Gastrointestinal Parasites of Cattle in Central Java

Penny Humaidah Hamid,Yuli Purwandari Kristianingrum,Liliana Machado Ribeiro Da Silva,Joko Prastowo

doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.119.124

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Gastrointestinal parasites are the main cause of losses of cattle farms including feed conversion-failure and even death of heavily infected animals. We have conducted a random examination of 455 cows in the Special Region of Yogyakarta-Central Java from March to June 2016. The examined animals were Ongole and Local Cattle (PO) cross breed, Simmental breed, Limousin breed, Simmental and PO cross breed, PO and Limousin cross breed, Friesian Holstein breed (FH), Brahman breed, Angus breed, Angus and Brahman cross breed and Bali breed. McMaster technique, saturated NaCl flotation technique and Parfitt and Banks technique were used simultaneously in this study in order to identify the parasitic stages present in the coprological samples. The test results showed that approximately 65.93% of the cattle population was infected by parasitic stages, such as: Strongylidae (54.00%), Fasciola sp. (17.00%), Eimeria spp. (15.33%), Strongyloides sp. (4.67%), Paramphistomum sp. (4.00%), Trichuris sp. (3.67%) and Moniezia sp. (1.33%). Six different Eimeria species were identified: E. bovis, E. auburnensis, E. bukidnonensis, E. canadaensis, E. zurnii and E. cylindrica. Most of the animals presented monoinfections (79.33%), but concomitant infections were also observed (2 different parasites: 17.67%; 3 different parasites: 2.33%; more than 3 different parasites: 0.67%). With this work we proved the high level of parasitism in cattle of Central Java and we intensively highlight the need to find adequate control measures against parasitic diseases in order to reduce the detrimental impact of parasitosis in cattle.

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Gastrointestinal parasitic diseases are the major cause of economic losses in domestic animals worldwide (Corwin, 1997; McLeod, 1995; Grisi et al, 2014; Bandyopadhyay et al, 2010)
With this work we proved the high level of parasitism in cattle of Central Java and we intensively highlight the need to find adequate control measures against parasitic diseases in order to reduce the detrimental impact of parasitosis in cattle
This study aims to describe the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites commonly found in Central Java, the most populated islands in Indonesia

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Gastrointestinal parasitic diseases are the major cause of economic losses in domestic animals worldwide (Corwin, 1997; McLeod, 1995; Grisi et al, 2014; Bandyopadhyay et al, 2010). Decreased inappentence lead to problems of feed and water intake, whilst protein losses due to gastrointestinal damage diminishes availabilities for growth. These problems combination caused impaired amino acids and minerals metabolism with end up in reduced carcass quality. Self-sufficient production of cattle meat in Indonesia is not possible since meat production is below the national demands, especially due to animal health status and some managerial problems, together with losses in productivity (MoARI, 2011). Indonesian government planned to increase population of indigenous, local and commercial breed cattle through several strategic plans i.e.,: push live carcass weight from 150 to 176 kgs, weaning rate from 24 to 30% and calving interval from 21 months to 16-18 months (MoARI, 2011). As gastrointestinal parasites hamper the efficient production of cattle products (e.g., meat, milk) it is mandatory to

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