• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2010

A total of 96 non-lean-type (Yorkshire $\times$ Landrace) $\times$ Duroc gilts and barrows weighing approximately 80 kg were randomly allocated to 24 pens under a 2 (sex) $\times$ 3 [diet; 3.4, 3.2, and 3.0 Mcal DE/kg {'high'-, 'medium'-, and 'low'-energy diets (HE, ME, and LE), respectively}] factorial arrangement of treatments. All animals were slaughtered approximately at 115 kg, after which carcass quality traits and grades and physicochemical and sensory characteristics of the loin related to meat quality were analyzed. The ADG and gain:feed were not affected by the sex or dietary treatment, whereas ADFI was greater in the ME vs HE group. Backfat thickness was greater in barrows vs gilts and also in ME and HE vs LE only in barrows. Enumerated carcass marbling and quality grade, which were highly correlated (r=0.56; P<0.01), were greater in barrows vs gilts. Physicochemical characteristics including the color, pH, drip loss and contents of moisture, protein, and fat of fresh loin, as well as sensory characteristics of fresh and cooked loin, were not affected by the sex or dietary treatment, except for shear force for cooked loin which was greater (P<0.05) in LE and ME vs HE. In conclusion, it is thought that ME is comparable to HE in terms of the effect on growth and carcass quality of finishing pigs, but that the relative effect of LE vs ME needs to be further studied.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2013

본 연구는 돼지 출하체중 증가가 '떡지방' 삼겹살 발생률, 도체등급 및 도체의 품질 특성에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위해 수행되었다. 본 목적을 위해 85~150 kg 체중 범위의(Yorkshire ${\times}$ Landrace) ${\times}$ Duroc 교잡종 거세돼지와 암퇘지 각각 250두를 도살하여 그 도체를 분석하였다. 거세돼지와 암퇘지의 등지방두께(y; mm)는 각각 다음과 같이 생체중(x; kg)에 선형으로 회귀하였다: y = 0.1827x + 3.4825 ($r^2$ = 0.4671) 및 y = 0.2015x-0.6972 ($r^2$ = 0.4736). 삼겹살의 제 11~12 늑골부 5 cm 폭의 등쪽 반절편의 지방조직 중량비가 55%를 초과하는 경우를 떡지방의 기준으로 설정했을 때 떡지방 삼겹살은 거세돼지에서 10건 발생하였으나 소매상에서 떡지방 삼겹살로 판정된 경우는 없었다. 과중량으로 인해 도체등급이 강등된 도체는 총 101건(20.2%)에 달하였다. $1^+A$ 등급 도체는 다른 모든 등급 도체보다 근내지방도가 높았으나, 근내지방도와 도체 결함 특성을 제외하면 도체등급간 가시적인 품질 상의 차이는 발견되지 않았다. 결론적으로 도체 품질을 충분히 반영하지 못하고 크기만 클 뿐 정상적인 도체에 대해서는 평가절하는 현행 도체등급 판정 기준은 개정되어야 좋을 것이다. 또한 돼지 출하체중을 증가시킬 때 떡지방 삼겹살 발생률은 중요한 고려 사항이 아닌 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.373-380
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• 2008

