Judul: Performa Ayam Broiler yang Diberi Pakan Mengandung Bungkil Inti Sawit dengan atau tanpa Penyaringan
Abstrak: Palm kernel meal (PKM) is a by-product of oil extractions of palm kernel. The use of PKM in the ration of monogastric animals is limited as a result of high fibre. The main objective of this study was to evaluated the performance of broiler fed diet containing PKM with or without screening. Two hundreds DOC were divided into 20 groups and assigned to one of four diet treatment i.e : P1 = treatment diet + 7.5% PKM without screening and adding grit; P2 = treatment diet + 7.5% screened PKM without adding grit; P3 = treatment diet + 7.5% screened PKM + 2% shell of PKM; P4 = treatment diet + 7.5% screened PKM + 2% commercial grit. Data from completely randomized design were analyzed variance (ANOVA). Feed and water were given ad libitum. The result showed that screened palm kernel meal decreased crude fibre (from 33.13% to 30.58%). However, screened PKM did not affect feed intake, body weight gain, and feed conversion. It is concluded that PKM with ot without screening did not affect broiler performance.
Keyword: shell, screened, performance of broiler, palm kernel meal

Judul: Performa Ayam Broiler yang Diberi Pakan Mengandung Tepung Inti Sawit-Pollard atau Tepung Inti Sawit-Dedak
Abstrak: The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of feeding complete diet containing palm kernel powder that added pollard or rice bran on broiler performances. Experiment used 180 day old chicks (DOC) of CP 707 and reared for 28 days. The experiment used completely randomized design with 3 treatments and 6 replications consisting of 10 broilers in each replication. The treatments were: P1= feed control (100% commercial feed) without palm kernel powder, P2= Feed A (feed containing palm kernel powder + pollard), P3= Feed B (feed containing palm kernel powder + rice bran). The diet and water were given ad libitum. The results indicated that feeding palm kernel powder in broiler diet that added with pollard or rice bran decreased (P<0.01) feed consumption, final body weight, body weight gain and increased feed conversion rate. There were not significant differences between P2 and P3 treatments in terms of its effect on broiler chickens performance. The quality of feed containing palm kernel powder-pollard or palm kernel powder-rice bran could not substitute the commercial feed.
Keyword: rice bran, pollard, palm kernel powder, broiler performances

Judul: Tinjauan Matematis pada Model Makroskopik dan Mikroskopik Arus Lalu-lintas
Abstrak: Traffic flow phenomenon can be described through mathematical model such as continuous dynamic model with an ordinary differential equation so that it can be solved with integral factors. In this paper three simple models of traffic flow are discussed, i.e, two macroscopic and one microscopic models. Macroscopic model formulates dynamics of the traffic flow that occurs on a large number of vehicles on a road. While the microscopic model explains drivers’ behavior in their interaction with other vehicles ahead, i.e, car-following model. This paper shows the existence of ordinary differential equation found in the traffic flow model and indicates some different representations in the context of the same model. It also reviews a simple model of traffic flow along a single link, which leads to some unexpected results, i.e, it can express the solution model in term of link outflows as well as trip time. In the microscopic model, simulation is done to illustrate the behavior of the drivers with a sensitivity coefficient as a benchmark parameter.
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