Table 1.
Some major losses of freshwater and marine finfish induced by diseases in Brazil
| Hosts | Parasites | Production loss (ton) | Estimated loss (US$, million) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piaractus mesopotamicus, Colossoma macropomum, Cyprinus carpio, Leporinus macrocephalus, Oreochromis niloticus, hybrid tambacu | Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Piscinoodinium pillulare, monogeneans, Lernaea cyprinacea, | 10,000 | 0.28 | Martins et al. (2000) |
| C. macropomum | Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae | 1.12 | 0.002 | Malta et al. (2001) |
| P. mesopotamicus, C. macropomum, L. macrocephalus, O. niloticus, hybrid tambacu, Procilodus lineatus | P. pillulare | 10,000 | 0.28 | Martins et al. (2001) |
| P. mesopotamicus, C. macropomum, L. macrocephalus, O. niloticus, hybrid tambacu | I. multifiliis, trichodinids, P. pillulare, Henneguya piaractus, monogenean, L. cyprinacea | 1.2 | 0.29 | Martins et al. (2002) |
| O. niloticus | I. multifiliis, P. pillulare, monogeneans, Epistylis sp., trichodinids, Aeromonas spp., Pseudomonas fluorescens, Flavobacterium columnare Streptococcus sp. | 5000 | 4.0 | Kubitza (2005) |
| O. niloticus | Aeromonas caviae | 0.56 | 0.013 | Martins et al. (2008) |
| C. macropomum, hybrid tambacu | I. multifiliis, P. pillulare, monogeneans | 0.55 | 0.012 | Tavares-Dias (2011) |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Weissella sp. | Not-informed | Figueiredo et al. (2012) | |
| Hybrid surubim | Aeromonas hydrophila | 20.0 | 0.16 | Silva et al. (2012) |
| P. mesopotamicus | P. pillulare, Henneguya sp. | 3.3 | 0.009 | Sant´Ana et al. (2012) |
| O. niloticus, P. mesopotamicus, Gymnotus aff. inaequilabiatus | Chilodonella hexasticha | Not-informed | – | Pádua et al. (2013) |
| Rachycentron canadum | Amyloodinium ocellatum, Neobenedenia melleni | Not-informed | – | Moreira et al. (2013) |
| Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum | Citrobacter freundii | Not-informed | – | Pádua et al. (2014) |
| P. lineatus | Trichodina heterodentata | Not-informed | – | Valladão et al. (2014) |
| O. niloticus | Paratrichodina africana | Not-informed | – | Valladão et al. (2013) |
| Astyanax altiparanae | Acusicola sp. | Not-informed | – | Pádua et al. (2015) |
| C. macropomum | Myxobolus, Ellipsomyxa, Henneguya, Thelohanellus | Not-informed | – | Videira et al. (2016) |
| Total | – | 25026.3 | 5.05 | – |
Hybrid tambacu: P. mesopotamicus male x C. macropomum female. Hybrid surubim: Pseudoplatystoma corruscans male x P. reticulatum female
Percentage of fish losses and fish final production not informed in these studies