본 연구는 육계농장에서 출하전 절식시간(2시간 이내, 2~4시간, 4~6시간)과 도계전 총 절식시간(8시간 이내, 8~12시간, 12시간 이상)이 통닭의 하자발생, 도계등급과 육질에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 수행하였다. 출하전 농장에서의 절식시간은 2~4시간의 경우 2시간 이내나 4~6시간 절식에 비해 사계(p<0.05)와 멍계의 발생율이 낮았으며, 도계등급결과에서도 1등급과 2등급 판정율이 다소 높았다. 출하전 농장에서의 절식시간이 가슴육의 육질에 미치는 영향에서는 2~4시간 절식의 경우 2시간 이내나 4~6시간 절식에 비해 pH와 보수력이 다소 높았고, 육즙손실, 가열감량과 전단력이 다소 낮았다. 출하전 절식시간이 가슴육의 7일간 냉장저장기간 중에 총미생물수에 미치는 영향에서 냉장 4일에서 2~4시간 절식이 2시간 이내의 절식에 비해 유의적으로 낮은 수치를 나타냈다. 도계전 육계의 총 절식시간에서 8시간 이내의 총 절식시간은 12시간 이상의 총 절식시간에 비해 사계와 멍계의 발생율이 낮았으며(p<0.05), 도계등급 결과에서도 1등급 판정율이 유의적으로 높았다. 도계전 육계의 총 절식시간이 가슴육의 육질에 미치는 영향에서는 12시간 이상의 총 절식시간이 8시간 이내나 8~12시간의 총 절식시간에 비해 pH와 보수력이 낮았고(p<0.05), 육즙손실, 가열감량과 전단력이 다소 높은 경향을 보였다. 도계전 총 절식시간이 가슴육의 7일간 냉장저장중에 총미생물수에 미치는 영향에서 12시간 이상의 총 절식시간이 8시간 이내나 8~12시간의 총 절식시간에 비해 다소 높은 경향을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과에서 출하전 육계 농장에서의 절식시간은 2~4시간이, 도계전 총 절식시간은 8시간 이내 또는 8~12시간의 절식시간이 닭고기 최종 품질에 가장 좋은 영향을 나타내었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.223-232
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• 1988

Fifty-two wether lambs weighing 30 kg were randomly assigned to 5 treatment groups; 1) initial slaughter. 2) control-maintenance (CON-MT), 3) control-ad libitum (CON-AL), 4) cimaterol-maintenance (CIM-MT) and 5) cimaterol-ad libitum (CIM-AL). Ad libitum-fed animals had free access of a high-concentrate diet, whereas maintenance animals were restricted in feed intake to maintain the initial weight of 30 kg for 90 days. Cimaterol was administered in the feed at 10 mg/kg. Regardless of feeding level, the administration of CIM improved carcass weight (p < .05), dressing % (p < .01), longissimus muscle area (p < .01), leg conformation and muscling (p < .01), USDA yield and quality grades (p < .01) and protein concentration (p < .01) in carcass as well as in muscle. Cimaterol feeding decreased organ wt (p < .01), baekfat depth (p < .01), intramuscular fat and overall fatness. Cimaterol was effective for muscle accretion even under restricted feeding condition. The greater accretion of muscle was the result of the hypertrophy of both type I and type II muscle fibers but the hypertrophy of type II fiber (110%) was much greater than that of type I fiber (37%). Cimaterol feeding decreased muscle DNA concentrations but the number of nuclei per muscle fiber was not changed, indicating that the lower DNA concentration was due to the dilution effect caused by the hypertrophy of muscle fiber. As evidenced by lower flank streaking, lower marbling and darker muscle, CIM feeding adversely affected meat quality. Meat tenderness was also adversely affected, resulting in significantly (p H .01) tougher meat in CIM-fed animals.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.20-27
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• 1997

Objectives of this study was to investigate effects of supplemental chromium (Cr) as CrP in growing pigs treated with pST. Seventy two Landrace pigs weighing average 60 kg were alloted to the three treatments during the 52-d experimental period: control (corn-soybean basal diet); pST treatment (4 mg/head/day); pST + CrP treatment (4 mg and 200 ppb/head/day). Upon termination of feeding trial weighing average 105 kg, thirty-six pigs randomly selected from each treatment were slaughtered to compare carcass traits. For the study of lipid metabolism, eighteen pigs were alloted to the same treatments. Adipose tissue samples from eighteen pigs were collected to investigate lipid metabolism. All treated samples with pST and pST + CrP showed improvements in daily weight gain, regardless of sex. Feed/gain ratio significantly improved in pigs treated with pST and pST + CrP. Dressing percentages were higher in pigs treated with pST and pST + Crp. Carcass grades were significantly higher in pigs treated with pST and pST + CrP. Lipolysis of adipose tissue measured in vitro was significantly increased in pigs treated with pST, lipogenesis in vitro showed opposite tendency. Even though the current data does not show synergistic effects on the above parameters when CrP and pST were supplied at the same time, but CrP supplementation tended to improve growth performance and carcass traits of pigs treated with pST.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.409-414
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• 2005

