Propagation Of Barn Owls, Tyto Alba Javanica For Controlling Of Rat Populations In Urban Area Of Minden, Penang.

In this study, 25 barn owls, Tyto alba javanica were translocated from their original habitat and were introduced in urban area of Minden, Penang Island since 2016 in order to establish their population and to serve as a natural enemy against rat pests. Prior to release the barn owls into urban area...

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Main Author:	Saufi, Mohamad Safwan Mohd
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation geographical distribution)
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spelling	my-usm-ep.516742022-02-25T14:26:05Z Propagation Of Barn Owls, Tyto Alba Javanica For Controlling Of Rat Populations In Urban Area Of Minden, Penang. 2020-06 Saufi, Mohamad Safwan Mohd QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) In this study, 25 barn owls, Tyto alba javanica were translocated from their original habitat and were introduced in urban area of Minden, Penang Island since 2016 in order to establish their population and to serve as a natural enemy against rat pests. Prior to release the barn owls into urban area, food preferences and feeding behaviour of T. alba javanica in captivity were investigated. The Mann-Whitney analysis test showed that there was no significant difference (p>0.05) between different 2 species of rats (Rattus tiomanicus and Rattus norvegicus) as the barn owls preferable diets. However, the barn owls showed their preference towards small active, small inactive (<50g) medium active followed by medium inactive (80-120g) meanwhile larger preys were less preferable (180-220g). Next, molecular sexing method of T. alba javanica was carried out to compare ten morphological traits to determine the barn owls sexes; body mass, spotting patterns and plumage colour, tarsus length, talons, wingspan, tail, facial disc, primary and secondary remiges, presence of brood patches and culment length. This study showed that sex identification using morphological trait had 83.3% and 78.57% accuracy for both female and male respectively. Furthermore, the results indicated that the presence of brooding patch were the most second most accurate and reliable to determine the barn owls sexes (accuracy of 100% and 75% for male and female respectively). 2020-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/51674/ http://eprints.usm.my/51674/1/MOHAMAD%20SAFWAN%20BIN%20MOHD%20SAUFI%20-%20TESIS%2024.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kajihayat
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spellingShingle	QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation geographical distribution) Saufi, Mohamad Safwan Mohd Propagation Of Barn Owls, Tyto Alba Javanica For Controlling Of Rat Populations In Urban Area Of Minden, Penang.
description	In this study, 25 barn owls, Tyto alba javanica were translocated from their original habitat and were introduced in urban area of Minden, Penang Island since 2016 in order to establish their population and to serve as a natural enemy against rat pests. Prior to release the barn owls into urban area, food preferences and feeding behaviour of T. alba javanica in captivity were investigated. The Mann-Whitney analysis test showed that there was no significant difference (p>0.05) between different 2 species of rats (Rattus tiomanicus and Rattus norvegicus) as the barn owls preferable diets. However, the barn owls showed their preference towards small active, small inactive (<50g) medium active followed by medium inactive (80-120g) meanwhile larger preys were less preferable (180-220g). Next, molecular sexing method of T. alba javanica was carried out to compare ten morphological traits to determine the barn owls sexes; body mass, spotting patterns and plumage colour, tarsus length, talons, wingspan, tail, facial disc, primary and secondary remiges, presence of brood patches and culment length. This study showed that sex identification using morphological trait had 83.3% and 78.57% accuracy for both female and male respectively. Furthermore, the results indicated that the presence of brooding patch were the most second most accurate and reliable to determine the barn owls sexes (accuracy of 100% and 75% for male and female respectively).
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qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Saufi, Mohamad Safwan Mohd
author_facet	Saufi, Mohamad Safwan Mohd
author_sort	Saufi, Mohamad Safwan Mohd
title	Propagation Of Barn Owls, Tyto Alba Javanica For Controlling Of Rat Populations In Urban Area Of Minden, Penang.
title_short	Propagation Of Barn Owls, Tyto Alba Javanica For Controlling Of Rat Populations In Urban Area Of Minden, Penang.
title_full	Propagation Of Barn Owls, Tyto Alba Javanica For Controlling Of Rat Populations In Urban Area Of Minden, Penang.
title_fullStr	Propagation Of Barn Owls, Tyto Alba Javanica For Controlling Of Rat Populations In Urban Area Of Minden, Penang.
title_full_unstemmed	Propagation Of Barn Owls, Tyto Alba Javanica For Controlling Of Rat Populations In Urban Area Of Minden, Penang.
title_sort	propagation of barn owls, tyto alba javanica for controlling of rat populations in urban area of minden, penang.
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Kajihayat
publishDate	2020
url	http://eprints.usm.my/51674/1/MOHAMAD%20SAFWAN%20BIN%20MOHD%20SAUFI%20-%20TESIS%2024.pdf
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Propagation Of Barn Owls, Tyto Alba Javanica For Controlling Of Rat Populations In Urban Area Of Minden, Penang.

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