PENERAPAN TEKNIK CITRA DIGITAL SEBAGAI METODE PENGUKURAN MORFOMETRIK TERNAK PADA SAPI BALI DAN PERANAKAN ONGOLE
ABSTRACT: Morphometric
measurements using digital image technique give a lot of benefits i.e., a safer
method both for the researchers and the experimental animals, produce a more
accurate morphometric data, reduce the stress in the experimental animals and
produce a more detail and complete morphometric data. This experiment used 20
Ongole cross cattle and 20 Bali cattle with the average age of 3 years. Digital
image data were collected by using DSLR camera with 18Mp resolution. The
collected digital image data were analyzed by using Image J program. Parameters
measured in this observation were body length, body height, hip height, pelvic
height, loin height, the length of ossa vertebrae cervicales, the length of
ossa vertebrae thoracicae, the length of ossa vertebrae lumbales, the length of
os scapula, the length of os humerus, the length of ossa radius-ulna, the
length of os metacarpale III, the length of os femoris, the length of ossa
tibia-fibula, and the length of os metatarsale III. Digital image technique
could replace the manual technique for morphometric measurement with a lower
level of variance (<10%). Application of digital image technique for
measurement of morphometric parameters in Ongole Cross and Bali cattle showed
that Bali cattle has a potential for muscle deposition in body frame and body
axis while Ongole Cross cattle has a potential for muscle deposition in fore
and hind legs.
Penulis: Bramada Winiar Putra,
Asnath Maria Fuah, Henny Nuraini, Rudy Priyanto
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd160105