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Diplostomiasis in cultured and wild tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in Guerrero State, Mexico

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This paper is a comparative study of Diplostomum (Austrodiplostomum) compactum (Lutz, 1928) in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linneo) from two fish farms and two nearby coastal lagoons in Guerrero state, Mexico. The higher infections levels in cultured tilapia than wild tilapia is attributed to higher fish densities in the culture systems and higher abundance of the snail Biomphalaria cf. havanensis (Pteiffer), first intermediate host of this parasite in freshwater and brackish water systems.

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This research was financed by the PROMEP: Programa de Reincorporación de Exbecarios. The authors thank Drs. Edna Naranjo and Osamu Miura for snail species identification, Zacarias Blancarte Ahuatzin for aquatic plant species identification, and the students of the Marine Ecology Academic Unit (UAG) for their assistance in field and laboratory work.

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  1. Unidad Académica de Ecología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Gran Vía Tropical No. 20, Fracc. Las Playas, 39390, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

    Juan Violante-González, Agustín Rojas-Herrera & Salvador Gil Guerrero

  2. Instituto de Biología, Depto. de Zoología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-153, Mexico D.F., Mexico

    Martín García-Varela

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Violante-González, J., García-Varela, M., Rojas-Herrera, A. et al. Diplostomiasis in cultured and wild tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in Guerrero State, Mexico. Parasitol Res 105, 803–807 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-009-1458-1

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