Infestação experimental em girinos de Rana catesbeiana Shaw por copepoditos de Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus (Copepoda, Lernaeidae)
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
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The Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 copepodids experimental contamination on the Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802 ladpoles was analized. Sixty percent (12) of infested tadpoles was found parasitized. High mortality range, lower appetence, equilibrium loss and apathy were observed. The parasites showed the preference for the mouth and cloaca: in 72 hours lhe egg saes had already developed.
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Copepoda, Rana catesbeiana, Lernaea cyprinacea, tadpoles, experimental infestation
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Portuguese
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Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, v. 12, n. 3, p. 619-625, 1995.