The effects of slaughter weight on blood profile and pork qualities of japan berkshires were investigated A total 72 pigs were divided into 3 groups$(125\~130,\;105\~110\;or\;95\~104\;kg)$. At each slaughter weight pigs were conventionally slaughtered and then chilled overnight The carcass characteristics (carcass weight backfat thickness and grades) were determined on those carcass, the muscle longissimus dorsi was removed from each left side at 5th to 13th rib and meat qualities were evaluated. Blood profile including cortisol, creatine phos-phokinase (CPK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), glucose and phosphorus was not significantly (p>0.05) different among all slaughter weight, However, the calcium contents of pigs at $95\~104\;kg$ were significantly (p<0.05) higher than the other weights. The carcass weight and backfat thickness of pigs slaughtered at $125\~130\;kg$ were higher than those of $105\~110\;or\;95\~104\;kg$. The carcass grade of pigs slaughtered at $125\~130\;kg$ were significantly (p<0.05) lower than the other weight. The moisture contents of pigs slaughtered at $125\~130\;kg$ were significantly lower than the other weights, but crude protein contents were significantly (p<0.05) higher, Cooking loss and shear lone values of pigs slaughtered at $95\~104\;kg$ were significantly (p<0.05) lower than the other weight. CIE $a^*\;and\;b^*$ values of pigs slaughtered at $105\~110\;kg$ were significantly higher than the other weights. These results imply that the carcass characteristics (carcass weight and backfat thickness) could be affected by slaughter weight the cooking loss and shear force values of pigs slaughtered at $125\~130\;kg$ resulted in higher than those of $105\~110kg\;or\;95\~104\;kg$.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.716-722
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• 2005

Carcass weight and backfat thickness are primary yield grading factors. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I/-II, transforming growth factor $\beta$1 (TGF-$\beta$1), and epidermal growth factor (EGF) regulate the proliferation and differentiation of cells including adipocytes. Also, interleukin (IL)-2/-6, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S) are known to be related to muscle growth and fat depth. However, the relationships between endocrine factors and carcass grade have not been studied. Therefore, this study aimed to measure the concentrations of endocrine factors in serum and muscle, and to investigate the relationship of endocrine factors with carcass grade. A total of 60 crossbred gilts (Duroc${\times}$Yorkshire${\times}$Landrace) were used. Blood from the jugular vein was collected at antemortem (7 days before slaughter) and postmortem periods, and M. Longissimus was collected at 45 min and 24 h after slaughter. The concentrations of IGF-I/-II, EGF, TGF-$\beta$1, IL-2/-6, cortisol and DHEA-S were analyzed by radioimmunoassay (RIA) or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In general, IGF and EGF concentrations in serum and muscle of grade A carcasses were found to be higher than those of grade C carcasses at antemortem and postmortem periods, whereas the pattern of TGF-$\beta$1 concentration was reversed. In particular, the concentrations of muscle IGF-I (24 h postmortem) and serum TGF-$\beta$1 (antemortem) were significantly different between grades A and C (p<0.05). The present results indicate that serum and muscle growth factors affect carcass weight and backfat thickness, and indirectly suggest the possibility that carcass grade could be predicted by expression of serum and/or muscle growth factors.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.351-357
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• 2011

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of castration on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of goat kids. Fourteen Boer-cross buck and wether goat kids (n = 7; initial body weight (BW) $38.0{\pm}0.35\;kg$ and $34.8{\pm}0.35\;kg$, for bucks and wethers, respectively) were grazed on annual Marshall ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) for 56 days. Body weights were recorded after 4 h withdrawal from feed and water for two consecutive days, every 2 wk. After d 56, animals were harvested and hot carcass weight (HCW), cold carcass weight (CCW), dressing percent (DP), kidney and pelvic fat (KPF), longissimus muscle (LM) area, back fat (BF), and other carcass parameters were measured. Day 0 BW was used as a covariate for analyses. However, bucks were heavier than wethers at d 15 (p = 0.09), 42 (p = 0.001) and 56 (p = 0.001). Bucks had higher ADG (146 vs. 74 g/d; p = 0.001), HCW (21.2 vs. 18.8 kg; p = 0.06) and CCW (20.3 vs. 17.9 kg; p = 0.04) when compared with wether goats. Dressing percentage (51 vs. 47%; p = 0.06), KPF (0.44 vs. 0.16%; p = 0.02) and BF (0.41 vs. 0.21 cm; p = 0.05) were higher in wethers vs bucks, respectively; however, USDA live or carcass grades were similar. Longissimus muscle tissue from wethers and bucks were similar in darkness ($L^*$) and redness ($a^*$), but wethers had more (p = 0.02) yellow tint ($b^*$). Palmitic (C16:0), stearic (C18:0) and oleic (C18:1) acids were higher (p = 0.001) in muscle tissue from wethers compared to bucks. The saturated fatty acid (SFA) and monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) contents of muscle tissue were lower (p = 0.001) for bucks with no difference in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Longissimus muscle initial temperature was higher in bucks (p<0.04) and pH change post-mortem was similar for bucks and wethers. These results indicated that castration of young market goats reduced growth performance and produced carcasses with more fat and higher SFA.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.206-215
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• 2010

