Judul: Sifat Fisik dan Palatabilitas Wafer Ransum Komplit Untuk Domba Dengan Menggunakan Kulit Singkong
Abstrak: Kulit singkong merupakan limbah dari tanaman singkong yang memiliki kandungan karbohidrat tinggi yang dapat digunakan sebagai sumber energi bagi · ternak. Persentase jumlah limbah kulit bagian luar sebesar 0,5-2% dari berat total singkong segar dan limbah kulit bagian dalam sebesar 8-15%. Peningkatan efisiensi pemanfaatan bahan makanan dapat dilakukan melalui berbagai teknologi pengolahan pakan yaitu pencampuran hijauan atau limbah pertanian dengan konsentrat menjadi wafer ransum komplit. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sifat fisik dan palatabilitas wafer ransum komplit untuk domba yang menggunakan kulit singkong sebagai pengganti rumput lapang. Sifat fisik yang diukur adalah kadar air, daya serap air, pengembangan tebal, kerapatan dan keteguhan lentur. Rancangan percobaan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) dengan 4 perlakuan ransum dan 3 kali ulangan. Ransum perlakuan menggunakan komposisi konsentrat (K), kulit singkong (KS) dan rumput lapang (RL) yang terdiri dari R1(70%K, 0%KS, 30%RL), R2(70%K, 10%KS, 20%RL), R3(70%K, 20%KS, 10%RL) dan R4(70%K, 30%KS, 0%RL). Data yang diperoleh akan dianalisis dengan ANOV Adan Uji Kontras Ortogonal (Steel and Torrie, 1993). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perlakuan memberikan pengaruh terhadap nilai kadar air, daya serap air, pengembangan tebal dan kerapatan, namun tidak berpengaruh terhadap nilai keteguhan lentur. Ratcl.fil1 nila.i kadar air berkisar 10, 060-13,137%, rataan nilai daya serap air berkisar 82,490-169,780%, rataan nilai pengembangan tebal berkisar 35,697-102,295%, rataan nilai kerapatan berkisar 0,855-0,870g/cm3 dan rataan nilai keteguhan lentur bekisar 48,83-48,66kg/cm2. Kisaran hasil pengujian palatabilitas dari konsumsi bahan kering berkisar 769-866 gram/hari. Berdasarkan hal tersebut memanfaatkan limbah kulit singkong sebagai pengganti rum.put lapang dalam ransum komplit domba bentuk wafer dapat dilakukan sampai taraf 30 %.
Keyword: Kulit singkong, wafer ransum komplit

Judul: Uji Kualitas Fisik dan Palatabilitas Pelet Ransum komplit untuk Domba yang Menggunakan Kulit Singkong
Abstrak: Salah satu limbah pertanian yang belum banyak dimanfaatkan sebagai pakan ternak adalah kulit singkong yang dapat dijadikan sebagai bahan akan sumber energi pengganti rumput lapang. Ransum komplit merupakan campuran dari beberapa jenis pakan yang diberikan kepada ternak untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidupnya selama sehari semalam. Salah satu bentuk dari ransum komplit adalah ransum bentuk pelet. Pemakaian jenis ransum komplit bentuk pelet dapat memperpanjang lama penyimpanan dan menjaga keseimbangan zat nutrisi di dalamnya.
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Judul: Exchange Market Pressure and Central Bank Intervention for Three ASEAN Countries
Abstrak: Two of the exchange rate systems which are adopted by many countries are the floating and the fixed exchange rate system. Both the exchange rate systems have different characteristics. Countries that implement fixed exchange rates system tend to set their domestic currency exchange rate at a certain point. On the contrary, countries which implement floating exchange rate system tend to let their domestic currency exchange rate to move flexibly and thus their value will always change according to the demand and supply of the currency in the foreign exchange market. Countries which implement floating exchange rate system are facing the risk of fluctuation in the exchange rate of their domestic currency against foreign currencies. The currency exchange rate fluctuation may be caused by economic problems such as a financial crisis. A country can also be potentially affected by other countries’ earlier financial crisis. This effect could potentially happen if these countries are in the same region, such as ASEAN. The 1997 ASEAN economic crisis was an example of a country’s financial crisis could affect other countries. At that time, some countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand had to change their currency exchange rate system from the fixed exchange rate system to the floating exchange rate system due to the high costs which has to be incurred if they were to enforce the fixed exchange rate system. During 2002 until 2012, the domestic exchange rate of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand against the U.S. dollar had tended to fluctuate. If the domestic currency exchange rate fluctuated excessively then the central bank would intervene to stabilize the exchange rate in the foreign exchange market. The pressure on domestic currency exchange rate pressures has forced the central bank to intervene. The amount of those pressures can be analyzed by calculating the Exchange Market Pressure (EMP) index. Apart from that, the time when interventions are done by the central bank can be known based on EMP by calculating the Exchange Market Intervention (EMI) index. The purposes of this study were to determine the level of international pressure on the currency exchange market and monetary authorities intervene in three ASEAN countries, as well as to determine the effect of the monetary authorities intervene on the exchange rate of the domestic currency against the U.S. dollar in those three ASEAN countries. Based on the EMP index calculation results which are obtained during 2002 to 2012 period, the exchange rate of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand’s domestic currency had always fluctuated and the results of the EMP index indicated that each country were under diverse level of currency exchange rate appreciation and depreciation pressures. Thailand was the country with the highest currency exchange rate pressure compared to Indonesia and Malaysia. The results on the intervention index calculation showed that Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have intervention index between zero and one and more than one. We can also see from the intervention index that Indonesia and Thailand implement the controlled floating currency exchange rate instead of the freely floating one. Based on the calculation of the currency exchange rate by comparing
Keyword: exchange rate, exchange market pressure, intervention