INFESTASI KUTU PADA AYAM KAMPUNG (Gallus gallus domestic) DI DESA TOLOK KECAMATAN TOMPASO KABUPATEN MINAHASA

Abstract

LOUSE INFESTATION AT LOCAL LAYING HENS (Gallus gallus domestic) AT TOLOKVILLAGE TOMPASO DISTRICT OF MINAHASA REGENCY. The objective of this study was to count the infestation, preference of this louse on parts of the body and sex of birds, The purposive random sampling method was used in sample collection implemented manually on the birds stated in the morning and in the afternoon by screening all body of birds initiated from head, neck, hip, abdomen, thigh, and tail using all fingers. Samples of louses found were filled into bottle containing alcohol of 70%. Samples of louses were counted. Result showed that the parasite found one type of louse (Menopon gallinae) with preference infestation of 87.5% from 40 local laying hens spreading on the body parts of birds in the average frequencies on hip of birds about 6.23 louses/bird, on neck of bird about 3.43 louse/bird, on abdomen of bird about 5.48 louses/bird, on thigh about 0.83 louses/bird and on tail about 1.28 louses/bird. The preference of parasite was found on female bird with the average of 20.35 louses/female bird and 14.10 louse/male bird.

 Key words: Infestation, louses, local laying hens.