Pemeriksaan Ektoparasit pada Berbagai Komoditas Budidaya Perikanan Payau

Ectoparasites is a type of parasite that generally found infecting the external organs their host's body. Knowledge types parasites and host are reviewed as an effort to control parasitic attacks. This study aimed examine ectoparasites in various brackish aquaculture commodities. Research procedurewereincluding preparation tools materials, sampling, observation clinical symptoms, necropsy, data processing. used purposive sampling with 28 samples obtained from several locations consisting 5 nemo fish (A. ocellaris), 2 tilapia (O. niloticus), 1 snapper (L. calcarifer), 3 crab (P. pelagicus), mangrove crabs (Scylla spp.), 12 vaname shrimp vannamei). The were analyzed descriptively by comparison between commodities found. results showed symptoms each commodity different, namely loss appetite, inactivity, slow growth morphological changes.Crab not showing symptoms. Parasitic infections all except fry, larvae, broodstock vannamei fry. Cryptocaryon sp., Tricodina Gyrodactilus Ascarophis Dactylogyrus Octolasmis Rabdostyla Zoothamnium Vorticella Acinata sp. Each has different characteristics, properties control.