A total of 582 gilts and barrows were analyzed to investigate the regressive relationships to slaughter weight (SW) of variables related to production efficiency and pork quality. Average initial weights and SW were 88.6 and 122.5 kg, respectively, for gilts and 88.7 and 121.4 kg, respectively, for barrows. Average daily gain and gain:feed ratio were not affected by SW. Backfat thickness, which was significantly greater (p<0.01) in barrows (23.3 mm) than in gilts (20.7 mm), increased with increasing SW (0.21 mm/kg; p<0.001). When the 4-notch carcass yield and quality grades were quantified according to an arbitrary 1 point-per-1 notch scale, the former, but not the latter, regressed on SW (-0.64/10 kg; p<0.01). The percent yield of the belly per total lean (overall mean=20.7%) increased with increasing SW (0.37%/10 kg; p<0.001), whereas in other cuts, the SW effect was negligible. The redness of the loin also increased with increasing SW (p<0.05), but other physicochemical characteristics were minimally influenced by SW. In sensory evaluation, effects of SW for fresh and cooked loin, ham, and belly were mostly considered insignificant in terms of quality, albeit statistically significant in several cases. However, positive regressions on SW (p<0.01) of the marbling and acceptability scores of fresh loin as well as the fat:lean ratio of fresh belly were noteworthy. Collectively, SW of approximately 125 kg was maximal for both sexes under the current carcass yield grading, in which 94 kg is the upper weight limit for grade A carcass. However, if the carcass weight limit of the grading was to be removed or broadened, the SW for gilts (but not that for barrows because of their excessive fat content at above 125-kg SW) could be increased to 135 kg or greater without compromising carcass quality.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.495-503
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• 2010

육질등급별 도체등급요인에 대한 분석 결과는 육질등급이 3등급에서 $1^{++}$등급으로 높아지면서 도체중, 등지방두께, 근내지방도는 증가하였으며(p<0.05) 육색, 지방색, 조직감 및 성숙도는 낮아지는 경향이었다(p<0.05). 한우고기의 이화학적 특성에서, 육질등급이 3등급에서 $1^{++}$등급으로 증가될수록 전단력은 8.29 kg에서 2.83 kg으로 감소하였고, 보수력은 52.41%에서 58.03%로, 조지방 함량은 3.57%에서 25.68%로 증가하였다(p<0.05). 기계적으로 측정한 육색에서 명도는 $1^{++}$등급 쇠고기가 41.53으로 가장 높았고 가열감량은 3등급쇠고기가 22.11%로 가장 높았다(p<0.05). 도축 후 24시간에 측정한 pH는 5.53-5.66범위로 정상적인 pH 값을 나타내었다. 6점 만점으로 평가된 관능특성에서, 육질등급이 3등급에서 $1^{++}$등급으로 높아질수록 연도, 다즙성, 향미 및 전체평점은 증가하였다(p<0.05). 조지방 함량은 다즙성(0.59), 연도(0.71), 향미(0.55) 및 전체평점(0.6)과 상관관계가 있었으며. 전단력은 다즙성, 연도, 향미 및 전체평점과 각각 -0.47, -0.64, -0.52 및 -0.61의 상관관계가 있었다. 이상의 연구결과에서 $1^{++}$ 등급 쇠고기에 비하여 $1^+$등급이하 등급은 전단력이 높고, 조지방 함량이 낮은(p<0.05) 것은 한우고기의 연도증진과 근내지방함량에 대한 연구가 필요하다고 생각된다.