Maleo Bird Egg

Characterization of habitat, Morphology, Genetic and hatching technology improvement by Ex Situ of Maleo Bird Egg

Mobius Tanari has passed his Doctoral open examination with Dissertation title of Characterization of habitat, Morphology, Genetic and hatching technologyimprovement by Ex Situ of Maleo Bird Egg ( Macrophalon Maleo Sal.Muller 1846) as effort to increase Effectiveness of Conservation in IPB, Wednesday, September 26 th . 2007 under supervisions of Harimurti Martojo, Ronny Rachman Noor and Dedy Duryadi Solihin.

Mabius Tanari explain : " Maleo bird ( Marcocephalon Maleo Saluller 1846) is one endemic scarce wild animal type in Sulawesi. They are protected fully by Government Regulation number 7, on January 27 th, 1999 concerning picling of plant animal types. By political preventive, local Government of central Sulawesi have specified maleo bird animal as "Region mascot" by letter Governor Decision of Central Sulawesi Province number : 187.44/1067/Ro/BKLH/1990, on February 24 th, 1990 ".

" The aims of research is find out local society activity aspect of conservation around area, executing hatch by ex situ, maleo bird response to environmental pressure, behaviour aspect and maleo bird rearing. This research is to cover of local society activity aspect to influential to maleo bird conservation area, egg habitat study, technical hatch of maleo bird egg , and concervancy of maleo bird behavior of ex situ rearing ".

He mention " The result indicated the most societies are still productive, the education level of in general be educated in elementary graduate, but they are very high concern to concervation. The mentioned will support efficacy of maleo bird conservation. Over exploitation of their eggs become main problem, habitat degredation to habitat loss, disturbed location laying by local society activity and LLNP and Tanjung Bakiriang are 208.80±12.30 g and 209.71 ± 7.66 g long egg were 102,85 ± 0.034 mm and 102,81± 0.03 mm while wide egg 60.66 ± 0.02 mm and 61,10± 0.01 mm respectively. The mean of temperature of incubator are 34,06± 0,19 0 C with relative humidity 70,87± 1,43% level success of hatcing 67,5%. Giving of protein rate different will assign maleo bird body weight plasticity value. The day time of maleo bird activity of obtained 43% used to stand up at the same time make a move , 29% utilized to stand up and keep quiet, 17% for rest sit, 10% utilized to eat and 1% utilized for drink and at night activity eat conducted namely 5% drinking do not 1%, rest sit 75%, standing in a state of kept quiet 19 % and stand up at the same time make a move 1 %".

The last he adds. " To hatch of maleo bird egg by using incubator can become consideration to be made to policy in maleo bird conservation".

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