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Overview

Marcos Tavares-Dias is affiliated with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, immunology and microbiology, and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant number of publications reflecting these areas.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broad fields, their work further specializes in several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Immunology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Parasitology

The primary topics of Tavares-Dias's research encompass aspects of parasite biology, aquaculture disease management, fish biology and ecology, and aquaculture nutrition. The most prominent topics covered in their work are:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on the physiological, toxicological, and antiparasitic effects of various substances in fish aquaculture. Selected recent publications include:

  • Toxic, physiological, histomorphological, growth performance and antiparasitic effects of copper sulphate in fish aquaculture, 2021, Aquaculture
  • Toxicity, physiological, histopathological, handling, growth and antiparasitic effects of the sodium chloride (salt) in the freshwater fish aquaculture, 2021, Aquaculture Research
  • Effects of Citrus limon extract on growth performance and immunity in striped catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus), 2022, Aquaculture International
  • Anthelminthic efficacy of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil (Poaceae) against monogenean parasites of Colossoma macropomum (Serrasalmidae), and blood and histopathological effects, 2020, Aquaculture
  • Toxicity, physiological, histopathological and antiparasitic effects of the formalin, a chemotherapeutic of fish aquaculture, 2021, Aquaculture Research

Tavares-Dias has frequently published in several venues that focus on veterinary parasitology and fish diseases, including:

  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Aquaculture Research
  • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
  • Aquaculture International
  • Journal of Fish Diseases

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, most notably:

  • Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira
  • E. T. O. Yoshioka
  • Marcela Nunes Videira
  • Carliane Maria Guimarães Alves
  • Patrick D. Mathews

Best Publications

  • An overall estimation of losses caused by diseases in the Brazilian fish farms

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Maurício Laterça Martins

  • Haematological alterations of Leporinus macrocephalus (Osteichtyes: Anostomidae) naturally infected by Goezia leporini (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in fish pond

    M.L. Martins;M. Tavares-Dias;R.Y. Fujimoto;E.M. Onaka

  • Leukocyte and thrombocyte reference values for channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus Raf), with an assessment of morphologic, cytochemical, and ultrastructural features.

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Flávio Ruas de Moraes

  • Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for farmed channel catfish

    M. Tavares-Dias;F. R. Moraes

  • Caracteristicas hematologicas da Tilapia rendalli Boulenger, 1896 (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae) capturada em "pesque-pague" de Franca, Sao Paulo, Brasil

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Flavio Ruas de Moraes

  • Toxic, physiological, histomorphological, growth performance and antiparasitic effects of copper sulphate in fish aquaculture

    Marcos Tavares-Dias

  • Influence of diets supplemented with vitamins C and E on pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) blood parameters

    Jaqueline Inês Alves de Andrade;Eduardo Akifumi Ono;Glauber Cruz de Menezes;Elenice Martins Brasil

  • Antiparasitic activity of the essential oil of Lippia alba on ectoparasites of Colossoma macropomum (tambaqui) and its physiological and histopathological effects

    Bruna Viana Soares;Lígia Rigôr Neves;Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira;Francisco Célio Maia Chaves

  • A review of the blood coagulation system of fish

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Sarah Ragonha Oliveira

  • A morphological and cytochemical study of erythrocytes, thrombocytes and leukocytes in four freshwater teleosts

    M. Tavares-Dias

  • Fauna parasitária de peixes oriundos de "pesque-pagues" do município de Franca, São Paulo, Brasil. II. Metazoários

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Flávio Ruas de Moraes;Maurício L. Martins;Sérgio N. Kronka

  • Effect of high levels of dietary vitamin C on the blood responses of matrinxã (Brycon amazonicus).

    Elizabeth Gusmão Affonso;Elisângela da Costa Silva;Marcos Tavares-Dias;Glauber Cruz de Menezes

  • The influence of dietary vitamin C and E supplementation on the physiological response of pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, in net culture.

