Author(s): Braga, Fabio Ribeiro ; Araujo, Juliana Milani ; Araújo, Jackson Victor de ; Soares, Filippe Elias de Freitas ; Tavela, Alexandre de Oliveira ; Frassy, Luiza Neme ; Lima, Walter dos Santos ; Mozzer, Lanuze Rose
Date: 2017
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Nematophagous fungi; Duddingtonia flagrans; Angiostrongylus vasorum
Angiostrongylus vasorum is a nematode that parasitizes molluscs, dogs, and even man. The objective was to evaluate the predatory activity of the conidia of two fungal isolates of Duddingtonia flagrans (AC001 and CG722) on first-stage larvae (L1) of A. vasorum in laboratory conditions. At the end of the experiment, there were significant reductions (p<0.01) of 74.5% and 63.2%, on average, in the A. vasorum L1 recovered in the AC001 and CG722 treatment conditions, respectively. The two isolates of fungi were efficient in the capture and destruction of A. vasorum L1.
