THE OBSERVATION FOR HOUSING SYSTEM, RELATED TO PERFORMANCE PRODUCTION OF FAT-TAILED SHEEP IN SMALL HOLDER FARMERS IN EAST JAVA, INDONESIA

Abstract

Fat-tailed sheep (FTS) as indigenous sheep in Indonesia, have variously performance. It could be caused by skill management by farmer, including skill for housing and rearing. The research was conducted to know conditions and photograph of housing systems and performance production of I-‘TS and it's hold by smallholder farmers in East Java. The survey with directs observations and periodically interviews throughout 240 respondent. Location (East Java) include 6 regencies, 12 district and 24 villages. For each village had 10 represent by
respondent. The data were the characteristic of bams (model/type, stuffl location, endurance and hygienic) and performance production (mating post-parrum, litter size, body condition scores and lamb mortality). The data were calculated with simple statistic and explained by descriptive methods. Result showed, as generally, those housing systems of FTS were divided in two groups, such as: stage and floor types, it's made from bamboo or woods. Most of these without partition (9O,2 - 100 %). From kitchen, stage was located at 4,5 :1: 3,4 m and floor types had 1,6
1 2,8 m. The roof made from pan tile (20 %), bamboo (30 %) and rumbia (50 %). In the end of observation, showed that mating post parmm (day), litter size (head), score body condition and lamb mortality (%) front stage and floor types, were respectively: 74,0 :l: 29,8 and 80,9 i 34,8; 1,7 :!: 0,8 and 1,4 1 0,6; 2,4 i 0,6 and 2,1 :1: 0,4; 17,5 and 33,5. FTS who reared in stage types had better performance production.