Analisis Hematologi, Nilai Kecernaan dan Tingkah Laku Monyet Ekor Panjang (Macaca Fascicularis) Jantan Obes yang Diintervensi Nikotin

Penelitian ini dirancang untuk memperoleh informasi tentang hematologi, pengembangan nilai-nilai kecernaan, dan kondisi perilaku 15 kera ekor panjang pria obesitas, sebelum dan sesudah intervensi dengan nikotin. Studi dilaksanakan dalam dua tahap, tahap pertama adalah pengumpulan dari hematologikal, data kecernaan, dan pengamatan perilaku, sebelum intervensi dengan solusi nikotin. Tahap kedua terdiri dari koleksi dari hematologikal, data kecernaan, dan pengamatan perilaku selama periode intervensi dengan larutan nikotin (0,75 mg / kg bobot badan weight/12 jam). Penelitian ini menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap bersarang dalam waktu yang dianalisis dengan versi SAS 6.12. perangkat lunak, untuk menemukan hubungan perilaku dengan nilai-nilai hematologi dan kecernaan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada penurunan yang signifikan (

The Carrageenan Dietary Fiber Suplementation in Feed to Improving Blood Lipid Parameters of Hypercholesterolemic Mice

Carrageenan is example of food with high content of fiber. An experiment was conducted to study the effects of carrageenan supplementations on blood lipid parameters of hypercholesterolemic male mice. The experiment were done at animal cages Departemen of Biology Education, Indonesia University of Education and  Fisiology Laboratory Faculty of Veteriner Medicine, Bogor Agricultural Institute on August 2011 until March 2012. The experimental mice were assigned into a completely randomized design with 5 treatments i.e., negative control  group; normocholesterolemic mice fed with a standard diet, positive control group; hypercholesterolemic mice fed with a standard diet without carrageenan supplementation, treatments group; hypercholesterolemic mice feds with supplemented with 15%, 30%, and 46%  carrageenan. The nonsoluble content of  dietary fiber in the experimental treatments were 6.92, 8.75, 10.48, 12.27, and 14.05%, respectively. The parameters measured were body weight, cholesterol levels of blood serum, liver and feces, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein (HDL), low density lipoprotein  (LDL) and glucose levels. Supplementation of carrageenan as a source of dietary fiber increased serum HDL concentrations, and decreased body weight, serum cholesterol, triglyceride, and LDL concentrations of  hypercholesterolemic male mice without a significant effect on serum glucose consentrations. Hypercholesterolemic mice fed with a supplemented with 46% carrageenan decreased body weight by 7.99%, total serum cholesterol by 18.78%, triglyceride by 17.53%, LDL by 71.33%, and increased HDL by 15.59−20.47%. Carrageenan supplementation reduce liver cholesterol levels by 38.46% and increased cholesterol excretion through feces by 57.07%. Supplementation of 46% carrageenan in hipercholesterolemic fed is effective in improving blood lipid parameters of  hypercholesterolemic male mice