Judul: System design of agro-estate for horticulture with integrated regional approach
Abstrak: The effort to fasten the economy growth of developing countries is directed to create an integrated zone that will motivate export, invite investors, and be a catalyst of a continuous, growing and developing region. Empowering of the society as the ultimate goal of development will be achieved through increasing the production of horticulture farm, so that farmer got better income and a real value-added from the agro-industry process. The increase of the horticulture farm production would support agro-industry by supplying raw material in a certain price and timely volume, synchronizing agriculture and agro-industry, increasing value-added, and efficiency of the total process of agriculture development zone.
Keyword: Agro estate, Local specific competitive product, Horticulture, Shallot, Soft System Methodology, Value chain, Tata ruang, Tata guna lahan, Kawasan pertanian terpadu

Judul: The Study of The Development and The Role of Horticulture Agribusiness On Regional Economy in Karo Regency, North Sumatra Province
Abstrak: Agribusiness is a system consist of up stream, on farm, downstream, and supporting subsystem. The better linkages between agribusiness systems, the greater role of agribusiness system in the regional economy. These linkages result in rotation of added value, thus providing a multiplier effect on the regional economy. The purpose of the study are (1) to describe the development of the agribusiness sub-system of horticulture, (2) to evaluate the condition and completeness of the settlements systems and agribusiness system (3) to evaluate the structure of supply chain in horticulture agribusiness system, and (4) to analyze the role of horticulture agribusiness system in regional economy of Karo Regency. Horticulture sector has a stronger linkage with up-stream sectors than down-stream sector. Horticulture sector has significant Direct Backward Linkage with manufacturing Industry. Although the contribution to the formation of GDP and total output are not significant, but the sector has good role in a multiplier effect. Horticulture processing industry and its supporting infrastructure were not available in Simpang Empat, Tiga Panah and Barus Jahe. The post harvest infrastructure are still limited. The small scale farmers and farmers enterprises did not have power to access them. The lock of post –harvest infrastructure has implied to the low bargaining position of farmers in trade. The tecgnique used in this study were including description of the agribusiness system, infrastructure analysis (scalogram), margin supply chain analysis, and input-output analysis. Up-stream and on farm agribusiness subsystems were developed than downstream subsystem. The development of the up-stream subsystem was identified based on the acces of farmers to obtain the primary inputs of agricultural production. Downstream subsystem have not been developed yet. This was reinforced by the lowest of margin trade which was obtained by farmer, than any other elements in trade.
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Judul: Leukemia pada kucing
Abstrak: Leukemia pada kucing adalah suatu penyakit yang sangat patogen, disebabkan oleh sejenis virus. Virus ini dikenal sebagai Feline Leukemia Virus atau FeLV. FeLV ini oleh beberapa ahli dikatakan hanya bersifat ganas pada hewan kucing. Penularannya bisa secara horizontal maupun congenital. Kucing pada semua tingkat umur dapat terserang oleh FeLV ini. Khusus pada bentuk "thymic leukemia", virus ini hanya menyerang anak-anak kucing berumur diba- wah 1 tahun. Kucing-kucing liar atau yang tidak terpeli- hara jarang sekali terinfeksi FeLV. Selain dari serangan virus FeLV itu sendiri, maka penyakit leukemia ini bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa fak- tor yang sudah ada dalam tubuh hewan dan sangat menunjang perkembangan penyakit ini, yaitu antara lain tumor, agen toksik, cedera oleh kecelakaan dan gangguan hemopoiesis. FeLV menyerang sel-sel darah dalam tubuh hewan se- hingga pembentukan darah berjalan tidak normal. Terlihat sel-sel darah yang belum dewasa sudah beredar dalam sir- kulasi darah. Bentuk dan jumlahnya tidak lagi seimbang dalam tubuh hewan kucing tersebut. Gejala klinis antara lain kekurusan, ikterus, anemia, lemah, anoreksia, dyspnoe, sulit menelan, batuk, dan membran mukosa pucat. Selain itu kelenjar pertahanan tubuh juga membengkak, kemudian terjadi hepatomegali, spleenomegali dan pembengkakan pada ginjal. Terbentuk massa tumor pada beberapa tempat. Secara biopsy pada sumsum tulang akan terlihat be- berapa perubahan. Sumsum tulang berwarna merah tua atau abu-abu. Konsistensinya lunak dan terdapat banyak sekali memproduksi sel darah putih. Melalui gambaran darah leukemia ini lebih mudah didiagnosa. Jumlah retikulosit rendah sekali. PCV 8-15%, hemoglobin menurun, sel darah putih (WBC) meningkat, lim- fosit meningkat, Alfaglobulin juga ada peningkatan, dan banyak eosinofil yang belum dewasa beredar dalam darah…dst
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