Respon Fisiologis dan Tingkah Laku Domba Ekor Tipis dengan Waktu Pemberian Pakan yang Berbeda

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the relationship of feeding time on physiological response and the effect of feeding time on behavior of Javanesse thin tailed sheep. The composition of feed was 70% of concentrate + 30% of grass. The treatment in this study is the feeding time in the morning and evening. Parameters of physiological response that had been observed were heart rate, respiration rate, rectal temperature. Whilethe observed behavior were locomotive, ingestive and resting. This research was designed by completely randomized design with 2 treatments of feeding time with 6 replications for each of it. Data processed by ANOVA. The behavior data was analyzed by student’s test. The result showed that physiological responses of Javanese Thin Tailed Sheep were normal. Locomotive behavior of sheeps by feeding treatment in the morning was higher in the daytime. Ingestive behavior of sheeps by feeding treatment in the morning and afternoon completely reversed. Resting behavior was more frequently in the night in both paramaters.