Nesting construction and biophysical records of gestating sows under traditional free-range farming system inside mixed-semi forest of lowland West Papua
1 Faculty of Animal Production, The State University of Papua, Jl, Gunung Salju, Amban, Papua Barat, Indonesia.
2 Faculty of Forestry, The State University of Papua, Jl, Gunung Salju, Amban, Manokwari, Indonesia.
3 Faculty of Agriculture, The State University of Papua, Jl, Gunung Salju, Amban, Papua Barat, Indonesia.
4 Faculty of Economic and Business, The State University of Papua, Jl, Gunung Salju, Amban, Papua Barat, Indonesia.
Research Article
Open Access Research Journal of Life Sciences, 2022, 04(01), 062–071.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjls.2022.4.1.0066
Publication history:
Received on 20 August 2022; revised on 23 September 2022; accepted on 25 September 2022
Abstract:
Nest is the important compartment of the sows. The roles of nests are for giving birth and shelter. His research has been carried out in the lowland Prafi valley, Manokwari regency, West Papua province. The main parameters observed were the ecological characteristics of nesting sows in nests made by pigs for parturition. The findings were that sows’ nesting material consist of 61.22% grass, 12.3 legumes, 12.3% trees component and 29.4% leaves. Average daily temperature of the nest is 26ºC, humidity 81.87% and average pH is 6.8. The average altitude of the place is 43 mASL. The location of the nest built by the sows is under the canopy of oil palm plantation and river banks (Watershed), and under other trees such as durian and bamboo. The shape of the nest made is rectangular, triangular, and round.
Keywords:
Sows nesting; Bio-physical nesting pigs; Oil palm habitat; Lowland West Papua
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