Mapping the Incidence of Infestation by <i>Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae</i> (Acanthocephala) Parasitizing <i>Colossoma macropomum</i> Raised in Fish Farms and the Relationship with Zooplankton Ostracods and Copepods by Vinicius Perez Pedroti, Jerônimo Vieira Dantas Filho, Átila Bezerra de Mira, Maria Mirtes de Lima Pinheiro, Bruna Lucieny Temponi Santos, Raniere Garcez Costa Sousa, Jucilene Braitenbach Cavali, Ed Johnny da Rosa Prado, Sandro de Vargas Schons

“…The results showed that 95% of the farms had fish infected with <i>Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae</i>, with varying parasitism levels. Georeferencing revealed higher parasite densities in the municipalities of Ariquemes, Monte Negro, Machadinho do Oeste, and Buritis (Vale do Jamari), as well as Urupá, Ji-Paraná, Ouro Preto do Oeste, and Teixeirópolis (Centro-Leste), with clusters of heat islands in the latter group. …”
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