• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.359-362
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• 1996

A study was conducted to assess the influence of copper on the total sulphur amino acid requirements of broiler chickens reared under two growing periods. The TSAA levels used were 0.73, 0.83, 0.93% with copper levels of 0, 125, 250 and 375 mg/kg for the starter period and the TSAA levels of 0.72, 0.79 and 0.86% with copper levels of 0, 125, 250 and 375 mg/kg for the grower period. Total feed consumption, body weight gain and feed L gain ratio were used as the parameters for the assessment. The results showed that adding copper at 250 mg/kg to the diets improved feed : gain ratio of the starter broilers and resulted in small improvement of body weight gain and feed : gain ratio of the grower broilers. Growth was depressed in relation to the reduction of feed intake on the chicks fed diet containing 375 mg/kg copper. There was a significant interaction between dietary TSAA and copper levels for feed intake, hence, indicating that the supplementation of copper at the level of 375 mg/kg increased the TSAA requirement of the starter broilers, although no interference with the requirement of grower broilers.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.554-557
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• 1999

Hatchery waste including infertile eggs, dead embryos in shell, dead or low grade chicks was cooked at $100^{\circ}C$ for 15 minutes and then oven dried and ground. Hatchery waste meal (HWM) thus prepared contained 44.25% protein, 4,573 kcal/kg gross energy, 3,600 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, 30% ether extract, 1.9% fibre, 14% ash, 9.8% nitrogen free extract, 7.26% Ca, 0.84%P, 1.86% lysine and 0.66% methionine with no Salmonella and E. coli. In biological evaluation trial, significantly higher weight gain was observed in ration containing 12% HWM compared with that containing similar amount of fish meal. Protein efficiency ratio on the two rations was 3.96 vs 2.85; protein digestibility, 86.02 vs 71.9; net protein utilization, 64.9 vs 42.37 and biological value, 75.37 vs 58.84, respectively, indicating better balance of amino acids in HWM compared with fish meal. Growth performance trial on broiler chicks also revealed better weight gain and feed efficiency on ration containing 12% HWM than that containing similar level of fish meal.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.269-271
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• 2012

The chicken has been growing in Korea for more than a thousand years according to the history book and commercially rising for broiler meat only since 1960's. As income increased mainly due to improved economy, it changes the habit of eating especially chicken meat. The structure changes into a coordinated production and marketing system which forced the prevailed small and independent producers to become a contract farmer under the vertically controlled practices. This coordinated structure began in 1970's and evolved continually to occupy around 90 percent of the market in 2010 with some ten (10) private brands being advertising. The industrial organizations have also conducted the generic promotion by a farmer's check-off program. Over the past 20 years, chicken import steadily increased to meet about 25 percent of the domestic market while the export showed negligible growth. As a whole, the structure change and international trade devoted to increased chicken consumption from 2 kg with the independent operation to 11 kg currently under the coordinated system and import. It is predicted that chicken consumption will grow in years to come and the import will also increase in addition to local productions, considering the free trade agreement that has already been in practice with EU and US to open the market eventually from all sources of supply worldwide.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1000-1006
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• 2004

Selenium and vitamin E are micronutrients essential for normal health and maintenance in poultry. They are necessary in preventing free radical damage to phospholipid membranes, enzymes and other important molecules. Two experiments were conducted in a semi-commercial environment to examine the effect of Se source and vitamin E level in diet on broiler performance and meat quality. Increasing vitamin E from 50 IU to 100 IU did not affect growth performance of broilers although the 24 h drip-loss was tended to be reduced (p=0.06). There was an interaction between vitamin E and the source of Se in glutathione peroxidase activity (GSH-Px) and Se concentration in excreta. Increasing vitamin E from 50 IU to 100 IU elevated GSH-Px and Se concentration in excreta by 42 IU/g Hb and 0.9 ppm for the organic Se group, respectively, but reduced GSH-Px and Se concentration in excreta by 16 IU/g Hb and 1.3 ppm for inorganic group, respectively. Vitamin E played no role in the feather coverage of the birds when scored on day 37. Organic Se is more effective in improving feather score and 24 h drip-loss, with a markedly higher deposition rate in breast muscle and a lower excretion rate in the excreta (p<0.05) compared to the inorganic Se source. Both vitamin E and the source of Se did not affect (p>0.05) the energy utilisation by birds.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.629-634
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• 1997

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of equiprotein replacement of dietary fish meal (FM) with duckweed (DW) and soybean meal (SBM) on the performance of broilers. A total of 112 seven-day-old as hatched broilers were fed on 4 different iso-energetic (2,818 kcal/kg) and iso-nitrogeneous (20.2% CP) diets up to 56 days of age. Diet A was control with 12% FM. In diets B (3% DW + 13.5% SBM), C (6% DW + 11.5% SBM) and D (9% DW +10% SBM). All FM protein of control diet was replaced by DW and SBM. The replacement of dietary FM by DW and SBM depressed feed intake, live weight gain and feed conversion efficiency and increased production cost and thus affected profitability. All those growth parameters had a linear declining trend as the proportion of DW in the diet was increased. It may be concluded that complete replacement of dietary FM by DW and SBM should not be recommended for raising broilers.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2006

