Physiological Status of Indoor Sheep in the Tropical Rain Forest (HPGW) Environment (HPGW) Environment

As an ouempt to improve the animal health and production. agrasilvopastural (ASP) system has been introduced in the tropical countries. ASP system usually was established as a pasture ofanimals in the agriculture land OT forestry environment, otherwise development ASP system with indoor animal in the tropical rainforest environment are still scare. Establishing ofthe anima/production system in [hetropicalforest environmenthas a certainconsequencerelatedto tileinfluenceojphysiological f I, status and animal health. The objective ofthe study is to evaluate the physiological status a/indoor sheep ;n 'he Gunung Wolat Education Forest (IlPGWj-/PB, Sakabumi-west Java-Indonesia which has tropical rain forest climatic type. Ten Javanese thin-tailed ewes, average body weight of25 kg. in the indoor stable system were feed and wafer ad libitum under 24 hours continues monitoring of stable humidity and temperature. Measurement of hearth rate, respiration rate, and body temperature were carrying out to tile each ewe in the morning and afternoon. This study reveals that {he average humidity in the stable a day in the HPGW-IPB is (97.52 ± 4.87) % reI. and average \ temperature a day is (22.26 ~. 1.62)"C. The consequence ofbtoclimanc condition is directly (0 the physiological status ofthe ewes, such as hearth rate by (71.00 ± 10.51), respiration rate by (29.25...t l 5.39) and body temperature by (38.73± 0.56)"C. The average humidity a day in the stable shows f uncomfortable for the animal health and production system, although the stable temperature is still comfortableenough. Theconditionisdominantlyinfluencedbydensity anddiversityofvegetation in tile ~ropical rainforest. Th2highhumidityin ,bestableaffectsenhancing ofrespirationrate ofthe ewes, altbough hearth rate and body temperature tend to the normal physiological value.