Abstract
This study aims to obtain the physiological value of dugongs that live in natural habitats (in-situ) as protected wildlife, namely on the coast of Lingayan Island, Toli-Toli Regency. Wild dugongs caught on the beach were put into a net cage. After 14 days of living in a beach cage, measurements of heart rate, respiration, and body temperature were measured using non-invasive methods. This study showed that the value of heart rate, respiration, and body temperature were measured (80.00±17.32) beats/minutes, (17.33±6.80) inspiration/minute, and (32.75±0.07)°C. This physiological value is higher when compared to dugongs that live in captivity, this is likely due to the process of homeostasis through physiological adaptation mechanisms. The physiological value of the dugong is very important for the advancement of dugong animal health science and technology. Besides this finding can be a medical reference that is very useful for veterinarians in the diagnostic and therapeutic process.
Highlights
The diversity of wild animals is one of the forms of biodiversity of natural resources in a region or a country, efforts on wild animal protection are required
This study aims to obtain the physiological value of dugongs that live in natural habitats as protected wildlife, namely on the coast of Lingayan Island, Toli-Toli Regency
This study showed that the value of heart rate, respiration, and body temperature were measured (80.00±17.32) beats/minutes, (17.33±6.80) inspiration/minute, and (32.75±0.07)°C
Summary
The diversity of wild animals is one of the forms of biodiversity of natural resources in a region or a country, efforts on wild animal protection are required. One of the protected wild animal is dugong, a mammal that is known as sea cow (Nair and Mohan 1997). The existence of dugong in the wild should get special attention, considering the dugong world population to date has plummeted drastically. The number of dugong population is decreasing daily due to hunting and habitat damage (Anderson 1981). Most of dugong death incidence are known caused by human activities and some because of the dugong diseases itself (Campbell and Ladds 1979). To this date there have not been many reports on the presence of infectious or non-infectious diseases in this marine mammal. Most of the disease incidence reports were reports from pathological, histopathological, or
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