• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.788-794
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• 2013

Mastitis set apart as clinical and sub clinical is a disease complex of dairy cattle, with sub clinical being the most important economically. Of late, laboratories showed interest in developing biochemical markers to diagnose sub clinical mastitis (SCM) in herds. Many workers reported noteworthy alternation of acute phase proteins (APPs) and nitric oxide, (measured as nitrate+nitrite = NOx) in milk due to intra-mammary inflammation. But, the literature on validation of these parameters as indicators of SCM, particularly in riverine milch buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) milk is inadequate. Hence, the present study focused on comparing several APPs viz. ${\alpha}_1$-anti trypsin, ${\alpha}_1$-acid glycoprotein, fibrinogen and NOx as indicators of SCM in buffalo milk. These components in milk were estimated using standardized analytical protocols. Somatic cell count (SCC) was done microscopically. Microbial culture was done on 5% ovine blood agar. Of the 776 buffaloes (3,096 quarters) sampled, only 347 buffaloes comprising 496 quarters were found positive for SCM i.e. milk culture showed growth in blood agar with $SCC{\geq}2{\times}10^5$ cells/ml of milk. The cultural examination revealed Gram positive bacteria as the most prevalent etiological agent. It was observed that ${\alpha}_1$-anti trypsin and NOx had a highly significant (p<0.01) increase in SCM milk, whereas, the increase of ${\alpha}_1$-acid glycoprotein in infected milk was significant (p<0.05). Fibrinogen was below detection level in both healthy and SCM milk. The percent sensitivity, specificity and accuracy, predictive values and likelihood ratios were calculated taking bacterial culture examination and $SCC{\geq}2{\times}10^5$ cells/ml of milk as the benchmark. Udder profile correlation coefficient was also used. Allowing for statistical and epidemiological analysis, it was concluded that ${\alpha}_1$-anti trypsin indicates SCM irrespective of etiology, whereas ${\alpha}_1$-acid glycoprotein better diagnosed SCM caused by gram positive bacteria. NOx did not prove to be a good indicator of SCM. It is recommended measuring both ${\alpha}_1$-anti trypsin and ${\alpha}_1$-acid glycoprotein in milk to diagnose SCM in buffalo irrespective of etiology.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.334-351
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• 2020

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to investigate the improvement effect of white ginseng extract (GS-KG9) on D-galactosamine (Ga1N)-induced oxidative stress and liver injury. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Sixty Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 6 groups. Rats were orally administrated with GS-KG9 (300, 500, or 700 mg/kg) or silymarin (25 mg/kg) for 2 weeks. The rats of the GS-KG9- and silymarin-treated groups and a control group were then intraperitoneally injected Ga1N at a concentration of 650 mg/kg for 4 days. To investigate the protective effect of GS-KG9 against GalN-induced liver injury, blood liver function indicators, anti-oxidative stress indicators, and histopathological features were analyzed. RESULTS: Serum biochemical analysis indicated that GS-KG9 ameliorated the elevation of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in GalN-treated rats. The hepatoprotective effects of GS-KG9 involved enhancing components of the hepatic antioxidant defense system, including glutathione, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT). In addition, GS-KG9 treatment inhibited reactive oxygen species (ROS) production induced by GalN treatment in hepatocytes and significantly increased the expression levels of nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) proteins, which are antioxidant proteins. In particular, by histological analyses bases on hematoxylin and eosin, Masson's trichrome, α-smooth muscle actin, and transforming growth factor-β1 staining, we determined that the administration of 500 mg/kg GS-KG9 inhibited hepatic inflammation and fibrosis due to the excessive accumulation of collagen. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that GS-KG9 improves GalN-induced liver inflammation, necrosis, and fibrosis by attenuating oxidative stress. Therefore, GS-KG9 may be considered a useful candidate in the development of a natural preventive agent against liver injury.

