Open AccessParasites prevalence which infecting freshwater fishes in Mulur Reservoir of Sukoharjo District, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Ahmad Husein Iriansyah,
Agung Budihardjo,
Sugiyarto Sugiyarto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of bonorowo wetlands
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2775-8052
pISSN - 2775-8044
DOI - 10.13057/bonorowo/w100203
Subject(s) - trichodina , biology , gill , clarias , oreochromis , catfish , gyrodactylus , mucus , veterinary medicine , ichthyophthirius multifiliis , helminths , fishery , aquaculture of tilapia , zoology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , monogenea , medicine
. Iriansyah AH, Budiharjo A, Sugiyarto. 2020. Parasites prevalence infecting freshwater fishes in Mulur Reservoir of Sukoharjo District, Indonesia. Bonorowo Wetlands 10: 66-71. Mulur Reservoir is one of the natural fish habitats and consumption fish cultivation in Sukoharjo District, Indonesia. Excessive use of the reservoir area causes the decreasing of water quality which affects fish life sustainability, one of them can cause the fish susceptibility to infection by parasites. The purpose of this research was to identify the types of parasites which infect on consumption of fish in Mulur Reservoir and calculate the prevalence value. Samples were taken by purposive sampling for gourami (Osphronemus gouramy), tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), betutu fish (Oxyeleotris marmorata), catfish (Clarias batrachus), and jambal (Pangasius djambal) 10 fishes for each type. The parts of fish infected by ectoparasites such as body mucus, fin mucus, head mucus, and gills were taken by scrapping and observed under a microscope with magnification between 100-400x. The results showed that 5 types of ectoparasites were Epistylis sp., Ichthyophthirius multifilis, Trichodina sp., Dactylogyrus sp., and Gyrodactylus sp. with an average prevalence of more than 50%. There are more ectoparasites in domesticated fish than in wild fish.