Judul: Transplantasi sel testikular ikan neon tetra Paracheirodon innesi pada benih ikan mas umur berbeda
Abstrak: Ikan neon tetra Paracheirodon innesi merupakan ikan hias yang memiliki nilai ekspor yang tinggi. Namun demikian, tingkat produksinya masih relatif rendah karena fekunditas ikan neon tetra yang sedikit (sekitar 180 telur/induk). Teknologi transplantasi sel testikular ikan neon tetra (ikan donor) ke ikan mas yang memiliki fekunditas telur yang banyak dan diharapkan mampu mengatasi ketersediaan benih ikan neon tetra. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan umur optimum benih ikan mas (calon ikan semang) yang mampu menerima sel target dengan baik dan memiliki keberhasilan kolonisasi yang tinggi. Testis ikan neon tetra didisosiasi menggunakan larutan tripsin 0,5%. Sel testikular diwarnai dengan PKH-26, kemudian ditransplantasikan ke rongga peritoneal benih ikan mas umur 7, 10 dan 14 hari setelah menetas. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat kelangsungan hidup ikan mas perlakuan transplantasi umur 7 hari (31,25%) lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan perlakuan transplantasi umur 10 hari (37,50%) dan 14 hari (56,25%). Persentase ikan terkolonisasi sel donor pada hari ke-21 pascatranplantasi pada benih umur 7 dan 10 hari adalah sama (80%), sedangkan transplantasi benih umur 14 hari sebesar 60%. Berdasarkan keberhasilan transplantasi secara kumulatif (tingkat kelangsungan hidup dan kolonisasi), transplantasi pada benih umur 14 hari (33,75%) menunjukkan hasil lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan perlakuan transplantasi pada benih umur 7 hari (25,00%) dan benih umur 10 hari (30,00%). Dengan demikian, transplantasi sel testikular ikan neon tetra pada benih ikan mas telah berhasil dilakukan, dan umur optimum benih ikan mas adalah 14 hari setelah menetas.
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Judul: Transplantasi sel testikular ikan gurame Osphronemus gouramy pada ikan nila Oreochromis niloticus umur 1-4 hari
Abstrak: Giant gouramy is one of the targeted farmed species to increase its production level in the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Program 2010-2014. Its production seemed slow because of the relatively long reproductive cycle. Transplantation of giant gouramy testicular cells to tilapia can be done in the hope that the surrogate broodstock (tilapia) will be able to give birth giant gouramy so the production cycle can be accelerated. In this research, transplantation of giant gouramy testicular cell (donor) in the peritoneal cavity of newly hatched tilapia (recipient) was performed. Giant gouramy testicular cells that contain spermatogonial cells obtained by dissociation of the gonad using PBS with 0.5% trypsin and then injected into tilapia with different ages. The results showed that SR (survival rate) of 1-2 days old injected larvae (A; 89.34%) were lower compared to that of 3-4 days old (B; 98.96%). Furthermore, the success rate of donor cells colonization in the recipient gonad at 2 months after injection in treatment A (6 of 6 recipients; 100%) was higher than that of treatment B (3 of 4 recipients; 75%). The results of this study indicated that transplantation using 1-2 days old larvae gave highest colonization and comparable level of SR. Thus, this technique has the potential both to manipulate gamet production of economically important fish species that relatively difficult to reproduction (commercial) and reproduce the endangered fish (as conservation).
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Judul: Socioeconomic and psychological variables influencing household debt
Abstrak: The overall objective of this study was to examine factors influencing total debt, total debt payment, and patterns of debt payments. The study examined the impacts of both psychological (credit attitudes and perception of future income) and socioe- conomic variables on total debt, total debt payment and patterns of debt payments. A conceptual model for this study was developed by incorporating the theory of borrower risk, the economic and psychological economic theory of borrowing, and the results of previous studies. This model identifies socioeconomic and psycholog- ical variables that influence total debt, total debt payment, and patterns of debt payments. Socioeconomic variables included in the model are gender, race, mari- tal status, employment status, household size, age, education, and household assets. Psychological variables are credit attitudes toward the use of credit, and perception of future income. This study used data from the 1989 Survey of Consumer Finances. The survey was sponsored by the Federal Reserve in cooperation with some other federal agencies. Data for the survey were collected by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan between August 1989 and March 1990. dst ...
Keyword: Gender