• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.297-305
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• 2003

The family of lemnacae colloquially known as duckweed contains the world' smallest species of flowering plants (macrophytes). Aquatic and free-floating, their most striking qualities are a capacity for explosive reproduction and an almost complete lack of fibrous material. They are widely used for reducing chemical loading in facultative sewage lagoons, but their greatest potential lies in their ability to produce large quantities of protein rich biomass, suitable for feeding to a wide range of animals, including fish, poultry and cattle. Despite these qualities there are numerous impediments to these plants being incorporated into western farming systems. Large genetically determined variations in growth in response to nutrients and climate, apparent anti-nutritional factors, concerns about sequestration of heavy metals and possible transference of pathogens raise questions about the safety and usefulness of these plants. A clear understanding of how to address and overcome these impediments needs to be developed before duckweed is widely accepted for nutrient reclamation and as a source of animal feed.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.99-110
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• 2013

수산종묘는 인류에게 중요한 동물성 단백질을 제공할 뿐만 아니라, 방류를 통한 수산자원 관리의 측면에서도 매우 중요하다. 수산자원의 증강을 목적으로 2009년에는 33품종, 2010년에는 44품종, 2011년에는 43품종, 2012년에는 46품종에 대해 수산생물전염병에 대한 감염 여부를 조사하였다. 검사품종 중에서 해면품종으로는 전복이 가장 많았으며, 그 다음 해삼, 넙치, 조피볼락, 꽃게 순으로 나타났다. 내수면품종 중에서는 붕어가 가장 많았으며, 그 다음으로 쏘가리, 대농갱이, 다슬기, 참게의 순으로 나타났다. 감성돔, 돌돔, 붉은쏨뱅이, 뱀장어는 4년 동안 지속적으로 검사 횟수가 감소하였다. 숭어에 대해서는 2009년에만 전염병 검사가 수행되었다. 8개의 검사 항목에 대해 총 8,476건의 검사가 실시되었으며, 56건 (0.67%)에서 koi herpesvirus, white spot syndrome virus, red sea bream iridovirus 또는 viral haemorrhagic septicemia virus와 같은 병원체가 검출되어 불합격 처리되었다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.103-107
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• 2002

A 6-week feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of six different dietary animal protein sources on growth and body composition of olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus in recirculating system. White fish meal (WFM), flounder muscle (FLM), carp muscle (CM), blood meal (BM), squid liver powder (SLP) and casein (CA) were used as the main animal protein sources in the six experimental diets. Fish averaging $2.9\pm0.03g$ $(mean\pm SD)$ were distributed to each aquarium as a group of 15 fish and were fed one of the six experimental diets to each treatment of triplicate groups. After 6-week of the feeding trial, fish fed white fish meal (WFM) and flounder muscle (FLM) diets showed a significant higher weight gain $(WG\%)$ (P<0.05) than those of fish fed the CM, BM, SLP and CA diets. Fish fed BM diet showed the lowest WG among all the dietary treatments. Feed conversion ratio (FCR) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) showed the similar trend as WG. Hematocrit and hemoglobin were not affected by the dietary treatments. Fish fed the FLM and CM diets showed significant higher survival rate than those of fish fed BM diets, and there was no significant difference in survival of fish fed WFM, FLM, CM, SLP and CA diets. These results indicated that WFM and FLM are the best dietary protein sources tested in olive flounder.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.256-267
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• 2023

The suitability of any fish species for successful aquaculture requires basic information on its reproduction and growth. This study investigated some facets of the reproductive biology of Synodontis shall (Mochokidae) from River Siluko in Nigeria. Fish samples were collected forth-nightly for a duration of fourteen (14) months-March 2015 to April, 2016 with the assistance of artisanal fishermen. Fishes were identified using taxonomic guides and standard techniques were used for determination of sex ratio, gonad maturation and fecundity. Linear regression method was used to define the correlation between fecundity and fish length, body weight and ovary weight. Results showed that sex ratio did not indicate a significant divergence (p > 0.05) from the 1 male to 1 female distribution ratio (1:1.41). Gonad morphology revealed paired gonads. Testes and ovaries were classified into four maturity stages: immature, resting, ripening and ripe. Gonadosomatic index ranged from 0.04 to 5.68 (males) and 0.03 to 20.19 (females). Absolute fecundity ranged from 1,014 to 4,520 eggs (mean = 2,592 eggs) and did not correlate significantly (p > 0.05) to ovary weight. This study has contributed to existing data on the biology of freshwater fish species in Nigeria and provided valuable information for fishery management tools in the conservation and utilization of this valuable freshwater fish species.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.320-326
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• 2022

Most of the emerging diseases that threaten humans are caused by RNA viruses which are extremely mutable during evolution. The fish RNA virus, viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) can infect a broad range of aquatic animal hosts, but the transmissibility of VHSV to mammals has not been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, our study aimed to investigate the potential adverse effects of VHSV in mammals. Briefly, the survival of VHSV was determined using only minimum essential media (MEM-2) and mammalian SNU-1411 and hepa-1c1c7s cells at 15℃ and 37℃. Mice (Mus musculus, 27.3 ± 1.9 g) were intravenously injected with VHSV (2.37E+05 TCID₅₀·mice^-1) in triplicate. Clinical signs and survival rates were examined at 14 days post-challenge, and infection was confirmed in the surviving mice. The 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID₅₀) and polymerase chain reaction analysis were used to determine viral titers and the infection rate, respectively. The titer of VHSV suspended in MEM-2 at 15℃ was reduced by only one log after 8 days, whereas the virus maintained at 37℃ was inactivated 8 days post-inoculation (dpi). There were no recognizable cytopathic effects in either SNU-1411 or hepa-1c1c7s cells inoculated with VHSV at 15℃ and 37℃. VHSV in those cell lines at 37℃ was rapidly decreased and eventually inactivated at 12 dpi, whereas virus at 15℃ remained at low concentrations without replication. In vivo experiment showed that there were no signs of disease, mortality, or infection in VHSV-infected mice. The results of this study indicate that it is highly unlikely that VHSV can infect mammals including humans.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.109-112
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• 2015

