• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.195-199
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• 2016

Fecal samples obtained from wild boar habitats are useful for the surveillance of diseases in wild boar populations; however, it is difficult to determine the species of origin of feces collected in natural habitats. In this study, a fecal IgA ELISA was evaluated as a method for identifying the porcine species from fecal samples. Both domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) and wild boars (Sus scrofa coreanus) showed significantly higher levels of fecal IgA than other animal species. Additionally, age dependent changes in the level of Ig A in wild boars and domestic pigs were identified; Titers of Ig A were highest in suckling period and lowest in weanling period.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.359-364
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• 2010

Lactobacillus acidophilus A12 was isolated from chicken feces for use as an immunostimulating livestock probiotic. The purpose of this study was to optimize the production of L. acidophilus A12 using response surface methodology (RSM). Initially, the influence of growth medium was studied in terms of carbon sources (glucose, fructose, lactose, glycerol, sucrose, ethanol, and mannitol), nitrogen sources (beef extract, yeast extract, malt extract, and tryptone), and inorganic salts ($CaCl_2$, $MgSO_4$, $KH_2PO_4$, $(NH_4)_2SO_4$, $FeSO_4$, and NaCl). Through one factor-at-a time experiment, lactose, yeast extract, and $CaCl_2$ were determined to be the best sources of carbon, nitrogen, and inorganic salt, respectively. The optimum composition was found to be 17.7 g/L lactose, 18.6 g/L yeast extract, and 0.9 g/L $CaCl_2$. Under these conditions, a maximum cell density of 9.33 Log CFU/mL was produced, similar to the predicted value.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.549-554
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• 2003

In order to estimate the availability of ruminally-protected Lys (RPLys) and Met (RPMet), quantitative changes of free Lys and Met in the total abomasal outflow and feces were determined in three Holstein heifers with a T-shaped duodenal cannula. RPLys was prepared by coating Lys with fat and RPMet with a pH-sensitive polymer. RPLys and RPMet containing 30 g of each amino acid were supplied together to heifers, and total abomasal outflow was collected hourly from the T-shaped duodenal cannula for a 48 h period. Collected abomasal outflows were fractionated into liquid and solid phases to measure free Lys and Met concentration. At 2 wk after total abomasal outflow sampling, heifers were supplied RPLys and RPMet together again, and total feces were collected every 12 h for a 3 d period t estimate excreted RPLys and RPMet in feces. The amounts of Lys and Met recovered from the liquid fractions of abomasal outflow were estimated to be $23.9{\pm}8.3%$ and $68.6{\pm}3.6%$ (p=0.008) of RPLys and RPMet ingested, respectively. Final intestinal disappearances of Lys and Met were estimated to be $49.5{\pm}2.6%$ and $78.2%{\pm}6.5%$ (p=0.015) of ingested RPLys and RPMet, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.338-342
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• 2008

This study was performed to screen and select Lactobacillus strains from chicken feces for probiotic use in animals. Of these strains, strain AU had the highest immunostimulatory effect. Therefore, strain A12 was characterized as a potential probiotic. Strain A12 was tentatively identified as Lactobacillus acidophilus A12, using the API 50 CHL kit based on a 99.9% homology. L. acidophilus A12 was highly resistant to artificial gastric juice (pH 2.5) and bile acid (oxgall). Based on results from the API ZYM kit, leucine arylamidase, crystine arylamidase, acid phosphatase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, ${\alpha}$-galactosidase, ${\beta}$-galactosidase, ${\alpha}$-glucosidase, ${\beta}$-glucosidase, and N-acetyl-${\beta}$-glucosamidase were produced by strain A12. L. acidophilus A12 showed resistance to several antibiotics (nisin, gentamicin, and erythromycin). The amount of interleukin $(IL)-1{\alpha}$ in $20{\times}$ concentrated supernatant from L. acidophilus A12 was approximately 156pg/ml. With regard to antioxidant activity, L. acidophilus A12 supernatant showed 60.6% DPPH radical scavenging activity. These results demonstrate the potential use of L. acidophilus A12 as health-promoting probiotics.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.17-22
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• 1978

