DINDA SEPTIANA BORU TAMPUBOLON. strongyle Infection
in Beef Cattle in the Ronggo Village, Jaken Sub District of Pati Regency
Supervised by ETIH SUDARNIKA and YUSUF RIDWAN.
Helminthiosis is a major constraints of beef cattle
industry. Helminthiosis causes great economic loss to beef cattle industry by
way of retarded growth, low production and increase susceptibilty of animal to
other infections. One type of nematode worms that can infect and cause a loss
in beef cattle is a group of strongyle. The purpose of this study was to
determine the prevalence, intensity of strongyle infection and risk
factors for the infection in beef cattle in the Ronggo Village, Jaken Sub
District of Pati Regency. This study used cross-sectional study to collected
200 samples of cattle feces and interviewing 90 farmers. The risk factors
associated with farm management obtained by interview through structured
questionnaires with farmers. Fecal samples were examined with a modified
Mcmaster method and floatation solution technique to determine the number of
eggs per gram of feces (EPG) and detect the presence and The data was analyzed
by Chi-square, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis. The results showed that 103
samples of beef cattle positive with strongyle infection with a
prevalence rate of 51.5% (confidence interval (CI) 95%; 44.6%-58.4%).
The number of strongyle eggs per gram of feces was 178 (CI 95%; 141-215)
which was in category of light infection. Based on age categories, management
criterion of feeding grass method and the last deworming showed a significantly
different effect on the prevalence of strongyle infection (p<0 .05="" o:p="">
Keywords: Intensity infection, helminthiasis,
prevalence, risk factor, strongyle.
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