    Glauber Cruz de Menezes;Marcos Tavares-Dias;Eduardo Akifumi Ono;Jaqueline Inês Alves de Andrade

  • Lethal dose and clinical signs of Aeromonas hydrophila in Arapaima gigas (Arapaimidae), the giant fish from Amazon.

    Marcia K.R. Dias;Luciana S. Sampaio;Aldo A. Proietti-Junior;Eliane T.O. Yoshioka

  • Evaluation of the haematological parameters in Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg (Osteichthyes, Characidae) with Argulus sp. (Crustacea, Branchiura) infestation and treatment with organophosphate

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Maurício Laterça Martins;Sérgio do Nascimento Kronka

  • Características hematológicas de teleósteos brasileiros: IV. Variáveis do jundiá Rhamdia quelen ( Pimelodidae)

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;José Fernando Bibiano Melo;Gilberto Moraes;Flávio Ruas de Moraes

  • Distribution pattern of crustacean ectoparasites of freshwater fish from Brazil

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Miguel Benedito Ferreira Dias-Júnior;Alexandro Cezar Florentino;Luís Mauricio Abdon Silva

  • Parasitic fauna of eight species of ornamental freshwater fish species from the middle Negro River in the Brazilian Amazon Region

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Jefferson Raphael Gonzaga Lemos;Maurício Laterça Martins

  • Can thrombocytes participate in the removal of cellular debris in the blood circulation of teleost fish? A cytochemical study and ultrastructural analysis

    M. Tavares-Dias;E. A. Ono;F. Pilarski;F. R. Moraes

  • Parasites of native Cichlidae populations and invasive Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in tributary of Amazonas River (Brazil)

    Luana Silva Bittencourt;Douglas Anadias Pinheiro;Melissa Querido Cárdenas;Berenice Maria Fernandes

  • Protozoan and metazoan parasites of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus cultured in Brazil

    Wanderson Pantoja Mf;Ligia Neves R;Márcia Dias Rd;Renata Marinho Gb

  • Parasitic fauna of cultivated fishes in fee fishing farm of Franca, São Paulo State, Brazil. I. Protozoans

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Maurício L. Martins;Flávio R. Moraes

  • Kinetics of Cellular Component in Inflammatory Response Induced by Different Stimuli in the Swim Bladder of Pacu, Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg 1887 (Characidae)

    F. R. Bozzo;J. R. E. Moraes;Flavio Ruas de Moraes;G. T. Pereira

  • Toxicity of the essential oil of Mentha piperita in Arapaima gigas (pirarucu) and antiparasitic effects on Dawestrema spp. (Monogenea)

    Dayna Filocreão Malheiros;Patrícia Oliveira Maciel;Marcela Nunes Videira;Marcos Tavares-Dias

  • Ecology and seasonal variation of parasites in wild Aequidens tetramerus, a Cichlidae from the Amazon

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira;Raissa Alves Gonçalves;Luis Maurício Abdon Silva

  • CARACTERÍSTICAS HEMATOLÓGICAS DE TELEÓSTEOS BRASILEIROS. IV. VARIÁVEIS DO JUNDIÁ Rhamdia quelen ( PIMELODIDAE) HAEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BRAZILIAN TELEOSTS.VI. PARAMETERS OF JUNDIÁ Rhamdia quelen (PIMELODIDAE)

    Santa Maria;Marcos Tavares-Dias;José Fernando Bibiano Melo

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurício Laterça Martins
Maurício Laterça Martins Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Flávio Ruas de Moraes
Flávio Ruas de Moraes Sao Paulo State University
Edson A. Adriano
Edson A. Adriano Federal University of Sao Paulo
Ricardo Massato Takemoto
Ricardo Massato Takemoto State University of Maringa
José L. Luque
José L. Luque Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Tomáš Scholz
Tomáš Scholz Czech Academy of Sciences
Edilson Matos
Edilson Matos Federal Rural University of Amazonia
Michael L. Kent
Michael L. Kent Oregon State University
Conxita Solans
Conxita Solans Spanish National Research Council

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