Endoparasites of cattle raised under intensive and semi-intensive system at Klumpang Kebon Village, North Sumatra

Abstract

Endoparasitic infestations tend to occur in all cattle breeding systems with different level of infection at spatial scale. This study aimed to distinguish the prevalence of endoparasites of cattle raised under intensive and semi-intensive systems at Klumpang Kebon Village, Hamparan Perak District, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Fresh dung samples were collected from 40 cattle and pre-treated with glass beads sedimentation method to obtain the endoparasite suspensions. The results showed that majority of cattle (35 out of 40) were infected by four endoparasitic species identified from the dung samples, namely Buxtonella in the class of Ciliata, Dicrocoelium, Fasciola, and Paramphistomum in the class of Trematoda with the absence of Fasciola in the semi-intensive breeding system. The percentage of infected cattle was higher in semi-intensive farm (100%. 20/20) than in intensive farm (75%. 15/20) in which the highest infestation of endoparasites were recorded from Paramphistomum (88.6%), followed by Buxtonella (65.7%), Fasciola (37.1%), and Dicrocoelium (2.8%). Most cattle were mostly found with two co-infecting endoparasites and higher percentage was recorded in semi-intensive breeding system. Based on the highest endoparasites prevalence there is a need to apply a parasitic control program to both breeding systems to prevent further infections.