Asmara IY, Garnida D, Sulisytati M, Tejaningsih S, Partasasmita R. 2018. Ethnoveterinary medicine and health managementof Pelung Chicken in West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 19: 1502-1508. Pelung chicken is a race group of chickens. The spread ofPelung chicken is in the district of Cianjur, and now become widespread to several districts in West Java. The spread of Pelung chickendoes occur because as a poultry, it is attractive to people who like to keep the chicken. The chickens are mainly raised as singingchickens. Some studies showed that health-management practices and disease control measures present challenges in maintaining theexistence of the chickens. A survey was carried out to determine health management and the use of ethnoveterinary in raising Pelungchickens. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data involving 131 Pelung keepers in four districts in West Java Provinceincluding Cianjur, Sukabumi, Bandung and Garut Districts. The data was analyzed using descriptive analysis. The result showed thatrespiratory diseases such as Snot (Infectious Coryza) and Tetelo (Newcastle Disease) were main diseases for Pelung chickens.Vaccination combined with ethnoveterinary medicines was a common practice for Pelung keepers to prevent and cure chicken diseases.More than five major medicinal plants were found to be used to cure various chicken diseases in which leaves of papaya and turmericwere the most mentioned by respondents. Documentation and investigations regarding plant properties and their applications for Pelungchickens disease cure should be carried in the future. A combination of vaccination, ethnoveterinary medicine and good hygiene arerequired to control deadly diseases such as Newcastle Disease. Government intervention would be required to improve keepers' skillsand awareness in chicken health management.
Asmara IY, Garnida D, Sulisytati M, Tejaningsih S, Partasasmita R. 2018. Knowledge and perception of pelung keepers’s toward chicken contests in West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 19: 2232-2237. Pelung chicken is an indigenous chicken breed which has social and cultural functions in particular communities in Indonesia. Contests are conducted regularly as a media to show the singing ability of Pelung chickens and the activities are considered important to maintain the existence of the chickens. The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and perceptions of chicken keepers toward chicken contests for Pelung chickens. A survey using open and structured questionnaire was conducted to collect data involving 133 Pelung keepers. The study was carried out in four districts in West Java Province, Indonesia including Cianjur, Sukabumi, Bandung, and Garut Districts. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. The result showed that almost respondents knew about contests and they defined contests as a media to find good breeds as well as a media to find and/or improve networks. Main sources of information contests were the organization, family, and social media. Respondents had positive perception toward contests, and they actively participated in the different level of contests. The findings are important as social input for the management of animal genetic resources (AnGR) in Indonesia
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