Judul: Selection to improve birth and weaning weight of Javanese Fat Tailed Sheep
Abstrak: In Indonesia, the javanese Fat Tailed Sheep is very popular domestic animal for its meat production. However, selection to increase body weight has never been done by local farmers. As a result the variability of body weight is high, and expected that application of a selection program can improve this trait. Two step of selection were done in order to improve birth and body weight. In the first selection, the elite group was established by selecting the best 40 females and 3 males from 12500 sheep reared by local farmers based on their mature body weight and tail length.
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Judul: Karakteristik Pertumbuhan Pra dan Pascasapih Domba Lokal di Unit Pendidikan dan Penelitian Peternakan Jonggol Institut Pertanian Bogor (UP3J-IPB)
Abstrak: Selection program on sheep needs some important factors like season, sex, body weight and age of dam. This research was aimed to get the characteristic of pre and post-weaning growth of local sheep in Jonggol Animal Science Teaching and Research Unit (JASTRU) IPB and selection criteria. The result can be used as a basic information on selection program to grade up the genetic properties of these sheep. This research located at JASTRU IPB, Singasari Village, sub district of Jonggol from June 2007 to May 2008 which represent two different seasons, rainy and dry. The number of sheep in the beginning of research was 154 head and in the end of research was only 33 head. The result showed that the value of Temperature Humidity Index were on slight and adequate heat. Statistic t test showed that there was a significant difference (p<0,05) between male and female birth weight in rainy season but in age of 90 and 180 day showed no significant difference. Also, birth weight between rainy and dry season was significantly different (P<0,05) and body weight on age 90 and 180 day was not significantly different. Variance analysis showed that age of dam significantly affected the male birth weight in dry season (p<0,05) and female birth weight in rainy season (p<0,05). The highest lamb body weight was owned by lamb from 2,5 to 3,0 years of dam. Pre-weaning weekly average daily gain (ADG) was higher than that of post-weaning, both on male and female, and rainy and dry season. Body weight on age 90 day can be used as a selection criteria and selection on dam can be done at age 1 to 2 years of age. Selection response of 90 day weight in dry season was higher than that of rainy season.
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Judul: Perhitungan Energi Disosiasi Ca-O dan C-O pada Gugus Fungsi Hidroksiapatit Menggunakan PemodelanSpektroskopi Inframerah
Abstrak: Modeling the functional groups of hydroxyapatite can be used to obtain absorption wave numbers and the spring constant. Analysis of energy release is done by calculating the functional group dissociation energy. This study is a theoretical calculation of the hydroxyl group (OH-), phosphate (PO43-), and carbonate (CO32-) using spring models. Modeling OH- group obtained wavenumber absorption 3417.4316 cm-1, 3430.6485 cm-1, and 3437.4887 cm-1. Modelling group PO43- absorption wave numbers obtained 1059.3734 cm-1, 1085.2559 cm-1, and 1070.2309 cm-1. CO32- modeling group obtained wavenumber absorption 1187.5995 cm-1, 1167.7597 cm-1, and 1120.2595 cm-1. Bond dissociation energy of CO on the hydroxyl group is 572.3579 kJ/mol. Bond dissociation energy of Ca-O in the carbonate group is 586.9238 kJ/mol, whereas the carbonate group is 677.4847 kJ/mol. Theoretical absorption wave numbers OH- and PO43- consistent with the hypothesis while CO32- group is smaller than the hypothesized value.
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