Judul: Studi Seroprevalensi Newcastle Disease pada Unggas Peliharaan Masyarakat di Kecamatan Lore Utara Kabupaten Poso.
Abstrak: This research aims to determine the seroprevalence of Newcastle Disease (ND) on native birds in North Lore Poso District. The research used serum samples from unvaccinated native birds. A total of 45 samples; 22 from domestic chicken and 23 from Muscovy ducks; were taken from Sedoa, Wuasa, and Napu village. Newcastle Disease was determined by Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) method. The seroprevalence of ND in domestic chicken and muscovy ducks were 40.9% and 69.56%, respectively. It was equal with 9 domestic chicken and 13 muscovy ducks that were positive antibody ND. Based on the results, we can conclude that ND virus was present on those three village in North Lore. The area was determined as ND-endemic.
Keyword: ELISA, Newcastle Disease, Poso, Seroprevalence

Judul: Kajian Histopatologi dan Imunologi Ayam pedaging yang Divaksin Newcastle Disease Strain La Sota dan Ditantang dengan Virus Newcastle Disease Strain Velogenik Indonesia (VND/Tasik/M13/2009)
Abstrak: Newcastle Disease (ND) is a highly contagious and very virulent avian disease in all age of poultry. The aims of this study were to investigate the protective level of antibody, clinical signs, histopathology, and immunohistochemistry analyses of selected internal organs of broiler which obtained La Sota Strain of ND Vaccine and then being challenged with local strain of velogenic ND virus. Eighty birds used and divided into 4 groups @ 20 birds. The treatment birds were vaccinated with live and killed ND vaccine on 4th days old. Two groups were challenged at 25th days of age intramuscularly with 104 EID50 /0.1 ml/bird of velogenic virulent ND virus. Sera were collected at 1, 18, 22, 28, 30, and 32 days of age. Three birds from each group were examined for protective antibody level using Hemaglutination inhibition (HI) test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) at 3, 5, and 7 days post inoculation with virulent ND virus. The HI test result at 28th and 32nd days old showed that antibody level of birds obtained vaccination and followed by virus challenging were higher than those the vaccinated birds but not be challenged. The unvaccinated group showed clinical signs such as anorexia, sleepy, weakness, greenish diarrhea, and death on 3rd days onward after infection. Histopathological lesions indicated hyperemia, haemorrhages, hyperplasia, mononuclear cells infiltration, oedema, and necrosis of proventriculus and intestines. Neuronal necrosis, gliosis, vasculitis, perivascular infiltration with mononuclear cells, and endothelial hypertrophy were also observed in the brain. Immunohistochemically, ND virus antigen was detected in the endothelial cells of brain, lung, kidney, and cryptae of duodenum, but negative immunoreactivities in proventriculus. All unvaccinated birds and then challenged with ND virus were died within 7 days post challenge.
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Judul: Optimasi Konsentrasi Sulfur dan Bahan Pencepat Pada Sintesa Faktis Gelap Dengan Bahan Baku Minyak Jarak Pagar (Jatropha Curcas L.).
Abstrak: Demand increasing on product rubber based have been causing the increasing of factice needs. Dark factice is synthesized by vulcanization of oil and sulfur at high temperatures. In the rubber compound production process, factice function increase homogeneity, save blending time, reduce energy, and produce rubber compounds which more resistant to ozone. The aims of this study were to determine the effect of sulphur and accelerator to physical and chemical character of factice, optimum concentration of both sulphur and accelerator to acetone extract. The experimental design used in this research was Response Surface Method (RSM), consist of two factors, sulphur and accelerator concentration. Low and high value of sulphur concentration low value were 26 pho (part perhundred weight oil) and high value were 30 pho. Accelerator material used are tetramethyl thiuram disulfide (TMTD) and zinc diethyldithiocarbomate (ZDEC). Accelerator concentration factor low value were both 1 pho and high value were 3 pho. Factice production use single feedstock which was jatropha curcas oil. Iodine value and acid value of jatropha curcas oil were each 84.66 g iod/100 g oil and 4.63 mg KOH/g oil. Concentration of 26 pho sulphur and 3 pho ZDEC accelerator resulted the best factice with 20.22 % acetone extract value, 1.03 % free sulphur content, 5.41 % ash content, and pH 11. Factice production with 28 pho sulphur and 3.4 pho TMTD accelerator resulted the lowest acetone extract which its value was 18,60 %, 0.86 % free sulphur content, 4.52 % ash content, and pH 6.37.
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