Karakteristik Morfologi dan Keragaman Sifat-Sifat Kualitatif Sapi Aceh

Abstract

FAKHRUL RIZAL: Morphological Characteristics and Diversity Attributes of Qualitative Aceh Cattle. Supervised by SAYED UMAR and HAMDAN. Aceh cattle is Indonesian local cattle germplasm that need to be maintained and developed as a wealth of genetic resources Indonesia has a high adaptability to disease, parasites, low quality feed and extensive maintenance system. The import of exotic animals to Indonesian in addition to improving the quality of local beef would also tend to eliminate the local animal genetic resources in an intersection without evaluation, control and without taking into account the importance of native cattle to Indonesian. Therefore, research done phenotypic and morphometric analysis (color and horn shape) in 205 Aceh cattles (174 females and 31 males) in Aceh Besar District, Banda Aceh City, Bireuen District, Pidie Jaya District and Aceh Barat District. Phenotypic data were analyzed descriptively used Excel and the morphometric data were analyzed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) used SPSS 18. The results of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) indicates that the body length and chest depth as the Principal Components in Aceh cattle. Aceh Cattle has a variety of colors and red brick dominant (25.37%) and nutbrown (22.44%). Aceh Cattle generally horned but where 10.24% are not horns (kupung) on males and females. Counseling should be do as the given information of Aceh Cattle as Indonesian local beef germplasm potentian to be developed and preserved for the Indonesian public walfare.