Feed is one of the most important factors influencing the success of chicken farming. This is due to the biggest production cost in livestock business is feed, which is about 70% of the total cost.

This was revealed by Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM lecturer, Prof. Dr. Ir. Zuprizal, DEA., IPU as a speaker in the Kuliah Gratis Bagimu Petani Kami Mengabdi, Friday (4/10) at the FAS UGM campus.

Zuprizal said, feed can be made by farmers themselves so that the cost of feed can be reduced and ultimately profits increase. “As long as farmers know how to make harmonious feed, namely knowledge about nutrition, the availability of feed raw materials, and the manufacturing process, farmers can produce their own feed,” explained the lecturer at the Animal Feed Science Laboratory. read more

The Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM developed PRO-NIN BLOCK, an environmentally friendly feed supplement that is able to reduce the production of methane gas produced by ruminants such as cattle, goats, and sheep.

“Methane gas is one of the causes of global warming, which in turn causes various problems such as erratic climate change, drought, and forest fires. The production of methane gas that is too high also has an impact on decreasing livestock productivity,” said Prof. Dr. Ir. Lies Mira Yusiaiti, SU. IPU, FAS UGM  lecturer who developed PRO-NIN BLOCK. read more

20 lecturers from the Faculty of Animal Science UGM have now been certified by ASEAN Engineering, which are engineers’ certificates that are valid throughout ASEAN. The certificate was handed over on Tuesday (1/10) at the UGM Faculty of Animal Husbandry campus by the Dean of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU.

“Congratulations to all, with this certificate, we have donated engineer qualifications to Indonesian HR. To improve qualifications, it is necessary to increase the knowledge of skills through workshops so that competency standards increase, “said the Dean when giving a speech at the certificate presentation. read more

Rendy Novianto, student of High School 1 Karangmojo – Gunungkidul won first place in the National High School/Vocational Scientific Writing Competition (LKTIN) held in the framework of Lustrum X Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) Universitas Gadjah Mada.

Rendy and his colleague Tegar Adi Septiawan presented a work entitled The Gender Detectors Based on the Identification of Integrated Sound Frequency Cloud Server Management Systems Towards Modern Animal Husbandry Businesses. He was decided as the winner after presenting his writing in front of 6 judges at the Auditorium drh. R. Soepardjo Fapet UGM on Thursday (9/26). The participants’ presentations on the competition with the theme “Industrial Livestock Technology Innovation Indonesia Industrial Era 4.0” were also witnessed by the participants/groups of other finalists who were accompanied by their respective supervisors. read more

Three Students of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM students presented a research poster entitled Comparison of Basic Characteristics on Onion Based and Water Based Beef Hamburg Steak Quality at Chosun University, Korea, mid-August 2019. This activity was the final project of their internship program at Chungnam National University, Korea. The three students are Laras Santi Nur’aini (2017), Elsa Cleantha Andira (2017), and Wahyu Eka Putri (2017).

“We conducted the research during the internship, which was in mid-July to August 2019. In that study, we compared the characteristics of hamburg steak with the addition of garlic and water. This research was conducted because the level of meat consumption in developed and developing countries continues to increase, especially in Korea,” said Laras in a release sent on Friday (9/27). read more