돈분과 옥분을 50：50으로 혼합하여 3$0^{\circ}C$에서 발효시킬때 초기에는 fecal streptococci가 많이 출현하나 이후 lactobacilli가 발효의 주역을 담당하고 7일 후에는 L. acidophilus, L. fermenti와 L. delbrueckii가 함께 성장하였다. 탈효과정중 젖산균에 의한 산생성으로 인하여 pH가 4.2까지 감소하였으며, E. coli와 효모가 1~2일만에 검출되지 않았으므로 다른 유해 미생물의 생육 억제도 생각할 수 있게 되었다. 또한 옥분내의 풍부한 영양 성분과 발향물의 분취가 산취로 대체됨으로써 풍미가 가축기호에 적당하게 되고 가축분의 이용시 본 시험에서 사용한 방법을 이용함으로써 생돈분의 가열멸균이 아닌 유산균의 자연발효를 통하여 돈분을 사료화시킬 수 있음을 보여주고 있다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제65권1호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2023

Antibiotics have been used in livestock production for not only treatment but also for increasing the effectiveness of animal feed, aiding animal growth, and preventing infectious diseases at the time when immunity is lowered due to stress. South Korea and the EU are among the countries that have prohibited the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in order to prevent indiscriminate use of antibiotics, as previous studies have shown that it may lead to increase in cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Therefore, this study evaluated the number of antibiotic resistance genes in piglets staging from pre-weaning to weaning. Fecal samples were collected from 8 piglets just prior to weaning (21 d of age) and again one week after weaning (28 d of age). Total DNA was extracted from the 200 mg of feces collected from the 8 piglets. Whole metagenome shotgun sequencing was carried out using the Illumina Hi-Seq 2000 platform and raw sequence data were imported to Metagenomics Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology (MG-RAST) pipeline for microbial functional analysis. The results of this study did not show an increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria although confirmed an increase in antibiotic-resistant genes as the consequence of changes in diet and environment during the experiment.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.483-488
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 환경친화적 사축퇴비화 기술을 개발할 목적으로 부자재의 종류별 사축퇴비화 특성을 파악하였다. 부자재로는 사축발생 현장에서 쉽게 구할 수 있는 퇴비, 돈분, 톱밥, 왕겨를 대상으로 실험하였으며 다공성관을 이용한 자연통기형 방법을 고안하여 사용하였다. 실험실 규모의 사축퇴비화 시스템은 100 mm 스티로폼을 이용하여 제작 (W36 ${\times}$ L60 ${\times}$ H26 cm) 하였으며 자연송풍은 바닥을 통해 이루어지도록 고안하였다. 모든 실험은 4처리 (퇴비, 돈분+퇴비, 톱밥, 왕겨) 3반복으로 수행하였으며 퇴비화기간은 40일이었다. 사축퇴비화 과정중의 침출수 발생패턴과 양을 보면 퇴비와 톱밥을 부자재로 사용한 경우에는 침출수가 전혀 발생하지 않았던 반면 돈분+퇴비 및 왕겨를 부자재로 이용한 경우에는 침출수가 발생하였다. 침출수 발생은 퇴비화 초기에 집중되었으며 배출된 침출수의 양은 돈분+퇴비의 경우 18ml/kg-mortality, 왕겨의 경우에는 8.2ml/kg-mortality 이었다. 침출수로 배출되는 오염물질의 양은 왕겨를 부자재로 사용 시 사체 kg당 1.91mg의 $NH_4$-N와 2.22 mg의 TOCs가 발생하였고, 퇴비와 분뇨를 혼합하여 부자재로 사용할 때에는 사체 kg 당 38.65 mg의 $NH_4$-N와 0.70mg의 TOCs가 발생하였다. 고안된 퇴비화 시스템에서의 악취발생 정도를 알기 위해 사축퇴비화 과정 중의 DMDS 발생을 조사한 결과 사축분해 정도와 관계없이 평균적으로 매우 낮은 발생을 보였는데 이는 상층에 위치한 완숙퇴비가 바이오필터의 역할을 담당했기 때문으로 판단되었다. 사축분해율은 퇴비, 돈분+퇴비, 톱밥, 왕겨구에서 각각 25.3, 25.8, 13.5, 14.5% 수준으로 퇴비 및 돈분+퇴비구의 사축분해율이 톱밥이나 왕겨구에 비해 유의적으로 높았다 (p<0.05). 또한 퇴비나 돈분을 혼합하여 부자재로 이용한 처리구에서만 $55^{\circ}C$ 이상으로 충분한 열이 발생하여 1주일 정도 유지된 것으로 나타나 부자재를 단독으로 사용하는 것은 생물학적 안정성측면에서 바람직하지 않은 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.239-243
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• 2005

