Identification of Intestinal Nematodes and Cestodes in Cows (Boss Sp.) With The Saturated NaCl Method in Tegalbanteng Village of Lumajang Regency

Abstract

The high number of cases worms infection in cattles in East Java in 2015, especially Lumajang Regency, showed
that 16.5% of cattles tested positive for worm infection. Contamination of worm parasites in farm animals when
inedible by humans can cause serious diseases that attack the intestines and lungs. This is the background of
researchers conducting this study. In the study conducted by researchers, 30 samples were taken randomly in cows
in Tegalbanteng Village of Lumajang Regency and then examined for the presence of intestinal nematode and
Cestoda worm parasites using the saturated NaCl method or flotation. Showed that of the 30 samples examined,
14 samples with a percentage of 46.7% positive were adrithetic to the Gut Nematodes, especially the species
Ascaris lumbricoides and 16 samples with a percentage of 53.3% negatively infected with both the Intestinal
Nematodes and Cestoda groups. From the results of this study it can be concluded that the high number of abuses
in Tegalbanteng Village of Lumajang Regency of 46.7% shows a lack of concern for diseases that can infect
livestock by livestock owners.