Judul: Microclimate of Cages and Body Surface Temperature of Mud Buffalo with Misting System
Abstrak: Pertambahan jumlah penduduk yang meningkat memengaruhi kebutuhan protein hewani di Indonesia. Potensi pengembangan ternak potong kerbau lumpur dapat menjadi solusi dalam pemenuhan kebutuhan daging. Kondisi lingkungan ternak yang nyaman dibutuhkan kerbau untuk meningkatkan produktivitas ternak dengan melihat mikroklimat kandang dan suhu permukaan tubuh ternak kerbau. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengelolaan mikroklimat kandang melalui sistem pengabutan dalam menurunkan suhu permukaan tubuh ternak kerbau. Penelitan menggunakan tiga ekor kerbau lumpur dara dengan umur sekitar dua tahun. Analisis data menggunakan metode deskriptif untuk pengamatan suhu udara kandang, kelembapan udara kandang, Temperature Humidity Index (THI), suhu komponen kandang, dan suhu permukaan tubuh ternak. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pemberian pengabutan air dapat menurunkan nilai Temperature Humidity Index (THI) kandang pada waktu pagi dan siang hari mendekati zona nyaman kerbau. Pemberian pengabutan air berpotensi memperbaiki mikroklimat kandang dan menurunkan suhu permukaan tubuh ternak kerbau., Increasing population growth affects the need for animal protein in Indonesia. The potential for the development of mud buffalo beef cattle can be a solution in meeting the demand for meat. Buffaloes need comfortable livestock environmental conditions to increase livestock productivity by looking at the microclimate of the cage and the body surface temperature of the buffalo. This study aims to analyze the management of the stable microclimate through the misting system in improving the body surface temperature of buffaloes. This study used three mud buffaloes aged about two years. Data analysis used a descriptive method to observe cage air temperature, cage air humidity, Temperature Humidity Index (THI), cage component temperature, and livestock body surface temperature. The results showed that the application of misting system can reduce the value of the Temperature Humidity Index (THI) of the cage in the morning and afternoon close to the buffalo's comfort zone. Giving misting system has the potential to improve the microclimate of the pen and reduce the body surface temperature of the buffalo.
Keyword: body surface temperature, buffalo, microclimate, misting system

Judul: Pengembangan Kandang Inovatif Sapi Pedaging untuk Pengelolaan Mikroklimat Melalui Sistem Pengabutan
Abstrak: Sapi pedaging merupakan ternak penghasil daging dari jenis ruminansia besar. Kondisi lingkungan ternak diupayakan tetap berada di thermoneutralzone. Diperlukan sebuah modifikasi lingkungan terkait pengelolaan mikroklimat melalui sistem pengabutan dengan menggunakan alat sprinkler water. Tujuan penelitian ini menganalisis pengelolaan mikroklimat kandang melalui sistem pengabutan dalam memperbaiki respon fisiologis sapi pedaging. Peubah yang diamati yaitu suhu komponen kandang, suhu udara, kelembapan udara, Temperature Humidity Index (THI), frekuensi pernapasan, frekuensi denyut jantung, dan suhu rektal. Metode analisis yang digunakan yaitu uji-T tidak berpasangan 5 kali ulangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perlakuan sebelum dan setelah pengabutan air pengukuran pagi berbeda nyata (P<0,05) tinggi pada semua peubah yang diamati. Pengabutan air memberikan efek penurunan suhu komponen kandang, suhu udara, kelembapan udara, Temperature Humidity Index (THI), frekuensi pernapasan, frekuensi denyut jantung, dan suhu rektal., Beef cattle are meat-producing livestock of large ruminant species. The environmental conditions of livestock are kept in the thermoneutral zone. An environmental modification related to microclimate management is required through a misting system using a water sprinkler. The purpose of this study was to analyze the microclimate management of the barn through the misting system in improving the physiological response of beef cattle. The variables observed were the temperature of the components of the barn, the air temperature, the air humidity, the Temperature Humidity Index (THI), respiratory frequency, heart rate, and rectal temperature. The analytical method used in this is unpaired T-test five replications. The results showed that the treatment before and after the morning measurement water misting was significantly different (P<0.05) in all the observed variables. Water misting has the effect of decreasing the temperature of the barn components, air temperature, humidity, Temperature Humidity Index (THI), respiratory rate, heart rate, and rectal temperature.
Keyword: beef cattle, fogging process, Innovative barn, microclimate

Judul: Sintesis Krisin dari Floroglusinol
Abstrak: Flavone is a class of flavonoid, widely distributed in vascular plants. Flavones containing hydroxyl groups at 5 and 7 position are quite important regarding their biological activities and their abiquity in nature. Flavone having hydroxyl groups only at position 5 and 7 or 5,7-dihydroxyflavone is known as chrysin. In this study, crude chrysin had been successfully synthesized in 3 steps from phloroglucinol as starting material. Phloroglucinol was acetylated with acetonitrile and HCl gas, resulting phloroacetophenone amount to 74%. Phloroacetophenone benzoylation with 4.5 equivalents of benzoyl chloride produced tribenzoyl phloroacetophenone in 103–107% of yield and the subsequent Baker-Venkataraman rearrangement of the ester by using KOH in dried pyridine produced crude chrysin, with conversion percentage of 71.62%. All synthetic products had been characterized by melting point and spectroscopically.
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