Daftar Isi:
  • This study aimed to determine the comparative prevalence and degree of gastrointestinal worm infection of dairy cattle between concrete-floored cages model with ground-floor cages in Sub-district of Tutur, Pasuruan Regency. The research was conducted in Oktober-Desember 2018 with 100 sample of stool examination i.e. 46-story concrete enclosure of the tail and the tail of the 54-story enclosure ground in the laboratory of Helmintology Airlangga University Department of Parasitology. On examination it was found some kind of worms eggs, which are: Toxocara sp., Oesophagustomum sp., Cooperia sp., Trichuris sp., and Mecistocirrus sp. The result of this study showed prevalence of gastronintestinal worms in concrete-floored cages model was 60,9% and 81,5% in ground-floor cages. In the calculation of worm eggs per gram feces obtained the number of worms that infect the eggs ranges from 0-500 EPG, so mean of degree infection was light.