Author | Weinzettl, Marcia | |
Author | Jurberg, Pedro | |
Access date | 2020-09-14T17:51:15Z | |
Available date | 2020-09-14T17:51:15Z | |
Document date | 1990 | |
Citation | WEINZETTL, Marcia; JURBRG, Pedro. Biological control of Biomphalaria Tenagophila (Mollusca, Planorbidae), a Schistosomiasis vector, using the fish Geophagus Brasiliensis (Pisces, Cichlidae) in the laboratory or in a seminatural environment. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 85, n. 1, p. 35-38, jan./mar. 1990. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/43353 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Controle biológico | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Geophagus brasiliensis | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Biomphalaria Tenagophila | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Esquistossomose | pt_BR |
Title | Biological control of Biomphalaria Tenagophila (Mollusca, Planorbidae). a Schistosomiais vector, using the fish Geophagus Brasiiensis (Pisces, Cichlidae) in the laboratory or in a seminatural environment | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02761990000100005 | |
Abstract | In order to investigate a possible method of biological control of schistosomiasis, we used the fish Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) which is widely distributed throughout Brazil, to interrupt the life cycle of the snail Biomphalaria tenagophila (Orbigny, 1835), an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. In the laboratory, predation eliminated 97.6% of the smaller snails (3-8 mm shell diameter) and 9.2% of the larger ones (12-14 mm shell diameter). Very promising results were also obtained in a seminatural environment. Studies of this fish in natural snail habitats should be further encouraged. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratório de Comportamento Animal. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Biological control | pt_BR |
Subject | Geophagus brasiliensis | pt_BR |
Subject | Biomphalaria Tenagophila | pt_BR |
Subject | Schistosomiasis | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |