Morphology of Setaria spp. (Setariidae; Nematoda) in Aceh cattle, Indonesia

Abstract. Hanafiah M, Athaillah F, Helmi TZ, Sutriana A. 2023. Morphology of Setaria spp. (Setariidae; Nematoda) in Aceh cattle, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 4151-4160. filaria usually inhabit the peritoneal cavity and its microfilaria can be found cattle blood. Adult worms are considered non-pathogenic but may cause mild fibrinous peritonitis. However, serious conditions. The migrate randomly to central nervous system a non-natural host such as sheep, horses, goats, causing neuropathological symptoms which known epizootic cerebrospinal setariosis or nematodiasis cerebrospinal. objective this research was determine prevalence blood infected identify worm species cavity, morphological difference through light microscope (LM) Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). This performed on 150 slaughtered Banda slaughterhouse. hematocrit microcapillary method modified Knott’s Technique were used presence blood, while LM SEM adult worm. results showed that detected based with similar 13.3%. identification revealed cattle. differences between digitata labiatopapillosa successfully discovered studies.