Identifikasi Ektoparasit Sapi (Bos Sp.) di Kebun Kelapa Sawit Afdeling Ii, Desa Gunung Kataran, Kecamatan Tebing Tinggi, Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai, Sumatera Utara

Abstract

The high or low attack of ectoparasites in cattle is one of the supporting factors of the successfull of the raising cattle. The research of the identification of cattle ectoparasites (Bos sp.) at Afdeling II palm oil plantation, Gunung Kataran Village, Tebing Tinggi Sub-district, Serdang Bedagai District, North Sumatra was conducted from January to March 2023 with the aim was to know the type, the prevalence and the intensity ectoparasites of three cattle lines (madrasin, limosin and simmental). The reseach conducted by using 10 cattle each. Sampling of ectoparasites was carried out using two methods, which were the sweeping net method and the method of touching the whole body of the cattle. Sample identification was carried out at the Plant Systematics Laboratory, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of North Sumatra. The types of ectoparasites found were Boophilus microplus, Musca domestica, Stomoxys calcitrans, Culex sp. and Haemadipsa sp. The prevalence of ectoparasites that attack madrasin, limousine and simmental cattle was at the range of 80% -100%, with the categories usually to always. The intensity of ectoparasitic attacks of the three types of cattle was ranged from 4,22 to 97,4, with light-heavy categories. The most dominant types of ectoparasites that attacked cattle in this study were Musca domestica.