The experiment was conducted to study the effect of choice feeding on growth performance, carcass quality, gastrointestinal development and feed utilization of 22-49 days old broilers. One hundred and forty four 22-day-old broilers were randomly allocated to 3 treatments with 4 replicates per treatment and 12 birds per replicate. Three feeding regimes are complete diet (control), ground corn and protein concentrate (treatment I), and soybean meal and balancer (treatment II). Protein concentrate is the residue part of complete diet without corn, and balancer is the residue part of complete diet without soybean meal. Treatment I and II are designed for the broilers to freely choose the two parts of diet. The results showed that: (1) broilers under choice feeding (treatment I and II) had lower performances compared with the control; (2) gastrointestinal development and the efficiency ratios that broilers converted dietary crude protein and lysine to body weight gain were improved in treatment I (p<0.05); (3) there were no significant differences in the apparent metabolizabilities of dietary dry matter, crude protein and gross energy, and deposition ratios of dietary nitrogen and energy, and carcass quality among three feeding regimes (p>0.05).

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.1195-1204
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• 2022

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the in vitro fermentation profiles of different soybean oligosaccharides (SBOs) and their effects on skatole production and cecal microbiota of broilers. Methods: Five SBOs with varying main component contents were fermented using an in vitro batch incubation inoculated with broiler cecal microbiota. Gas production was recorded automatically, skatole, indole and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) were determined using high-performance liquid chromatography, and microbial changes were analyzed using 16S DNA gene sequencing. Results: The addition of SBOs increased (p<0.05) gas production, suggesting bacterial growth-stimulating activities. In addition, the concentrations of indole were significantly (p<0.05) decreased after SBO supplementation, and SBO III, with higher sucrose and stachyose contents, decreased (p<0.05) the skatole level. Our results also revealed that the fermentation of SBOs by cecal microbiota produced (p<0.05) SCFAs, which were dominated by propionic acid, butyrate acid and lactic acid compared to the control. In addition, SBO III increased (p<0.05) the abundance of Firmicutes and Subdoligranulum and decreased that of Bacteroides. Conclusion: These results suggest that SBOs with higher sucrose and stachyose contents are promising prebiotics in modulating gut microbiota and reducing odor emission in broilers.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2003년도 제20차 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.87-88
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• 2003

Saccharomyces cerevisiae(SC)가 육계의 성장능력과 육질 개선효과가 있는지 알아보기 위하여 2회의 사양시험을 수행하였다. 실험1에서는 갓 부화한 160수의 수컷 병아리를 두 처리로 나눈 후에, 각각 0 ％ 와 3.0 ％의 SC를 함유한 사료를 5주간 급여하였다. 실험2에서는 240수의 수컷 병아리를 4처리로 나눈 후, 각각 0, 0.3, 1.0 및 3.0 ％의 SC를 역시 5주간 급여하였다. 실험1에서는 SC 급여구는 무급여구에 비하여 체중이 무거운 경향을 보였으나 유의성은 없었다 (P＞0.05), 실험2에서는 SC 급여수준이 증가함에 따라 체중과 사료섭취량이 유의하게 증가하였다(linear P＜0.05). 실험1에서 SC 첨가는 다리근육(drumstick)의 전단력을 유의하게 감소시켰으나, 삶은 다리근육 에서는 이러한 효과가 관찰되지 않았다. 실험2에서는 흉근과 대퇴근 및 다리근육 및 피부의 산화 안정성은 SC 첨가에 의하여 유의하게 개선되었다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.291-302
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• 2008