2014년 1월부터 2015년 5월까지 충청남도, 전라북도 및 전라남도에 위치한 6개지지역 (충청남도: 태안, 보령, 전라북도: 고창, 전라남도: 무안, 영광, 완도) 총 11개소의 넙치 종묘장으로부터 채집한 넙치 치어 총 660마리 (132 pooling 시료)를 대상으로 Kudoa septempunctata의 감염현황을 조사하였다. 쿠도아 검사를 실시한 결과, 모든 넙치 종묘에 서 PCR 음성 결과가 확인되었다. 이상의 결과로 쿠도아 진단 매뉴얼 방법에 의해 조사된 종묘장의 넙치에서는 K. septempunctata가 검출되지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.215-219
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• 2002

In mid-April, 2000, hundreds of thousands of fish floated dead on the Chungnang River, one of the small branches of the Han River in Seoul. We examined the causes of the accident in detail, through analysis of monitorinq data from the Han River Monitoring Project, which employed the transplanted aquatic moss, Fontinalis antipyretica. This allowed investigation of another possible cause of the fish kill: release of trace metals into the river from industrial sources during the rainfall event. In addition, we aimed to verify the usefulness of aquatic mosses as bioindicators of the event. Water samples collected 48 h after the fish kill exhibited low pH and high Total-N and Total-p, indicating that acidic compounds rich in nitrogen and phosphorus might be a major contaminant. BOD and COD were also very high. On the whole, the conditions of the river water were degraded at that time. Distinct trends were not observed in the chlorophyll phaeophy-tinization quotient and photosynthesis rate of transplanted mosses. How-ever mosses sampled soon after the accident exhibited the lowest values for those variables (P < 0.01), suggesting that stress factors in the river were diluted out over time. Heavy metals with characteristics of industrial effluents (Cr, Pb, Zn, Fe, Cu, and Cd) increased (p ＜ 0.01), indicating that they were unlikely to be major causes of the accident.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.253-262
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• 2009

병든 넙치에서 분리한 Streptococcus parauberis (FP2284)를 스트레스 조건을 달리하여 넙치, Paralichthys olivaceus에 인위감염한 후 조직 내 생균수 변화 및 병리조직학적 변화를 분석하였다. 인위감염 실험은 건강한 넙치 (평균 어체 중 40.4 g)에 $2{\times}10^{8}$ CFU/fish 농도로 복강주사하고 스트레스를 주지 않거나 하루 2번, 2분간 Netting 스트레스를 처리하였다. 스트레스를 주지 않은 그룹과 Netting 스트레스를 준 그룹의 누적 폐사율은 각각 70% 및 95%로 나타났다. 인위감염 시킨 넙치에서는 체색흑화와 심장의 염증이 주요 임상소견으로 나타났으며, 심장에서는 주로 심외막염, 심근염 및 심근의 섬유화가 관찰되었다. 인위감염 후 심장 조직의 세균수 변화를 측정한 결과, 주사 후 3주째까지 심장 1 g당 $10^{4}$ CFU의 세균수가 유지되는 것으로 나타났다. 스트레스 조건하에서 심장에서의 병리조직학적 변화가 더 심한 것으로 나타났으며, 심장 조직내 세균의 점차적인 감소가 지연되는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.289-293
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• 2008

Reproduction of the goby fish Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus was examined using 298 specimens collected from April to October 2005 in a mud flat of Suncheon Bay, Korea. Specimens ranged in body length(BL) from 1.3 to 9.1 cm. The gonadosomatic index(GSI) of females was highest in June and decreased until August. The hepatosomatic index(HSI) and fatness index of females were high in April and then decreased to nadirs in July. Spawning season lated from April to August and the ratio of females to males did not significantly differ($x^2$-test, p>0.05). The first spawning length was 4.5 cm BL, and the size of 50% maturity was estimated at 4.98 cm BL. Fecundity(F) ranged from 1,316 to 4,768 eggs, and the relationship between F and BL was estimated as $F=0.1562BL^{1.4068}(R^2=0.59)$.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.968-975
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• 2018

Thailand is a country of native beef cattle resource farming. It has undergone rapid social and economic change in the past decade. Agricultural growth has been maintained by increasing the production of rice and cassava. Changing economic status also provides opportunities for beef cattle producers to meet increasing consumer demand for beef. Finishing beef cattle numbers in Thailand were about 1.0 M head in 2015. Beef produced in Thailand has exclusively been for domestic consumption. Only 1% of Thailand's beef cattle are for the premium market which is based on marbling score, 40% are sold into modern markets that consider muscling of cattle, and the remainder enter traditional markets. Cross-bred cattle for the premium market are raised within intensive systems. Most producers of premium beef are members of beef cooperatives, or have invested in their enterprises at high levels. Culled cow (native or cross-bred cattle) are mainly for small holder farm production. Malaysia, Indonesia, and other members of the Asian Economic Community (AEC) are set to become the largest beef market, which has been confirmed by 2015 through 2020 forecasts for consumption of beef that must increasingly be halal. These circumstances are likely to be challenging for beef producers in Thailand to gain a share of this market. Integration across all sectors involved in beef production in Thailand will be required.