MORFOLOGI TREMATODA PADA GINJAL BURUNG MERPATI (Columba livia)
HARIANJA, Maria Pasca Lestari, Ana Sahara
2014 | Skripsi |Merpati, yang hidup liar maupun yang dipelihara secara ekstensif, sering terlihat mencari makan di tanah bersama spesies unggas lain. Hal ini memungkinkan merpati menjadi reservoir agen patogenik yang berpotensi membahayakan kesehatan spesies unggas lain dan manusia. Studi mengenai kejadian infestasi trematoda pada saluran urinasi merpati belum banyak dilakukan di Indonesia sehingga perlu dilakukan penelitian lebih lanjut. Hasil penelitian diharapkan dapat digunakan sebagai dasar identifikasi trematoda yang berparasit pada ginjal merpati. Sebanyak sepuluh sampel trematoda dari sepuluh ekor merpati yang telah dieutanasi dikumpulkan untuk diproses lebih lanjut. Cacing yang ditemukan dimasukkan ke dalam larutan Alcohol Formal Acetic Acid. Sampel cacing selanjutnya dicat dengan metode Semichon’s Carmin dan diidentifikasi dibawah mikroskop. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa trematoda yang ditemukan dalam penelitian ini memiliki karakteristik cacing famili Eucotylidae, sub famili Eucotylinae, genus Paratanaisia, dan spesies Paratanaisia bragai. Selain itu, ditemukan adanya variasi bentuk morfologis sehingga diperlukan kajian yang lebih mendalam mengenai spesies Paratanaisia bragai yang telah diajukan oleh Freitas (1959) disertai karakteristik morfologi dan metode dalam pengklasifikasiannya.
Pigeons, both that live in the wild and being kept extensively as fancy breeds or meat producers, commonly seen sharing food with other avian species. This situation enables pigeon to be a reservoir of pathogenic agents that could potentially endanger the health of other avian species and also humans. Studies concerning urinary tract trematode infestation have widely been conducted in several countries in the world but rarely been conducted in Indonesia. Due to this reason, it is necessary to carry out a research on identification of trematode species parasitizing in pigeon’s kidney samples which taken from several cities in Indonesia. Thus, the obtained result is expected to be a basis data for further research concerning identification of trematode species parasitizing in pigeon’s kidney. Ten trematode samples recovered from ten euthanized pigeons for further processing stages. The recovered trematodes were fixed in Alcohol Formal Acetic Acid solution and stained using Semichon's Carmin method. Trematode identification was performed under the stereoscopic microscope. The result reveals morphology features similarity between trematodes used in this research and trematodes of family Eucotylidae, sub family Eucotylinae, genus Paratanaisia, and species Paratanaisia bragai. Moreover, the obtained result also reveals the presence of morphological variation hence further studies concerning Paratanaisia bragai proposed by Freitas in 1959 following morphological characteristics and classification methods need to be done.
Kata Kunci : trematoda, ginjal, merpati (Columba livia), Paratanaisia bragai
