STUDI KASUS TINGKAT INFEKSI CACING PADA PETERNAKAN KAMBING BOER DI KABUPATEN BANYUMAS

Abstract

The worm infections can cause a decrease in livestock productivity, were in the form of a decrease in body weight, milk production, growth restriction, decrease immunity to disease, even death. Research on worm disease in Boer goats aims to determine the infection rate of Nematodiasis and Trematodiasis in goats with various age levels, young and adult age groups. This research method is survey with sampling technique is sampling by the judgment. The data analysis of the research was prevalence study and Chi-Square analysis (X2). The examination of worm eggs in feces on the research used centrifuge method. The results of examination on 30 samples of Boer goats showed that 93.33% of Boer goats were infected by Nematodes and 13.33% of Boer goats were infected by Trematoda. Infection rates of Nematodes and Trematoda were not showed any significant differences between the two groups. The low level of Trematodiasis in Boer goats indicates that Boer goats in Banyumas district are resistant to Trematoda worm infections.

Keywords

• boer goats
• centrifuge method
• chi-square analysis
• infection rate
• worm infection