Prevalence and intensity of endoparasitic helminth on swamp eel (Monopterus albus) from natural caught and cultivation

Swamp eel (Monopterus albus) is one of the highly prospect freshwater fisheries commodities that are consumed by broad community. Marketed swamp eels generally derived from natural caught and cultivated eels. Natural has high risk infected parasites a feed contaminates with larvae parasite cultured could be poor pond biosecurity. Information about types infect culture never been reported before. The aims these studies were to identify endoparasite calculate prevalence intensity in cultivation. A total hundred twenty (37.7±2.5 cm height) collected Banyuwangi. Two endoparasites helminth cultivation i.e Eustrongylides ignotus Pingus sinensis. higher found than Further needed molecular identified scanning electron microscope or 16rDNA.