Awas! Walet Tularkan Flu Burung

solusisehat.net   Kendati penelitian menyebutkan burung wallet tidak menularkan flu burung, namun masyarakat harus senantiasa waspada. Sebab suatu saat bukan tak mungkin burung ini juga bisa menjadi pembawa virus tersebut. Kepala Dinas Peternakan Riau Marzuki Husin mengungkapkan berdasarkan sampel, tidak ditemukan sedikit pun virus flu burung pada burung walet. Enam fakultas yang melakukan penelitian itu […]

Tree Swallow nest quality & reproductive success

by Raleigh J. Robertson Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 and Jason Jones Spatial and demographic effects on Tree Swallow nest quality and reproductive success The reproductive success of Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) is affected by a number of factors. For populations nesting in natural cavities, ecological factors such as cavity volume, […]

Birds Nest and Cannonball Fungi

anbg.gov.au These two groups of fungi have a superficial similarity. Both produce cup-like fruiting bodies that contain tiny “eggs”, or peridioles. While each Cannonball fungus fruiting body contains just one peridiole, there are many in a Birds Nest fruiting body. However, despite the similarities in appearance the two groups are only distantly related and they […]

The Emperor and the Cook:The Story of Bird's Nest Soup

soupsong.com (by A. M. Zukarnaen) Long ago in China, there was an Emperor who loved to taste different gourmet dishes made by the Royal Cook. Each dish was exotic and different every day. One day the cook ran out of ideas and desperately needed to find a new dish to prepare for the Emperor. The […]

SARANA PENGUNDUHAN SARANG BURUNG WALET ; Mengurangi Risiko, Akan Diganti yang Lebih Modern


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kedaulatan-rakyat.com ~ KEBUMEN (KR) – Kondisi medan yang sulit berupa tebing karang yang curam dan ombak yang ganas di bawahnya, menyebabkan proses pengunduhan sarang burung walet di tiga goa pengunduhan, yaitu Goa Karang Bolong, Kecamatan Buayan, Goa Pasir dan Karangduwur, Kecamatan Ayah, Kabupaten Kebumen, dinilai memiliki risiko yang cukup tinggi. Karena itu, Pemerintah Kabupaten (Pemkab) Kebumen akan berupaya memodernisasi peralatan pengunduhan sarang burung di 3 goa tersebut. Read more about SARANA PENGUNDUHAN SARANG BURUNG WALET ; Mengurangi Risiko, Akan Diganti yang Lebih Modern

Flu Burung Lumpuhkan Usaha Sarang Walet

INDRAMAYU, (PR).- pikiran-rakyat.co.id Penyakit flu burung (Avian influence, AI) ternyata melumpuhkan usaha dan perdagangan sarang burung walet. Memasuki bulan Januari 2006, terjadi kemerosotan harga luar biasa. Bahkan, hingga bulan Pebruari ini mencapai tingkat harga terendah. Dari pantauan “PR”, Selasa (7/3), harga sarang walet kini berada di bawah Rp 5 juta/kg. Padahal, pada akhir tahun 2005 […]

4,8-anhydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid. Isolation from edible bird's nest and structure determination

febsjournal.org V Pozsgay, H Jennings and DL Kasper A new, sialic-acid-derived compound was isolated from the acid hydrolysate of edible bird’s nest by ion-exchange chromatography. Combined use of mass spectroscopy and 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy established that it is the 4,8-anhydro derivative of N-acetylneuraminic acid and that in solutions it exists in two tautomeric forms. […]

Bird's Nests Much More Than Delicious Flavour

thaiwaysmagazine.com By Daisy Bird’s nests? Bird’s saliva? Yes, but there’s something more about it that you may not know before. Have you ever wondered why people, especially the Chinese are fond of bird’s nests? And why are they so expensive? A kilo of unprocessed raw bird’s nests costs 100,000-120,000 baht (1USD = around 40 baht). […]

Edible bird's nest extract inhibits influenza virus infection.

.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Guo CT, Takahashi T, Bukawa W, Takahashi N, Yagi H, Kato K, Hidari KI, Miyamoto D, Suzuki T, Suzuki Y. Department of Biochemistry, University of Shizuoka, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and COE Program in the 21st century, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan; Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences, 182 Tianmushan Road, Hangzhou 310013, […]

BIRD'S NEST FUNGI, SPHERE THROWERS,& SHOTGUN FUNGI

extension.umn.edu Rebecca Brown Bird’s nest fungi (Mycocalia, Nidularia, Nidula, Cyathus, and Crucibulum spp.), sphere throwers (Sphaerobolus spp.), and shotgun fungi (Pilobolus spp.) are three separate groups of fungi with many similarities. Bird’s nest fungi, sphere throwers, and shotgun fungi are all saprophytes, which grow on manure or decaying wood. Since these fungi live only on […]