Identification and prevalence infection of helminth in the gastrointestinal tract swamp eel (Synbranchus bengalensis) which marketed in Surabaya, East Java

S. Subekti, M. R. Kurniawan, S. A. Sudjarwo

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Abstract

Disease is one of the obstacles in cultivation are caused by an imbalance of the interaction between environmental factors, host, and disease agents. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of helminth species and endoparasites which infect the gastrointestinal tract swamp eel (Synbranchus bengalensis) is marketed in the city of Surabaya, East Java. Samples was taken 75 swamp eel of (10%) from total population 750. The research method used is a survey method. The collected data were analyzed descriptively. Based on the results of checks are performed on 75 samples of eel swamp tail result 22 positive swamp eels infected with helminth endoparasit Pingus sinensis and Eustrongylides Ignotus. Based on these results the prevalence values obtained for an average of 29.3%. In this study, found a single L3 Pingus sinensis infection with a prevalence rate of 4% and a single infection L4 Eustrongylides Ignotus infection rate of 8%. While the prevalence of infection mixture L3 Pingus sinensis and L4 Eustrongylides Ignotus by 16%. These results indicate that the helminth Pingus sinensis and Eustrongylides Ignotus often infects the eel.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012146
JournalIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Volume441
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Feb 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Fisheries and Marine Science, InCoFiMS 2019 - Surabaya, Indonesia
Duration: 26 Sept 2019 → …

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