Potency of Brown Sugar as a Nectar Substitute for Trichoglossus haematodus in Captivity
Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) is nectarivorous bird that feed on nectar as a source of carbohydrate. In captivity, it is not practical to provide a continued diet of nectar from the flowers. Therefore, this study aimed to find other carbohydrate sources such as brown sugar as substitute...
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| description | Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) is nectarivorous bird that feed on nectar as a source of carbohydrate. In captivity, it is not practical to provide a continued diet of nectar from the flowers. Therefore, this study aimed to find other carbohydrate sources such as brown sugar as substitute nectar for T. haematodus. Twelve wild T. haematodus in four cages offered five types different brown sugar solution with different concentrations. Since brown sugar has low protein content, therefore the birds also offered commercial baby biscuit to meet the protein requirement. The results showed that the birds like to consume all types of brown sugar solution with sugar concentration up to 40% . However, the siwalan brown sugar solution was the most favored by the bird. over the other type of brown sugar solutions (aren, coconut, sugar cane and regular commercial “palm” brown sugar). Furthermore, the result showed that the birds prefer commercial baby biscuit was soaked in the brown sugar solution with concentration 20%. This study provides the information that the brown sugar solution based diet has potency as an alternative carbohydrate source to substitute nectar for T. haematodus in captivity which is more practical and can increase the survival rate in birds. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa7df62192774eec8a4e3e64eb8ef7a22025-08-20T02:04:34ZengUniversitas Negeri SemarangBiosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education2085-191X2338-76102019-08-0111218619310.15294/biosaintifika.v11i2.187308893Potency of Brown Sugar as a Nectar Substitute for Trichoglossus haematodus in CaptivitySiti Nuramaliati Prijono0Rini Rachmatika1Zoology Division, Research Centre for Biology, Indonesian Institute of SciencesZoology Division, Research Centre for Biology, Indonesian Institute of SciencesTrichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) is nectarivorous bird that feed on nectar as a source of carbohydrate. In captivity, it is not practical to provide a continued diet of nectar from the flowers. Therefore, this study aimed to find other carbohydrate sources such as brown sugar as substitute nectar for T. haematodus. Twelve wild T. haematodus in four cages offered five types different brown sugar solution with different concentrations. Since brown sugar has low protein content, therefore the birds also offered commercial baby biscuit to meet the protein requirement. The results showed that the birds like to consume all types of brown sugar solution with sugar concentration up to 40% . However, the siwalan brown sugar solution was the most favored by the bird. over the other type of brown sugar solutions (aren, coconut, sugar cane and regular commercial “palm” brown sugar). Furthermore, the result showed that the birds prefer commercial baby biscuit was soaked in the brown sugar solution with concentration 20%. This study provides the information that the brown sugar solution based diet has potency as an alternative carbohydrate source to substitute nectar for T. haematodus in captivity which is more practical and can increase the survival rate in birds.https://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/biosaintifika/article/view/18730brown sugar, captivity, nectarivorous bird, nutrition, lorikeet |
| spellingShingle | Siti Nuramaliati Prijono Rini Rachmatika Potency of Brown Sugar as a Nectar Substitute for Trichoglossus haematodus in Captivity Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education brown sugar, captivity, nectarivorous bird, nutrition, lorikeet |
| title | Potency of Brown Sugar as a Nectar Substitute for Trichoglossus haematodus in Captivity |
| title_full | Potency of Brown Sugar as a Nectar Substitute for Trichoglossus haematodus in Captivity |
| title_fullStr | Potency of Brown Sugar as a Nectar Substitute for Trichoglossus haematodus in Captivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potency of Brown Sugar as a Nectar Substitute for Trichoglossus haematodus in Captivity |
| title_short | Potency of Brown Sugar as a Nectar Substitute for Trichoglossus haematodus in Captivity |
| title_sort | potency of brown sugar as a nectar substitute for trichoglossus haematodus in captivity |
| topic | brown sugar, captivity, nectarivorous bird, nutrition, lorikeet |
| url | https://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/biosaintifika/article/view/18730 |
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