Measurement of several qualitative traits and body size of Lombok Muscovy Ducks (Cairina moshcata) in semi-intensive rearing.

The study was conducted to identify phenotypic characteristics of Lombok Muscovy ducks. A total of 100 adult male and 100 adult female Muscovy ducks. The research location was determined by purposive random sampling, while the determination of farmers and Muscovy ducks was done incidentally. Observations were made on each Muscovy duck by observing the color, body weight and size of body parts. The body size data were tabulated, averaged, and then analyzed descriptively; meanwhile, the plumage color data were calculated in frequency. To find the relation between size of body parts and body weight, data were analyzed using simple regression. The study found that the male Muscovy ducks had two plumage characteristics, consisting of white and black-white, both shared the same frequencies, while in the female Muscovy ducks, white color was more dominant compared to the black-white color. The colors of the beak were divided into two i.e., black with a white color in the middle and reddish-white with pink colors in the middle. The size of Lombok Muscovy ducks was rather small in comparison with the other Muscovy ducks. The size of male duck was larger than that of the female. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui karakteristik fenotipik entok Lombok menggunakan 100 ekor entok jantan dewasa dan 100 ekor entok betina dewasa. Lokasi penelitian ditentukan secara purposif random sampling berdasarkan populasi itik terbanyak. Penentuan peternak dan ternak yang akan dijadikan obyek pengamatan dilakukan secara insidental. Pengamatan dilakukan pada setiap individu ternak dengan mengamati warna, bobot badan dan ukuran bagian-bagian tubuh. Data ukuran tubuh ditabulasi dan dirata-ratakan kemudian dianalisis secara diskriptif, sedangkan warna bulu dihitung frekuensinya. Untuk mengetahui hubungan antara semua ukuran bagian tubuh pada bobot badan, data dianalisa menggunakan regresi sederhana. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan bahwa entok Lombok jantan mempunyai dua karakter bulu, yaitu warna putih dan hitam putih masing-masing dengan frequensi sama, sementara pada sex betina warna putih lebih dominan dibandingkan dengan warna hitam putih. Entok Lombok mempunyai 2 karakter warna paruh, yaitu: hitam dengan bagian tengahnya berwarna putih serta warna putih dengan warna ping di bagian tengahnya. Entok Lombok tergolong berukuran kecil, dengan ukuran badan yang jantan lebih besar dibandingkan dengan yang betina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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