Judul: Pembukaan Lahan Kelapa Sawit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) di Kebun Batang Toru, PTPN III (Persero) Tapanuli Selatan, Sumatera Utara
Abstrak: The internship was conducted at Batang Toru Plantation PTPN III (Persero), South Tapanuli, North Sumatera from November 2011 until February 2012. The purposes of the internship is improve knowledge, gain work experience and studying the management aspects land clearing of oil palm, both technical and managerial aspects. The primary data were obtained directly from the field by doing discussions or interviews with the foreman and assistant division as well as through direct observation in the field. The secondary data were obtained from the company data or company records. Based on observation during the internship can be conclude that the main issues in land clearing oil palm is conducting enterpasing basically been done at wetlands, this is due to stage process and work capacity of land clearing. Field observations focused on the land clearing activities which includes several parameters : the stages of land clearing process and land clearing techniques are used, it relates to land condition, the condition of vegetation, land clearing techniques, equipment requirements and time sheet working that is obtained by comparing a standard operation of PTPN III (Persero) Plantation. PT Nusantara Plantation III (Persero) as plantation companies state-owned enterprises (BUMN), which seeks to expand oil palm plantations owned. Total land area of the concession rights of exploitation (HGU) plantation development area Batang Toru PT PTPN III (Persero) Tapanuli District is an area of 1 500 hectares by Regents consent decree South Tapanuli. Status of the land is the location permits a secondary forest and other land uses (APL). Entirely divided into 2 locations and 5 work packages groups of land with an area of each location I is 548.43 ha and 775.98 ha II locations. Land clearing palm oil (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) at Batang Toru Plantation, PTPN III (Persero), South Tapanuli, North Sumatra with the general condition of the area is the 67% of them in the form of coastal peatland with a depth of 1 – 2 m, while 33% of them are in dry area the form of land with the structure of clay soil, sand and dust. Land clearing technique used is fully mechanical engineering, non-burning and land clearing rules apply wet application of water management and road construction with the installation technique and overall gambangan in the management of most of peaty land in Batang Toru, South Tapanuli District, using standard procedures operation for peatland that has been poured in the No. Permentan. 14 of 2009. PTPN III (Persero) to cooperate with 3rd party (three) conduct land clearing by mechanical means to obtain efficient results. Occupation is conducted using a mechanical excavator with an average achievement 1 HK = 0.83 ha/HKT (8 BU/day), resulting in the complete work area 1 block area (30 ha) on average takes 37 HKT normal conditions without a hitch (weather, appliance repair).
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Judul: Manajemen Pemanenan Kelapa Sawit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) di Kebun Gunung Pamela PTPN III, Sumatera Utara
Abstrak: Intership program gave knowledge, skill, and experience in technical aspect of conducting of oil palm and lead of the employees management. This activity was started from February to June 2013 in Gunung Pamela Plantation PT. Perkebunan Nusantara III, North Sumatera. Observation was examined with statistical data analyse such as corelation and t-dunnet test. Harvest rotation, harvest density, management of labour, and harvesting supervision were important aspect in harvesting activity. Result of harvest density estimation analysis was not significantly different, the result of corelation to harvester quality was observe from the age harvester, work experience and education level to output of harvester (amount of palm oil fruit) was not significantly different, weak, and directional except education level that a instruct contrary. Result of t-dunnet test of work experience didn’t affect the real output of harvester. The age of harvester that less than and more than 30 years old, according to result of t-dunnet test, was not significantly different to the output. Productivity of palm oil in Gunung Pamela Plantation PT. Perkebunan Nusantara III haven’t reached to marihat standard.
Keyword: oil palm, management harvesting, Gunung Pamela Plantation

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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