Antelope Reborn Team of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM, won second place in the national debate competition in the Faterna Scientific Week (Fastweek) event on October 17-21, 2018 at the Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Andalas. The Antelope Reborn Team consists of Indra Wahyu Pratama (class of 2015), Laksmitha Aurelia Dewi (class of 2016), and Dandi Riswanto (class of 2015).

“Before leaving for Universitas Andalas, we passed the selection stage after sending an essay entitled Fact Behind the Cattle Import Ratio,” Indra said in a release he sent on Tuesday (10/23). read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) students, Agnes Ferisqia Kintanaswari (class of 2016), won first place in a business plan competition entitled Business Talk 4 “Entrepreneur Foodstival Day” at Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 30 September 2018. Kintan collaborated with Julio Marcelino Bagaskara, a student of Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering UGM.

“Our business plan is an innovative muffin product from gedhang (banana), which is abbreviated as Mudheng. The product we created aims to create a food innovation from bananas, especially kepok bananas, which are native food potentials from the Kulon Progo region, Yogyakarta,” Kintan said. read more

During the period of Eid al-Adha, the intensity of slaughter of ewes in slaughterhouses in Indonesia, especially for small and medium industries such as lamb satay stalls, also increased. This is closely related to the reduced number of rams for being slaughtered to sacrifice.

“To overcome the reduction of female lambs of productive age that are slaughtered in Eid al-Adha, we conducted research on the relationship between age and weight of carcasses and noncarcas in female sheep. From the study, we recommend that female sheep can be slaughtered at the age of over 1 year with weights above 15 kg,” said Dr. Ir. Endy Triyannanto, S.Pt., M.Eng, IPM when contacted Monday (22/10) at the UGM Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) campus. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) student year 2016, Laksa Ersa Anugratama, succeeded to become the runner up and first winner of the social and culture category on scientific writing competition (Indonesian acronym: LKTI)  Sharia Economic Learning Forum (SELF) XV KSEI ICON! On 26—29 April, 2018 in Udayana University, Bali. Laksa struggled with two students from Vocational School UGM by presenting a theme “Sustainable Tourism Development on the Grand Design of Coastal Tourism Sector Establishment Based on Community Based Tourism As a Means to Create Maritime Axis and Sustainable Development in Indonesia”. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) students, Muhammad Khoerul Fadhli and Annisa Erlina Yuliani, won the best presentation award in the Scientific Writing Competition (LKTI) in the 2018 Indonesian Animal Science Student Charity Service (BAMPINAS) at Syah Kuala University on 8-11 October 2018.

“Our paper entitled Utilization of Sanghiang Island as a Local Beef Cattle Means Based on Extensive Integrated Farming System to Meet the Needs of Beef in DKI Jakarta,” Khoerul said when being interviewed on Fapet, Friday (10/19). read more