Judul: Autecology and conservation management of s rare palm species : the case study of lipstick palm cyrtostachys renda blume in kerumutan wildlife sanctuary, Riau
Abstrak: The aims of the research are to construct an integrated approach combining eco-biological, physical, and socio-economic components for developing a comprehensive conservation strategy for sustainable management of plant resource, with special reference to the rare palm Cyrtostachys renda, and to elucidate interaction patterns between the palm and its environmental quality parameters. The research was conducted at Kerumutan Wildlife Sanctuary, Riau, including 16 different sites, covering a wide range of vegetation association, forest and habitat types, altitudes, population abundances, and spanning four aspects of the reserve.
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Judul: Keanekaragaman makrofauna tanah di beberapa ekosistem alami dan budidaya di kabupaten Pelalawan, propinsi Riau
Abstrak: As part of land ecosystem, soil macrofauna have several certain roles. Some of those roles are as obliterator of soil organic material, bio indicator, and increasing soil porosity and aeration. Palm oil fields have been rapidly developed in Indonesia. This rapid development is presumed will change the natural ecosystem into artificial ecosystem which impact to soil macro fauna. In accordance to that presumption further study of soil macrofauna need to be done in palm oil field and other surrounding habitat. The purpose of this research are to acknowledge the diversity of soil macrofauna in several natural and cultivation ecosystems and to find out the composition of macrofauna community in several different habitat, that are palm oil field, natural forest, rubber field and residential. This research was conducted in palm oil field in Pelalawan Regency, Province of Riau. The macrofauna specimens were taken from each location by using purposive sampling method and were taken from each plot by using hand sorting method. The soil macrofauna specimens furthermore were taken for documentation and identification.
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Judul: Evaluation of Influenza Antibody Titers in Serum and Egg Yolk of Layers Vaccinated with Influenza Vaccines.
Abstrak: Influenza belongs to the Orthomyxoviridae family which causes upper and lower respiratory tract infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate influenza-A specific antibody titers from serum and egg yolk of hens vaccinated with quadrivalent influenza vaccines. Three Hy-line Brown layers were vaccinated with quadrivalent influenza type A and B inactivated vaccines. Vaccination was carried out three times at a dose of 0.25 ml/chicken via the intramuscular route. The first vaccination was carried out at 24 weeks of age, then boosters were performed at 28 and 32 weeks of age. Serum and egg yolk were collected every week for 20 weeks since the first vaccination. Influenza A H3N2 and H1N1 antibody titers were determined using hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) test and agar-gel-precipitation (AGP) test. Influenza-A H3N2 and H1N1 specific antibodies were detected in both serum and egg yolk from the first to twenty weeks after the initial vaccination. Highest HI geometric mean titer (GMT) of H1N1 antibody reached 26.67 HIU at nine weeks post first vaccination (p.f.v), while H3N2 antibody reached 26 HIU at six weeks p.f.v. Our result showed that influenza antibodies can be produced in layers using quadrivalent vaccines and layer chickens are able to produce equivalent antibody levels for each influenza subtype.
Keyword: antibody, egg yolk, influenza, layer chickens, serum