Growth in Nursery and Grow-out Phases of White Shrimp After Immersed in Recombinant Giant Grouper Growth Hormone

The growth of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) can be improved by using recombinant fish growth hormone through immersion. This research was performed to evaluate the white shrimp growth at nursery and grow-out phases after recombinant giant grouper growth hormone (rElGH) immersion. Shrimp were immersed at different stages in one liter seawater containing 15 mg rElGH for two hours. At the nursery stage 30,000 PL4 that previously immersed at nauplius stage (treatment A1), at PL4 (treatment B1) and control without rElGH immersion (K1) were reared in fiber tanks containing 750 L seawater for 8 days. At the grow-out phase, 100 PL11 that have been immersed in rElGH solution at nauplius stage (treatment A2), at PL4 (B2), PL11 (C2) and control without rElGH immersion (K2) were separately reared in fiber tanks containing 750 L seawater for 55 days. Each treatment consisted of three replications. The results showed that at the end of the nursery phase, B1 treatment increased 19% of body length, 30.2% of the body weight and decreased the coefficient of length variation 34.9% compared to control K1 (P<0.05). At the grow-out phase, C2 treatment enhanced 38.2% of body weight and 32% of biomass compared with control K2 (P<0.05). Thus, hatchery is better to immerse PL4, and the farmer should used rElGH-immersed PL11 for growing-out

Socialization of the Importance of Early Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Using Poster Media for Young Tenants of Boarding House in Tembalang Sub-District, Semarang

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is among non-communicable diseases causing high number of morbidity and mortality in developing countries including Indonesia. Clinically, DM is a condition when blood sugar (glucose) levels exceed 126 mg/ dl in a Fasting state and exceed 200 mg / dl in a non-Fasting state. Public understanding is still relatively low about possibility of early DM in young people. Teens could be susceptible to DM, especially when they have poor diet and sedentary lifestyle Efforts to prevent early DM among teenagers have been done through Community Health Development Program (Program Pembangunan Kesehatan Masyarakat, PPKM) using poster as socialization media to the young tenants of boarding house at Sambiroto Residence, Tembalang Sub-District, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The aim was to increase the teenagers' awareness of knowing the risks and clinical symptoms of diabetes mellitus. It is also to add insight on how to prevent DM disease at a young age. Participatory approaches and counseling have been carried out in the community service activities through the poster media, as well as the delivery of questionnaires prior- and post- counseling. The results of the questionnaire analysis showed that the counseling program using poster as media could improve awareness about DM among boarding house young tenants in Sambiroto Residence, Tembalang, Semarang City