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Maurício Laterça Martins

Maurício Laterça Martins

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
48
Citations
7784
World Ranking
697
National Ranking
12

Overview

Maurício Laterça Martins is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil. Their research activity spans several fields primarily within biological and environmental sciences, with a strong focus on aquaculture and related disciplines.

Their work covers major fields such as Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology, and Environmental Science. Specific subfields include Aquatic Science, Immunology, Ecology, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research topics include:

  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Aquatic life and conservation
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Parasites and Host Interactions

Maurício Laterça Martins has contributed research articles to a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Hematology Transfusion and Cell Therapy
  • Aquaculture
  • Aquaculture International
  • Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Aquaculture Research

Sample recent papers authored or co-authored by the researcher include:

  • "Fish parasites can reflect environmental quality in fish farms", 2022, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • "Effects of sodium butyrate and Lippia origanoides essential oil blend on growth, intestinal microbiota, histology, and haemato-immunological response of Nile tilapia", 2021, Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • "Efficacy of the essential oils of Mentha piperita, Lippia alba and Zingiber officinale to control the acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae in Colossoma macropomum", 2020, Aquaculture Reports
  • "Antiparasitic potential of alternative treatments against larval stages of Lernaea cyprinacea", 2021, Journal of Parasitic Diseases
  • "Dietary supplementation with benzoic organic acid improves the growth performance and survival of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) after challenge with Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)", 2021, Aquaculture

Frequent collaborators of Maurício Laterça Martins include José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño, Marco Shizuo Owatari, Scheila Anelise Pereira, G.G. Santos, and Gabriela Tomas Jerônimo.

Best Publications

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

    Marcos Tavares-Dias;Maurício Laterça Martins

  • Effect of dietary essential oils of clove basil and ginger on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) following challenge with Streptococcus agalactiae

    Aline Brum;Scheila Anelise Pereira;Marco Shizuo Owatari;Edsandra Campos Chagas

  • 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

  • Essential oils of Lippia sidoides and Mentha piperita against monogenean parasites and their influence on the hematology of Nile tilapia

    Gabriela Sayuri de Oliveira Hashimoto;Fausto Marinho Neto;Maria Luiza Ruiz;Monyele Acchile

  • Hematology of Piaractus mesopotamicus fed diets supplemented with vitamins C and E, challenged by Aeromonas hydrophila

    Fabiana Garcia;Fabiana Garcia;Fabiana Pilarski;Eduardo Makoto Onaka;Flávio Ruas de Moraes

  • Recent studies on parasitic infections of freshwater cultivated fish in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Mauricio Laterca Martins;Eduardo Makoto Onaka;Flavio Ruas de Moraes;Fabiana Rizzi Bozzo

  • Haematological changes in Nile tilapia experimentally infected with Enterococcus sp.

    M L Martins;J L P Mouriño;G V Amaral;F N Vieira

  • Temperature effects on immune response and hematological parameters of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus vaccinated with live theronts of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

    M.L. Martins;D.H. Xu;C.A. Shoemaker;P.H. Klesius

  • Haemorrhagic septicaemia in the hybrid surubim (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans×Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum) caused by Aeromonas hydrophila

    Bruno Corrêa da Silva;José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño;Felipe Nascimento Vieira;Adolfo Jatobá

  • A longitudinal assessment of host-microbe-parasite interactions resolves the zebrafish gut microbiome's link to Pseudocapillaria tomentosa infection and pathology.

    Christopher A. Gaulke;Mauricio L. Martins;Virginia G. Watral;Ian R. Humphreys

  • 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

  • Protozoan infections in farmed fish from Brazil: diagnosis and pathogenesis.

    Mauricio Laterça Martins;Lucas Cardoso;Natalia Marchiori;Santiago Benites de Pádua

  • Resposta hematológica e imunológica de tilápia do Nilo após administração de vacina polivalente por diferentes vias

    Bruno C. Silva;Mauricio L. Martins;Adolfo Jatobá;Celso C. Buglione Neto

  • Effect of dietary supplementation of inulin and W. cibaria on haemato‐immunological parameters of hybrid surubim (Pseudoplatystoma sp)

    J.L.P. Mouriño;F. Do Nascimento Vieira;A.B. Jatobá;B.C. Da Silva

  • Effect of probiotic supplemented diet on marine shrimp survival after challenge with Vibrio harveyi

    F. N. Vieira;C. C. Buglione;J. P. L. Mouriño;A. Jatobá

  • Lactic-acid bacteria increase the survival of marine shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, after infection with Vibrio harveyi

    Felipe do Nascimento Vieira;Fabiola Santiago Pedrotti;Celso Carlos Buglione Neto;José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño

  • Haematological and gill responses in parasitized tilapia from valley of Tijucas River, SC, Brazil

    Tatiana Maslowa Pegado de Azevedo;Maurício Laterça Martins;Fabiana Rizzi Bozzo;Flávio Ruas de Moraes

  • Leukocyte phagocytosis and lysozyme activity in Nile tilapia fed supplemented diet with natural extracts of propolis and Aloe barbadensis

    Geovana Dotta;Jaqueline Inês Alves de Andrade;Eduardo Luiz Tavares Gonçalves;Aline Brum

  • Seasonal variation on the ectoparasitic communities of Nile tilapia cultured in three regions in southern Brazil.

    G T Jerônimo;G M Speck;M M Cechinel;E L T Gonçalves

  • 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

  • PARASITIC DISEASES OF FRESHWATER ORNAMENTAL FISHES COMMERCIALIZED IN FLORIANÓPOLIS, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL

    Rômi Sharon Piazza;Maurício Laterça Martins;Luciana Guiraldelli;Marcela Maia Yamashita

  • Time-related action of Lactobacillus plantarum in the bacterial microbiota of shrimp digestive tract and its action as immunostimulant

    Felipe do Nascimento Vieira;Celso Carlos Buglione Neto;José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño;Adolfo Jatobá

  • Effect of parasitism on vaccine efficacy against Streptococcus iniae in Nile tilapia

    Maurício L. Martins;Craig A. Shoemaker;Dehai Xu;Phillip H. Klesius

  • Trichodina heterodentata (Ciliophora) infestation on Prochilodus lineatus larvae: a host–parasite relationship study

    Gustavo Moraes Ramos Valladão;Sílvia Umeda Gallani;Santiago Benites De Pádua;Maurício Laterça Martins

  • Evaluation of the haematological parameters in Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg,1887 (Osteichthyes: Characidae) with Argulus sp.Crustacea Branchiura infestation and treatment with organophosphate

    M. Tavares-Dias;M.L. Martins;S.N. Kronka

Frequent Co-Authors

Flávio Ruas de Moraes
Flávio Ruas de Moraes Sao Paulo State University
Marcos Tavares-Dias
Marcos Tavares-Dias Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Herbert Sousa Soares
Herbert Sousa Soares Universidade de Santo Amaro
Jorge C. Eiras
Jorge C. Eiras University of Porto
Phillip H. Klesius
Phillip H. Klesius Agricultural Research Service
Craig A. Shoemaker
Craig A. Shoemaker United States Department of Agriculture
Michael L. Kent
Michael L. Kent Oregon State University
Marcelo Maraschin
Marcelo Maraschin Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Carlos Rosas
Carlos Rosas National Autonomous University of Mexico
Ricardo Massato Takemoto
Ricardo Massato Takemoto State University of Maringa

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