Judul: Evaluasi Ransum yang Menggunakan Kombinasi Pollard dan Duckweed Terhadap Persentase Berat Karkas, Bulu, Organ Dalam, Lemak Abdominal, Panjang Usus dan Sekum Ayam Kampung.
Abstrak: Dengan semakin meningkatnya harga bahan pakan, para peternak merasa kesulitan untuk mempertahankan usaha ternak mereka karena biaya pakan memiliki persentase tertinggi dari seluruh biaya produksi. Namun, dengan merebaknya informasi mengenai pemanfaatan hasil ikutan suatu produk dan tanaman berpotens di suatu daerah seperti duckweed memberikan peluang yang besar untuk menggantikan bahan pakan impor. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh kombinasi pollard dan duckweed alam ransum terhadap persentase bobot karkas, berat bulu, berat organ dalam, lemak abdominal, panjang usus dan panjang sekum ayam kampung.
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Judul: Pengaruh Pemberian Kombinasi Pollard dan Duckweed dalam Ransum Ayam Kampung Terhadap Performan dan Kolesterol Daging.
Abstrak: Penelitian ini terdiri dari dua percobaan: percobaan 1 : bertujuan untuk mempelajari pengaruh substitusi pollard dan duckweed dalam ransum terhadap perfoman, bobot badan akhir, kandungan lemak dan kandungan kolesterol daging ayam kampung, serta keuntungan yang diperoleh selama pemeliharan ayam kampung. Rancangan yang digunakan adalah rancangan acak lengkap (RAL), dengan 4 perlakuan, 6 ulangan, masing-masing ulangan menggunakan 10 ekor ayam kampung. Perlakuan yang digunakan adalah ransum perlakuan 1 menggunakan 15% pollard: ransum perlakuan 2 yang menggunakan 15% pollard dan 5% duckweed, ransum perlakuan 3 yang menggunakan 10% pollard dan 10% duckweed. ransum perlakuan 4 yang menggunakan 5 % pollard dan 15% duchweed. Percobaan 2 bertujuan untuk mempelajari pengaruh substitusi pollard dan duckweed dalam ransum terhadap efisiensi penggunaan energi dan protein. Rancangan yang digunakan adalah rancangan acak lengkap dengan 4 perlakuan, 3 ulangan: masing-masing ulangan menggunakan 1 ekor ayam kampung untuk energi metabolis semu (AME), sedangkan untuk energi metabolisme murni (TME),fecal dan urin endogenus menggunakan 2 ekor ayam kampung . Penggunaan energi metabolis dan efisiensi protein dengan pemberian ransum selama 3 hari dan koleksi total (Valdes and Leeson, 1974). Untuk melihat pengaruh perlakuan maka data diolah dengan analisis varian (ANOVA), jika sangat nyata dilanjutkan dengan uji Duncan's New Multiple Range Test.
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Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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