• 동물자원연구
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2017

본 연구는 고온기 때 사료 내 다른 에너지 수준 및 비테인 첨가 급여가 육성돈의 영양소 소화율 및 생리학적 변화에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위해 실시하였다. 실험동물은 삼원교잡종($L{\times}Y{\times}D$; initial body weight, $73.5{\pm}0.5kg$) 거세 수퇘지 12두를 사용하였고 대사틀에 배치하였다. 실험기간은 고온기인 7~8월에 실시하였다. 실험계획은 에너지 2수준(3,300 및 3,400kcal/kg)과 비테인 2수준(0 및 0.5%)이며 $4{\times}4$ Latin square로 하였다. 조단백질 소화율은 고에너지 사료(3,400kcal/kg)가 저에너지 사료보다 유의적으로 높았다(p<0.01). 그러나, 비테인급여는 영양소소화율에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 혈액생화학적 분석 결과에서는 에너지 수준 및 비테인 첨가가 육성돈 내 생리적 변화를 보이지 않았다. 면역반응을 나타내는 혈중 IgG에서는 고에너지 사료가 저에너지사료보다 높았으나(p<0.05) 스트레스 지표를 나타내는 cortisol농도에서는 차이가 나지 않았고, 비테인 첨가급여는 IgG 및 cortisol 농도 변화를 나타내지 않았다. 결론적으로 사료 내 비테인 첨가급여보다 에너지 수준을 높이는 것이 돼지 체내에 더 긍정적인 효과를 보이며, 여름철 고온스트레스를 받는 돼지 사료 내 고에너지를 급여했을 때 어떠한 결과가 나오는지 추후 더 연구해 볼 만한 것으로 사료된다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.224-235
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• 2022

Objective: Cage rearing has critical implications for the laying duck industry because it is convenient for feeding and management. However, caging stress is a type of chronic stress that induces maladaptation. Environmental stress responses have been extensively studied, but no detailed information is available about the comprehensive changes in plasma metabolites at different stages of caging stress in ducks. We designed this experiment to analyze the effects of caging stress on performance parameters and oxidative stress indexes in ducks. Methods: Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS) was used to determine the changes in metabolites in duck plasma at 5 (CR5), 10 (CR10), and 15 (CR15) days after cage rearing and traditional breeding (TB). The associated pathways of differentially altered metabolites were analyzed using Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) database. Results: The results of this study indicate that caging stress decreased performance parameters, and the plasma total superoxide dismutase levels were increased in the CR10 group compared with the other groups. In addition, 1,431 metabolites were detected. Compared with the TB group, 134, 381, and 190 differentially produced metabolites were identified in the CR5, CR10, and CR15 groups, respectively. The results of principal component analysis (PCA) show that the selected components sufficiently distinguish the TB group and CR10 group. KEGG analysis results revealed that the differentially altered metabolites in duck plasma from the CR5 and TB groups were mainly associated with ovarian steroidogenesis, biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids, and phenylalanine metabolism. Conclusion: In this study, the production performance, blood indexes, number of metabolites and PCA were compared to determine effect of the caging stress stage on ducks. We inferred from the experimental results that caging-stressed ducks were in the sensitive phase in the first 5 days after caging, caging for approximately 10 days was an important transition phase, and then the duck continually adapted.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.147-155
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• 2008

