PREVALENCE AND IDENTIFICATION OF Worm Parasites In Bali

Duck rearing systems in Bali are generally semi-intensive by releasing ducks in post-harvest rice fields so that they eat various intermidier hosts from worm parasites. Worm parasitic infections in ducks are very detrimental because they can cause considerable economic losses because they can cause growth disturbance, decrease egg production and in severe infections can cause death. Echinostoma revolutum trematode worms can interfere with human health because it is zoonotic. Factors of environmental conditions rainfall, temprature, humidity and topography of the region is a condition that supports the development of infective stages of parasites outside the host body. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and identification of digestive tract worms in ducks in Bali in a post mortem manner. The number of samples examined 200 samples of ducks were taken from several districts in Bali with different maintenance systems. Samples of ducks were necropsed and their digestive tracts, respiratory tract taken and dissected to check for presence or absence of worm parasites. Worm identification based on morphological characteristics. The benefits of this research are the basic data to be used in controlling worm disease in ducks in an effort to improve the health and productivity of livestock. The results of research in the form of scientific articles will be published in accredited national journals and published in national proceedings. In this study will reveal worm parasites in ducks both caused by trematodes, nematodes and cestodes in local ducks in Bali related to age, sex, maintenance management and regional risk factors