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Lepidosiren paradoxa, study with light and electron microscopy of the lung

Published:2024-06-28 Issue:2 Volume:44 Page:
ISSN:3005-4648
Container-title:Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists
language:en
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Author:

Romano Luis A¹,Anderson de Paiva dos Santos Pedro¹,Silva Oliveira1 Fernando Pablo¹,Pedrosa Virginia Fonseca¹,Wicki Gustavo²,Bortolini Giesta Luana¹

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Immunology and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms, Institute of Oceanography, Federal University of Rio Grande, 96210030, Rio Grande, Brazil

2. Centro Nacional de Desarrollo Acuícola (CENADAC)-Argentina National Aquaculture Center, Argentina

Abstract

In this study, we describe the pulmonary morphology of the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) using optical and electron microscopy. We observed cells similar to mammalian type I pneumocytes and mammalian-type II pneumocytes, which may be associated with surfactant production

Publisher

European Association of Fish Pathologists (EAFP)

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