우리나라의 경제적 발달과 문화 수준의 향상으로 질병 양상과 사망 원인에 많은 변화가 있는데, 그 중에서도 최근 당뇨병의 유병률의 상승 현상이 두드러지게 나타나고 있으며, 사망 원인의 수위를 차지하고 있다. 그러므로 이를 예방하고 당뇨병 합병증을 예방하기 위한 구체적이고 근거중심인 영양치료 방법의 제시가 절실한 실정이다. 미국영양사협회에서는 지속적으로 증가하는 당뇨병 유병율을 낮추기 위하여 생활습관의 개선을 목표로 임상영양치료의 표준화 지침을 제시하고 이에 따른 치료 효과 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으나, 아직 국내에서는 많은 연구가 진행되고 있지 않은 현실이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이미 국외에서 사용되고 있는 지침에 근거하여 심층영양교육 방법을 실시하여 그 효과를 1회 교육만으로 시행되는 기본교육 방법과 비교하여 다음과 같으나 결과를 얻었다. 심층 및 기본영양교육 즉, 두 가지 교육 방법을 비교하였을 때 심층영양치료 방법을 실시한 경우 기본영양교육을 실시한 경우보다 혈당, 혈압 및 체중 강하 효과 면에서 유의적으로 개선효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 비용효과 면에서 장기간의 혈당변화 상태를 알 수 있는 당화혈색소의 경우 1%를 낮추기 위하여 소요되는 비용은 심층영양교육군에서 더 적었으며, 교육의 잠재 효과를 고려하였을 경우, 모든 혈당 검사 지표의 영양치료 비용 대비 효과 면에서 심층영양교육 방법이 기본영양교육 방법보다 앞서는 것으로 나타났다. 저비용 고치료 효과를 보여주고 있는 임상영양치료는 당노병과 같은 만성질환의 중요한 기본치료로 주목되고 있는 현 시점에서 영양치료행위의 의료 보험 급여화는 국민의 건강을 증진시키고, 국가적으로는 의료비 지출을 감소시키며 국민의 건강을 증진시키는데 큰 기여를 하는 합리적인 방안이라 생각된다. 따라서 현 비급여 수가로 되어 있는 교육수가를 급여화하여 많은 환자들에게 의료 혜택을 주는 일이 필요하리라 사료된다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.325-336
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• 2023

본 연구는 고구마 품종 중 하나인 '통채루' 잎과 줄기를 활용하여 건조 방법과 사료 내 첨가량에 따른 육계의 생산성, 계육 품질, 혈액 성상, 성장 호르몬 및 면역 인자 수준에 대해 조사하였다. 1일령 Ross 308 육계 수평아리를 12처리구, 3반복으로 반복당 20수씩 총 720수 배치하였다. 천연물은 '통채루' 잎(leaves, L) 또는 줄기(stems, S), 건조 형태는 일반(natural, N), 열풍(hot air, H), 동결(freeze, F) 건조로 하였으며, 각각 0.1%, 0.3% 수준으로 첨가하였다. 본 연구의 처리구명은 다음과 같다: 자연 건조 잎(NL 0.1%, NL 0.3%)과 줄기(NS 0.1%, NS 0.3%), 열풍 건조 잎(HL 0.1%, HL 0,3%)과 줄기(HS 0.1%. HS 0.3%), 동결 건조 잎(FL 0.1%, FL 0.3%)과 줄기(FS 0.1%, FS 0.3%). 시험은 총 5주간 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 첨가제의 첨가 형태와 첨가량에 따라 생산성에서는 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다(P>0.05). FS 0.3% 처리구는 높은 pH와 WHC 수준을 보였으며, 전단력은 HL 0.1%에서 가장 낮았다(P<0.05). 혈구 및 혈청 생화학성분에는 모든 처리구가 비슷하였으며, 성장 호르몬인 IGF-1은 FS 0.1%에서 가장 높았다(P<0.05). IFN-γ에는 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았으나, IL-6에서는 HS 0.1% 처리구에서 가장 높은 수준을 보였다(P<0.05). 결론적으로 고구마 '통채루'의 잎과 줄기 건조 형태와 첨가량에 따라 육계의 계육 품질과 체내 호르몬 및 면역 인자 수준이 다르게 나타났으며, 추가적인 연구로 효과적인 첨가제, 첨가량과 미첨가구에 대한 비교가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 1971

