Judul: The Ethnobotany of Bunaq Ethnic Community (Case Study at Dirun Village, Lamaknen Subdistrict, Belu Regency, the Province of East Nusa Tenggara).
Abstrak: The traditional life of community has close relation to the naturalresources and environmental. One of their interactions is related of the plants utilization. This interaction is an experience from traditional knowledge which has been inherited by the ancestors, generation to generation. That knowledge is lather developed by adapting to the environmental in order to keep the survival. This study is aimed to understand and explore traditional knowledge of Bunaq ethnic in using plants The result of this study hopefully can be information material to the development, utilization and preservation of useful plants sustainably and based on local wisdom. This study was conducted at Dirun Village, Lamaknen Subdistrict, Belu Regency, the Province of East Nusa Tenggara during 2 months, July to September 2009. The material that used in his study were documents, report from certain institutions, herbarium, alcohol 70%, while the tools that used were camera, secondary newspapers, plastics, wattle, tally sheet, questioner, tape recorder, label and stationary.
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Judul: Kajian Etnobotani Masyarakat Kasepuhan Sobang di Kabupaten Lebak, Banten
Abstrak: Ethnobotany is one tool to discover many plants which are used by traditional community to support their livelihood. This research is aimed to investigate knowledge of local communities in managing biological resources, diversity, the way of using and proliferating that plants. The data were obtained through participant observation method and semi-structured interviews of 38 respondents by using an interview guide and questionnaire. Data of plant diversity was obtained through sampling and identification of plant species. There were 203 species (classified into 70 families) used by Kasepuhan Sobang communities. The most useful plant for traditional communities belongs to Fabaceae. The most utilization of plant diversity was as source of food (93 species, 39.74 %) and medical plant species (54 species, 23.07 %). Most of the plants were taken from the gardens and used immediately. Leaves were the largest part of plant that used to support communities livelihood, most of the plants are harvested monthly. The application of ethnobotany knowledge in Sobang Kasepuhan society in managing forest was demonstrated by dividing zone Kasepuhan Sobang into several utilization areas.
Keyword: traditional knowledge., local wisdom, leuweung tutupan, kasepuhan sobang, ethnobotany

Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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