisakiasis; Contracaecum; Zoonosis.Abstract
Zoonosis caused by larvae from the Anisakidae family, due to ingestion of raw fish meat could bring pathological alterations in the digestive system. This way, fifty three jundias (or silver catfish) (Rhamdia quelen) were collected from the Costa e Silva dam which is used for water captation to the provision of Santa Maria City (RS), between September 2005 and August 2006. Gastrointestinal parasites infection were observed in 41 individuals (77,35%), belonging to Anisakidae family, and one individual belonging to the Contracaecum species. Data analysis justify the importance of sanitary control in fishes to avoid human risk.Downloads
References
Amato Neto, V; Amato, JGP; Amato, VS. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, v.49, n.4, p. 261-262.
. Atias A. Parasitologia Clinica. 3ª ed. Santiago de Chile: Mediterrâneo, 1999. 618p.
. Eiras JC; Takemoto RM; Pavanelli GC. Métodos de estudos e técnicas laboratoriais em parasitologia de peixes. Maringá: Editora UEM, 2002.305p.
Berenguer JG. Manual de Parasitologia: morfologia e biologia dos parasitos de interesse sanitário. Chapecó: Argos, 2006. 602p.
Mehlhorn, H; Piekarski, G. Grundriß der Parasitenkunde, 6 ed. Heidelberg: Spektrum, 2002.515p.
Nieuwenhuizen, N. et al. Exposure to the fish parasite Anisakis causes allergic airway hypereactivity and dermatitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, v.117, p.10981105, 2006.