Current treatments for canine Giardia infections include albendazole, fenbendazole and metronidazole in the most cases. To compare efficacy of these antimicrobial drugs for treating naturally infected giardiasis in dogs, we used the zinc sulfate concentration technique(ZSCT) to figure out naturally infected with Giardia. In this study, feces were collected from 150 asymptomatic dogs at a kennel, 28 asymptomatic Giardia infected dogs were used by the allocated four group to receive albendazole(group A, 25 mg/kg, PO, bid, 7 days), fenbendazole(group F, 50 mg/kg, PO, sid, 7 days), metronidazole (group M, 50 mg/kg, PO, sid, 7 days), nontreated control(group NC) respectively. Fecal samples from each dog were examined for Giardia cysts within 3 days of the last treatment. Giardia cysts were not detected in the feces of any dog in group F. Cysts were detected in the feces 1 of 7 dogs in group A or in the feces 2 of 7 dogs in group M. In the group NC, cysts were detected in the feces of 7 of 7 dogs. Finally, there was significant difference for efficacy between antimicrobial drugs against Giardia in dogs. Fenbendazo1e is the most efficacy to have giardiacidal activity.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.255-260
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• 1990

This study was conducted to examine the enteropathogens and clinical aspects of diarrhea of the 211 Korean native calves during the suckling period. The experimental results were summerized as follows: 1. The 206 Korean native calves (97.6%) were affected with diarrhea during the suckling period. 2. Of 156 diarrheal feces tested, Rotavirus were detected from 108(69.2%) feces of $K^+99$ E coli were detected from 23(14.7%) feces and Eimeria spp were detected from 33(21.2%) feces. But Salmonella spp and Cryptosporidium spp were not detected. 3. Rotavirus were detected from 2 to 84 days of life, $K^+99$ E coli were detected from 5 to 54 days and Eimeria spp were detected from 33 to 84 days of life. 4. Physical appearances of the diarrheal feces were not affected specifically according to the enteropathogens, but were affected by the severity of diarrhea and the diets.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.1163-1170
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• 2015

Two probiotic strains, Lactobacillus johnsonii x-1d-2 and Lactobacillus mucosae x-4w-1, originally isolated from piglet feces, have been demonstrated to possess antimicrobial activities, antibiotic resistances and interleukin-6 induction ability in RAW 267.4 macrophages in our previous study. These characteristics make L. johnsonii x-1d-2 and L. mucosae x-4w-1 good candidates for application in feed probiotics. In this study, soybeal meal, molasses and sodium acetate were selected to optimize the growth medium for cultivation of L. johnsonii x-1d-2 and L. mucosae x-4w-1. These two strains were then freeze-dried and mixed into the basal diet to feed the weaned piglets. The effects of L. johnsonii x-1d-2 and L. mucosae x-4w-1 on the growth performance and fecal microflora of weaned piglets were investigated. The results showed that the bacterial numbers of L. johnsonii x-1d-2 and L. mucosae x-4w-1 reached a maximum of 8.90 and 9.30 log CFU/mL, respectively, when growing in optimal medium consisting of 5.5% (wt/vol) soybean meal, 1.0% (wt/vol) molasses and 1.0% (wt/vol) sodium acetate. The medium cost was 96% lower than the commercial de Man, Rogosa and Sharpe medium. In a further feeding study, the weaned piglets fed basal diet supplemented with freeze-dried probiotic cultures exhibited higher (p<0.05) body weight gain, feed intake, and gain/feed ratio than weaned piglets fed basal diet. Probiotic feeding also increased the numbers of lactobacilli and decreased the numbers of E. coli in the feces of weaned piglets. This study demonstrates that L. johnsonii x-1d-2 and L. mucosae x-4w-1 have high potential to be used as feed additives in the pig industry.