Judul: Karakteristik Karkas Dan Lemak Babi Dengan Pemberian Ransum Mengandung Curcumin
Abstrak: Rimpang kunyit memiliki zat aktif berupa Curcumin yang merupakan salah satu zat fitokimia yang berperan sebagai anticarcinogenic, antioxidative dan hypocholesterolemic. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penampilan produksi, karakteristik karkas dan lemak babi dengan pemberian berbagai taraf Curcumin dalam ransum. Penelitian ini menggunakan 20 ekor babi jantan kastrasi, dengan bobot awal 16+ 0,7 kg. Rancangan yang digunakan adalah Acak Lengkap (RAL) yang terdiri dari empat perlakuan, yaitu ransum dengan taraf Curcumin sebanyak empat taraf (0, 4, 8 dan 12mg/kg bobot badan) dalam ransum (R0, R1, R2, dan R3) masing-masing dengan lima ulangan. Hasil perangkingan menunjukkan bahwa taraf pemberian 12 mg Curcumin/kg bobot badan adalah yang terbaik, dengan hasil loin eye area, low density lipoprotein serum, kandungan kolesterol lemak dan daging yang terbaik. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan bahwa taraf pemberian Curcumin dalam ransum tidak memberikan pengaruh nyata terhadap semua parameter yang diamati.
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Judul: Pengaruh pembatasan pakan dan penambahan kromium (Cr) dalam ransum terhadap penampilan dan karakteristik karkas babi periode pengakhiran
Abstrak: Seratus empat puluh empat ekor babi (72 ekor jantan kastrasi dan 72 ekor betina) dengan berat kurang lebih 67 kilogram telah digunakan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pembatasan pakan dan penambahan mineral kromium terhadap penampilan dan karakteristik karkas babi periode pengakhiran. Ransum yang digunakan terdiri atas 4 macam yakni: I) Ransum basal. 2) Ransum basal ditambah 100 ppb Kr-Nikotinat. 3) Ransum basal ditambah 200 ppb Cr-Nikotinat, dan 4) Ransum Basal ditambah 300 ppb Cr-Nikotinat. Masing-masing ransum diberikan ad Ii bi tum atau dibatasi IO %. Babi percobaan telah dikelompokkan kedalam rancangan acak lengkap pola faktorial 4 X 2 dengan 3 ulangan. Hasil pengamatan dianalisa dengan analisis sidik ragam dan dilanjutkan dengan uji banding polinomial ortogonal. Hasil yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini ialah: Penambahan kromium nyata (P<0.05) meningkatkan konsumsi ransum, sangat nyata (P<0.01) meningkatkan pertambahan bobot badan, dan menurunkan tebal lemak punggung serta kadar tiroksin darah. Pembatasan pakan -berpengaruh sangat nyata (P<0.01) terhadap penurunan tebal lemak punggung, dan pertambahan bobot badan serta nyata (P<0.05) terhadap peningkatan kadar tiroksin plasma darah. Pembatasan pakan dan penambahan kromium tidak berpengaruh nyata terhadap persentase karkas, berat potongan karkas, luas daerah mata rusuk ("loin eye area"), kadar glukosa dan N-urea plasma darah. Analisis ekonomi ("income over feed cost") menunjukkan bahwa penambahan kromium akan meningkatkan (P<0.05) pendapatan secara kuadratik sedangkan pembatasan pakan nyata (P<0.05) menurunkan pendapatan.
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Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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