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Duddingtonia flagrans, Monacrosporium thaumasium and Pochonia chlamydosporia as possible biological control agents of Oxyuris equi and Austroxyuris finlaysoni

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2009

F.R. Braga ,
J.V. Araújo ,
A.R. Silva ,
J.M. Araujo ,
R.O. Carvalho ,
A.K. Campos ,
A.O. Tavela ,
S.R. Ferreira ,
L.N. Frassy  and
C.D.F. Alves
F.R. Braga
Affiliation:
Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36570-000, Brazil
J.V. Araújo*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36570-000, Brazil
A.R. Silva
Affiliation:
Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36570-000, Brazil
J.M. Araujo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36570-000, Brazil
R.O. Carvalho
Affiliation:
Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36570-000, Brazil
A.K. Campos
Affiliation:
Univiçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
A.O. Tavela
Affiliation:
Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36570-000, Brazil
S.R. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36570-000, Brazil
L.N. Frassy
Affiliation:
Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36570-000, Brazil
C.D.F. Alves
Affiliation:
Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG36570-000, Brazil
*
*E-mail: jvictor@ufv.br
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Abstract

The action of four fungal isolates of the species Duddingtonia flagrans (AC001), Monacrosporium thaumasium (NF34a) and Pochonia chlamydosporia (VC1 and VC4) on eggs of Oxyuris equi and Austroxyuris finlaysoni was evaluated in two assays (A and B). Eggs of O. equi (Test A) and A. finlaysoni (Test B) were plated on Petri dishes with 2% water-agar with grown fungal isolates and control without fungus. After 5, 10 and 15 days, 100 eggs were collected and classified according to the following parameters: type 1 effect, physiological and biochemical effect without morphological damage to the eggshell; type 2 effect, lytic effect with morphological alteration of the eggshell and embryo; and type 3 effect, lytic effect with morphological alteration of the eggshell and embryo, hyphal penetration and internal egg colonization. Pochonia chlamydosporia isolates VC1 and VC4 showed ovicidal activity for type 1, 2 and 3 effects on eggs of O. equi and eggs of A. finlaysoni. In vitro assays A and B showed that P. chlamydosporia had a negative influence on eggs of O. equi and A. finlaysoni and can be considered as a potential biological control agent of nematodes.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 21 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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