| dc.description.abstract | Poultry is a domesticated animal that are using for meat, eggs and their
feathers for human purposes. The problem that often found in the poultry is the
presence of ectoparasites such as ticks, fleas, mites and louse on their body. The
aim for this study is identify and estimate the prevalence of ectoparasites on layers
in several poultry farms in Kuningan, West Java. Total of 80 layer hens were
randomly selected from different four layer farms as sample for mite’s collection
without consideration for age. The mites were collected from 5 different regions
of hen at head and neck, wings, thorax and abdomen, tail and legs. The result
shows that 70 out of 80 layer hen had been infested by mites. Total of 1842 mites
had been found in 70 infested layer hens. Farm 4 had the highest prevalence of
mites which is 100% and the least prevalence with 60% is found in farm 3.
Prevalence of mite’s infestation that occurs on layer hen in Kuningan is around
87.5%. Type of mites that had been found consists of two species which are
Ornithonyssus bursa (3.80%) and Megninia ginglymura (96.20%). Thorax and
abdomen are recorded as highest infestation of mites with 30.35%. Type of mites
that dominates in this study is Megninia ginglymura in thorax and abdomen
region (29.42%) and least dominate region is wings (10.26%). | id |