Nutritional anemia is an important nutritional problem affecting large population groups in most developing countries. Nutritional anemia is caused by the absence of any dietary essential involed in hemoglobin formation or by poor absorption of these dietary components. The most likely causes are lack of dietary iron, and folate, vitamin $B_{12}$ and high qualify protein. Anemia is considered to be a late mainfeastation of nutritional deficiencies, and even mild anemia is not the earilest sign of such a deficiency. Therefore, the object of therapy is to correct underlying deficiency rather than merely its manifestation. Iron deficiency anemia is generally much the most common form of anemia. And it is very prevalent particularly in pregnant women and young children, especially under five year of life. According to the rapid growth rate of infants, dietary iron should he provided for infants over three months of age in adequate amounts for the synthesis of hemoglobin required by the increasing blood volume and for the demands of newly formed cells. The principal causes of iron deficiency anemia are an inadequate dietary iron content, interference with absorption of iron from the intestine, excessive losses of iron from the body, disturbance of iron metabolism by infection, and social and cultural environments. The present study is planned to obtain informations concerning nutritional anemia through anthropometric and biochemical determinations for the assessment of nutriture in pre-school children. Determination was taken in 226 pre-school children in ruraI arae in 1968, 122 pre-school children in 1970, and 1526 hospitalized pre-school children in 1970. The results of this study are as follows; (1) According to Iowa Malnutrition Borderline (85 percentile) for weight, the proportions of underweighed pre-school boys and girls in rural area were 47.2% and 46.2% in1968, and were 36.1% and 51.8% in 1970. According to Iowa Malnutrition Borderline for height, the proportions of underheight boys and girls in rural area were 30.5% and 33.7%, and were 26.2% and 21.8% in 1970. Malnutrition scores of underweight for height values of boys and girls in rural area were 19.3 and 17.3 in 1968, and the scores of boys and girls were 15.6 and 15.5 in 1970. (2) The mean hemoglobin values of boys and girls in rural area were $11.2{\pm}1.8g/100ml\;and\;11.4{\pm}1.6g/100ml$ in 1968. In 1970, the mean values of boys and girls in rural area were $11.3{\pm}1.3g/100ml\;and\;11.7{\pm}2.4g/100ml$. The mean hemoglobin values of hospitalized boys and girls were $11.9{\pm}2.2g/100ml\;and\;11.7{\pm}2.4g/100ml$ in 1970. It is found that 92 of 215 children (42.7%) in rural area had concentrations of hemoglobin less than 11.0g/100ml in 1968. In 1970, 55 of 121 children (45.4%) in rural area and 559 of 1526 hospitalized children (36.6%) had concentrations of hemoglobin less than 11.0g/100ml. (3) The mean hematocrit levels of hospitalized boys and girls were $35{\pm}26.8%\;and\;35.4{\pm}6.4%$ in 1970. And 443 of 1334 hospitalized children (33.2%) had hematocrit values below 33%. (4) The average mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration levels of hospitalized boys and girls were $32.4{\pm}2.2\;and\;32.3{\pm}2.2$ in 1970. And 1016 of 1352 hospitalized children (75.1%) had the mean corpuscular hemoglobin values below 34. (5) The mean iron values of young children in rural area and hospitalized children were $62.0{\pm}6.3{\mu}g/100ml\;and\;60.7{\pm}22.8{\mu}g/100ml$. The proportions of anemia cases below $50{\mu}g/100ml$ in rural area was 37.9%, and 34.3% in hospitalized children. (6) The mean total iron binding capacity of young children in rural area was $376{\pm}57.88{\mu}g/100ml,\;and\;342.2{\pm}6.15{\mu}g/100ml$ in hospitalized children. (7) The average transferrin saturation percentage of young children in rural area was $16.9{\pm}4.7%,\;and\;18.0{\pm}8.4%$ in hospitalized children. The proportions of anemia cases below 15% of young chi1dren in rural area and hospitalized children were 48.3% and 41.2%. Therefore, authors wish to recommend that the following further studies should be undertaken: (1) Standardization of simplied laboratory examination of nutritional anemia. (2) The prevalence of nutritional anemia and the requirements of iron, folate, and vitamin $B_{12}$ of pre-school children. (3) The content and absorption of iron in Korean food. (4) The pathogenesis of nutritional anemia and prevention of parasitic disease. (5) Maternal health and nutrition education.