PREVALENSI DAN DERAJAT INFEKSI HELMINTIASIS PADA PETERNAKAN BURUNG PUYUH (Cortunix cortunix japonica) DI KECAMATAN NGANTRU KABUPATEN TULUNGAGUNG

The aim of this research was determined the prevalence and infection degrees of gastrointestinal helminthiasis on quails in sub-district Ngantru, district Tulungagung. The research was conducted in February-March 2016 with 80 samples of stool examination in the Helmintology laboratory, Parasitology Departement Airlangga University. On examination found some kind of worms eggs, which were: Heterakis gallinarum, Capillaria sp., and Raillietina sp. the result of this reseach showed that (27.5%) of quails age 3-6 weeks and (17.5%) of quails age 6-58 weeks. According McMaster method, found 1-499 egg per gram was ratively mild infection degrees. On the statistical analysis showed the prevalence of quails age 3-6 weeks with quails age 6-58 weeks helminthiasis were not significantly different (p>0.05). Rather than infection degrees of quails age 3- 6 weeks with quails age 6-58 weeks were not significantly different (p>0.05)