Judul: Profil Peternakan Domba Rakyat di Desa Cibanteng dan Desa Cikarawang.
Abstrak: Traditional farmers have good experience in sheep farming but they still have weakness in management, especially in financial aspects in measuring business profit and loss. This research was purposed to explaining general condition and examinating financial aspect of sheep traditional farm in two villages Cibanteng and Cikarawang. Thirty farmer respondents from each village were interviewed, and clasified into two categories (scale I and scale II) based on average number of sheep. Data were analyzed by description method. The result showed that average of farmer’s cash revenue in Cibanteng Village were Rp 4 894 737 per year (scale I) and Rp 9 000 000 per year (scale II); average of farmer’s cash revenue in Cikarawang Village were Rp 3 642 857 per year (scale I) and Rp 8 000 000 per year (scale II). Although they had got profit by cash revenue, actually they was in loss condition and not productive yet, shown by number of sale <BEP (Break Event Point) and Revenue and Cost ratio (R/C) <1. However they continued to raise sheep by traditional method because there are many production factors that have never calculated (non-cash of cost production) so that was still a profitable farm activity. By assumption of potential production coefficient, 77 sheep must be sold per year to made equivalent profit with Bogor regional minimum wage by maintaining 38 ewes at the beginning of year and supported by implementation of good farming practices (GFP).
Keyword: benefit target, financial analysis, sheep, traditional sheep farm

Judul: Analisis Pendapatan Usahatani Penggemukkan Domba di Mitra Tani Farm (Studi Kasus: Desa Tegal Waru, Kecamatan Ciampea, Kabupaten Bogor)
Abstrak: Lamb is one of the farm commodity consumption increased from year to year. Indonesia has not been able to fulfill the needs of domestic lamb. The continuing slowdown of production shows that the demand for lamb is on the rise. The increasing deman for lamb is a signal for farmers who seek lamb chops that will ultimately affect their revenue and income. This study aims to detemine the variabilty of lamb fattening in farmm cost structure, acceptance, revenus, and efficiency of lamb fattening in farming income. Location selection is done by purposive sampling in the village of Tegal Waru, Ciampe district, Bogor regency as one of the centres of lamb commodities in Indonesia. Analyses were perfomed with analysis of farming, supported by primary and secondary data. The results showed that fattening sheep farming in the Mitra Tani Farm efficient and profitable, visible from the R / C ratio of 1.54 over cash costs and R / C ratio of the total cost of 1.50
Keyword: Revenue and Profits, Feeder Lambs, Farm Analysis, R/C Ratio

Judul: Membran Komposit Kitosan-Nanopartikel Magnetik Fe3O4-Hidroksiapatit untuk Rekayasa Jaringan Tulang.
Abstrak: Composite membrane implants from biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such as chitosan, added with Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticleshydroxyapatite (MHAP) is an alternative that is appropriate for bone tissue engineering. The MHAP was first synthesized using coprecipitation method with 3 different composition, with the ratio of Fe3O4 : hydroxyapatite is 3:7, 4:6, and 5:5 by mass. The composite membrane chitosan-MHAP (MK K-MHAP) was then synthesized by mixing a chitosan solution and the best MHAP composition (10, 20, 30, and 40% w/w of the mass of chitosan). Characterization using X-ray diffraction confirmed the formation of Fe3O4 and hydroxyapatite phase on the MHAP. The magnetic saturation value and size of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles increase with the increasing Fe3O4 composition in MHAP and MK K-MHAP which characterized based on its magnetic hysteresis and particle size distribution curve, respectively. The morphology of the best composition of MHAP composite was analysed using transmission electron microscope. Molecular interactions in MK K-MHAP was characterized based on infrared spectra. Immersion test of MK K-MHAP showed optimum state at 30% mass MHAP composition in chitosan matrix with calcium concentration released about 1000 ppm within 144 hours.
Keyword: biomedical, chitosan, composite membrane, hydroxyapatite, magnetite