Identifikasi Perubahan Bobot Badan dan Kemampuan Adaptasi Domba Ekor Gemuk (DEG) Jantan Pasca Transportasi pada Bobot Badan Berbeda.

IDENTIFIKASI PERUBAHAN BOBOT BADAN DAN
KEMAMPUAN ADAPTASI DOMBA EKOR GEMUK (DEG)
JANTAN PASCA TRANSPORTASI PADA BOBOT BADAN
BERBEDA

MOH. OCKY REZA R.

ABSTRAK

Penelitian mengenai Identifikasi Perubahan Bobot Badan dan
Kemampuan Adaptasi Domba Ekor Gemuk (DEG) Jantan Pasca
Transportasi pada Bobot Badan Berbeda, telah dilaksanakan mulai bulan
Maret-April 2012 di peternakan PT Agro Great Indoberkah dan PT. Agro
Jaya Mulya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perubahan bobot
badan dan lama adaptasi DEG jantan pada bobot badan berbeda pasca
transportsi. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode studi kasus dengan
teknik pengambilan sampel secara simple random sampling. Peubah yang
diukur adalah perubahan bobot badan, konsumsi pakan, efisiensi pakan dan
lama adaptasi ditinjau dari kondisi fisiologis dengan mengukur frekuensi
pernafasan, detak jantung, dan suhu tubuh.
Penelitian ini dilakukan terhadap Domba Ekor Gemuk sebanyak 20

ekor, jenis kelamin jantan, yang berumur 11-12 bulan dengan bobot antara
15-20 kg sebanyak 10 ekor dan bobot antara 23-28 kg sebanyak 10 ekor
berasal dari Holding Ground Probolinggo (Jawa Timur). Hasil penelitian
menunjukkan bahwa terjadi perubahan bobot badan ke arah positif yaitu
ditunjukkan dengan pertambahan bobot badan sebesar 170,93
gram/ekor/hari pada bobot kecil dan 160,07 gram/ekor/hari pada bobot
besar. Lama adaptasi pada DEG sebesar 2-3 minggu, hal tersebut
ditunjukkan dengan perubahan kondisi fisiologis ke arah yang lebih baik
dan mulai stabil pada minggu kedua pengamatan.
Kata Kunci : Bobot Badan, Lama Adaptasi, Kondisi Fisiologis, Domba
Ekor Gemuk, Transportasi.

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IDENTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN BODY WEIGHT AND
ADAPTATION ABILITY MALE FAT-TAILED SHEEP AFTER
TRANSPORTATION ON THE DIFFERENT BODY WEIGHT

MOH. OCKY REZA R.


ABSTRACT

Research on the Identification of changes in Body Weight and
Adaptation Ability Male Fat-tailed Sheep After Transportation on the
Different Body Weight, have been conducted starting in March-April 2012
in Ranch PT. Agro Great Indoberkah and PT. Agro Jaya Mulya. This
research aims to find body weight change and adaptation length of male Fat
Tailed Sheep after transportation on the different body weight. The used
method was case study with simple random sampling for sampling
technique. Variables measured were change of body weight, feed intake,
feed efficiency and length adaptation in terms of physiological conditions
by measuring the frequency of breathing, heart rate, and body temperature.
This research was using 20 Fat Tailed Sheep, males, which aged 1112 months. 10 sheeps had body weight between 15-20 kg and another
sheeps had 23-28 kg. The sheeps cames from a Holding Ground of East
Java (Jawa Timur). The results showed that have positive direction of body
weight changes, it was shown by average daily gain 170.93 gram/head/day
for the small body weight and 160.07 gram/head/day for the large body
weight. Fat Tailed Sheep long adaptation of 2-3 weeks, it was indicated by
changes in physiological conditions to a better direction and began to
stabilize in the second week of observation.

Keywords

: Body Weight, Adaptation Length, Physiological Condition,
Fat Tailled Sheep, Tansportation.

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