The Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM and the Faculty of Agriculture of the Tribhuwana Tungga Dewi University collaborate in the fields of education, research, and community service. The memorandum of understanding was signed on Monday (1/27) at the FAS UGM campus.

“Memorandum of mutual understanding is important as a protection of the cooperation. Hopefully the cooperation opportunities that can be explored regarding the quality of graduates or publications can be developed,” said the Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU., ASEAN. Eng after signing the memorandum of understanding. read more

In order to introduce the internship program in Australia, the Northern Terrritory Cattlemen’s Association (NTCA) visited Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM on Thursday (1/23). The visit was received by the Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Prof. Ir. Budi Guntoro, S.Pt., M.Sc., Ph.D., IPU., ASEAN Eng.

“By joining the internship program organized by NTCA, we hope that students will get a lot of experience on farms in Australia,” Budi said in his remarks at the NTCA Sharing Session. read more

A total of 6 Masters and 3 Doctors graduated from the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM on Wednesday (1/22). The mean GPA of graduates for the Master Program is 3.82 and for the Doctoral Program is 3.83.

This was said by the Head of the Doctorate Study Program, Ir. Yuny Erwanto, S.Pt., M.P., Ph.D., IPM when delivering a remark at the graduation ceremony at the FAS UGM campus, Wednesday afternoon.

“The average study period of the Master Program graduates is 2 years 1 month and the average study period of the Doctorate Program graduates is 4 years 0 months. Thus, FAS UGM has graduated 777 Masters and 127 Doctors,” said Yuny. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM held a seminar for lecturers who have entered the retirement period, Prof. Dr. Ir. Sri Harimurti, SU and Dr. Ir. Setiyono, SU on Tuesday (7/1) at the Auditorium Drh. R. Soepardjo FAS UGM. The seminar presented the theme “The Role of Livestock in Producing Healthy Food Products”.

Prof. Dr. Ir. Sri Harimurti, SU is a lecturer at the Poultry Science Laboratory of FAS UGM. In the seminar, Prof. Sri Harimurti presented a presentation on “Probiotics of Indonesian Original Lactic Acid Bacteria as Alternative for Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Poultry: Its Role for Intestinal Health and Food Safety for Meat and Eggs”. Meanwhile, Dr. Ir. Setiyono, SU who is a lecturer at the Meat Science and Technology Laboratory presented “Preparing Healthy Meat Products”. read more

Indonesia is on the ring of fire which is geographically very vulnerable to natural disasters. One problem that is often encountered is the difficulty of distributing logistics to disaster affected areas that are difficult to reach. For this reason, the idea of ​​packaging food that is durable, ASUH (safe, healthy, whole, and halal), inexpensive, highly nutritious, and easily distributed to disaster areas is needed at this time.

“One alternative food packaging that can preserve and maintain the quality of the product at present is retort pouch packaging, which is military plastic packaging that allows food to be easily distributed to affected areas,” said Dr. Ir. Endy Triyannanto, S.Pt., M.Eng., IPM, ASEAN Eng., Lecturer at the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM when met at the FAS UGM campus, Friday (6/12). read more