국내에서 사육되는 유색육용계 성장에 적합한 에너지와 단백질 수준을 구명하여 사료 급여 체계 확립에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 두 차례의 사양 실험을 수행하였다. 공시동물은 유색육용계 1일령 암, 수컷 1,404수를 사용하였고, 펜당 26수씩 배치하였다. 사료내 에너지 수준은 사육전기 5주간 3,000, 3,100 kg/kcal이며, 단백질 함량은 $0{\sim}2$주에 20, 21, 22%를 급여하였으며, $3{\sim}5$주에 18, 19, 20, 21, 22%로 처리하였다. 조사 항목은 체중, 사료 섭취량을 측정하여 생산성을 계산하였으며, 실험 종료시 혈액을 채취하여 분석하였다. 실험 1 : $0{\sim}2$주간 사료 ME 함량 차이에 따른 생산 능력은 처리구간에 차이가 없으며 CP 함량 차이에 기인한 증체량과 사료 섭취량도 차이가 없었지만 사료 요구율은 CP 21, 22% 처리구에서 CP 20% 처리구에 비하여 통계적으로 개선되었다(P<0.05). 실험 개시후 $3{\sim}5$주간에 사료 ME 3,100 kcal/kg 처리구에서 ME 3,000 kcal/kg 처리구에 비하여 사료 요구율은 개선되었다(P<0.05). 이 기간에 사료내 CP 22% 처리구는 낮은 수준의 처리구보다 증체량이 유의하게 증가하였고(P<0.05) 사료 요구율은 CP가 높은 수준의 사료를 급여시에 낮은 수준의 CP 처리구에 비하여 개선되었지만 사료 섭취량은 처리구간에 차이가 없었다(P<0.05). 이 기간에 증체량과 사료 요구율은 ME와 CP간 상호 작용하였다(P<0.05). 전 실험기간 5주간에 사료 요구율은 ME 3,100 kcal/kg 처리구에서 ME 3,000 kcal/kg 처리구보다 개선되었으며, CP (20)18% 처리구는 다른 처리구에 비하여 높게 나타났다(P<0.05). 증폐량은 CP (22)22% 처리구에서 CP (21)21%, (20)18% 처리구보다 증가하였으며, ME와 CP간에 상호 작용은 증체량과 사료 요구율에서 나타났다(P<0.05). 혈중 알부민, 총콜레스레롤 함량은 ME 3,100 kcal/kg 처리구에서 ME 3,000 kcal/kg 처리구보다 증가하였지만 중성지방은 감소되었다(P<0.05). 한편 총콜레스테롤은 CP (22)21 처리구에서 CP (22)20, (20)18% 처리구에 비하여 증가하였다(P<0.05). 시험 2 : $0{\sim}2$주간 증체량은 ME 3,000 kcal/kg 처리구에 비하여 ME 3,100 kcal/kg 처리구에서 높게 나타났으며, CP 22% 처리구에서 CP 20% 처리구보다 유의하게 개선되었으며, CP과 ME는 상호 작용을 보였다(P<0.05). 사료 요구율은 CP 21, 22% 처리구에서 CP 20% 처리구보다 개선되었으나(P<0.05), $3{\sim}5$주 및 전체 사육 기간에 처리구간에 생산성은 차이가 없었다. 혈액 성상도 처리구간에 차이를 나타내지 않지만 ME와 CP 처리구간 총콜레스테롤 함량에 대한 상호 작용은 <.0001 수준에서 인정되었다. 따라서 교잡육용계 생리에 적합한 사료내 단백질 수준은 $0{\sim}2$주령에 22% 또는 그 이상의 수준으로 급여하고, $3{\sim}5$주의 단백질 수준은 21, 20% 수준으로 급여가 생산성의 극대화에 효과적일 것으로 생각되며, 사료내 에너지는 부분적으로 처리구간에 생산에 차이를 보였지만 일관성이 없었으므로 에너지 수준을 세분화하여 급여하는 추후의 시험이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.981-989
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• 2014

The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of a mixture of functional oils (Essential, Oligo Basics Agroind. Ltda) on performance response of chickens challenged with coccidiosis and the determination of apparent metabolizable energy (AME), nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn), the coefficients of protein and ether extract digestibility and intestinal morphology of broilers fed with diets containing Essential. In Exp. 1, a completely randomized design (CRD) was used, with one control diet without Essential inclusion with coccidiosis (Eimeria acervulina, Eimeria maxima, and Eimeria tenella) challenged birds and two different inclusion rates of Essential (1.5 kg/ton and 2 kg/ton) with coccidiosis-challenged and non-challenged birds for each inclusion rate, using 10 replicates and 50 birds per experimental unit. After 7 d of coccidiosis challenge, the livability was approximately 10% lower (p<0.05) for the control group. Intestinal lesion scores were lower (p<0.05) in the anterior intestine and the cecum for the chickens supplemented. Feed efficiency and growth rate were improved in birds supplemented with Essential (p<0.05) before the coccidiosis challenge and during the first 7 d post infection. In Exp. 2, a CRD was used, with one control diet without Essential inclusion and one diet with inclusion of Essential (1.5 kg/ton), using nine replications and 33 chicks per pen. The diets with Essential yielded approximately 4% higher AME (p = 0.003) and $AME_n$ (p = 0.001). Essential supplementation increased villus height in the jejunum on d 14 (p<0.05). Villus height:crypt depth ratio for the supplemented birds was larger (p<0.05) in the jejunum on d 7, larger (p<0.05) in the jejunum and ileum on d 14. In conclusion, these functional oils improved the energy utilization and the livability and decreased lesions caused by coccidiosis in supplemented birds.