• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.898-907
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• 2005

Chromium has emerged as an essential trace mineral in nutrition. However, it readily causes toxicity because of slightly excessive dose and/or form of chromium supplement. Therefore, developing a noble form of chromium supplement which is capable of not only an increased availability but also a reduced toxicity has been a critical issue in chromium nutrition. Chromium-methionine chelate has been, so far, one of the latest developments in its kind. Although not much information is available for the chromium-methionine chelate, especially in view of animal performances upon dietary supplementation, several studies indicated chromium methionine chelate could be effective to improve meat quality by increasing muscle mass but decreasing body fat. Highly-graded beef was produced by dietary chromium methionine supplementation during fattening stage of Korean native steers. Body muscle was increased in replace of decreasing body fat in both pig and rat that were dietary supplemented with chromium methionine chelate. However, a pig farm study did not show any significant improvement of body gain upon supplementation of chromium methionine. Immune responses of pig and rat were not always dependent upon chromium form but were varied by species. These results suggest there could be a different mode of responses due to species as well as onset time of dietary supplementation of chromium methionine. It is still early to conclude the bio-efficacy of chromium methionine chelate presumably due to its recent appearance into the field. But the chelate is certainly worth more application to animal since it certainly reduced the application level of dietary chromium.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.759-768
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• 2005

본 연구는 무기태 크롬($ClCl_3$)와 유기태화 크롬인 Cr-methionine chelate(크라민®)을 첨가하였을 때 in vitro 조건에서 반추위내 발효성상과 반추미생물체 내 Cr과 Methionine을 분석하여 크라민®의 by-pass 여부를 간접적으로 증명하고자 실시하였다. In vitro 소화시험에 이용한 기초영양소는 Jar 당 반추미생물 기초 영양소로 시중에 유통되고 있는 배합사료 7g(DM), 볏짚 2g(DM) 및 Corn silage 2g(DM)을 동일하게 배합하였으며, 시험구로는 대조구(control), $ClCl_3$를 1000ppb 첨가한 T1구 및 Cr 농도가 1000ppb이 되도록 크라민®을 첨가한 T2구를 두었으며, 처리 당 5반복으로 시험을 수행하였다. T2의 pH는 모든 배양시간에서 대조구 및 T1구에 비하여 낮은 경향을 보였으며, 암모니아 농도는 배양 6시간 전까지는 대조구와 T1구에 비하여 T2구가 높은 경향을 보였으나, 배양 6시간 이후에는 모든 처리구가 일정하게 낮게 유지되었다. 총 휘발성지방산 농도는 모든 처리구가 배양시간이 경과함에 다라 지속적으로 증가하였으며, 대조구에 비하여 T1구와 T2구의 농도가 유의적으로 낮았다. In vitro 배양 12시간 동안 미생물체 건물 회수율은 T1구가 가장 낮은 반면에 T2구가 가장 효율적으로 미생물을 증가시켰다. 반추미생물체 내 Cr 농도는 대조구와 T2구간에는 차이가 없었으나(P>0.05), T1구는 유의적(P>0.05)으로 높게 나타났다. 반추미생물체 내 methionine 및 cyctine 농도는 대조구와 T2구간에는 차이(P>0.05)가 없었으나, T1구는 비교적 낮은 경향을 보였다. 본 시험의 결과를 종합해 보면, 크라민®의 첨가에 따른 in vitro 배양액내 pH 및 암모니아 농도를 포함한 발효특성에 대한 부의 영향은 없는 것으로 판단되며, 오히려 미생물체 단백질의 합성에 이용되어 암모니아의 생성량과 총미생물 건물 회수량을 증가시킬 수 있는 것으로 판단된다. 또한 크라민®은 반추 미생물에 의해 상당히 제한적으로 분해되기 때문에 반추위를 회피해서 소장으로 by-pass 되어 이용된 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.706-709
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• 2003

본 연구에서 식이중 CrMet 보충이 비만지수 및 지질 대사에 미치는 영향에 대하여 조사한 결과 실험군의 초기 체중은 비슷한 수준이었지만 CrMet 보충으로 최종 체중이 감소하는 경향을 보였고 이로 인해 CrMet 첨가시 비만지수 및 체지방 함량이 유의적으로 감소하였다(p<0.05). 혈청 total cholesterol은 CrMet 첨가시 69.22 $\pm$3.44 mg/㎗ 로 고지방군과 비교해 낮았으며(p<0.05), HDL cholesterol은 CrMet 보충으로 증가되었으며 HTR 지수도 높았다(p<0.05). 결과적으로 CrMet 보충은 체지방량과 혈청중 total cholesterol을 감소시키고 HDL cholesterol을 증가시킨다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.249-252
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• 2003

This study was conducted to determine the effects of chromium-methionine (CrMet) supplementation at various levels on obesity index, body fat, and serum glucose, insulin and leptin in rats. Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to one of four dietary groups and fed AIN-76 semi-purified basal diets supplemented with 0, 300, 600 or 1200 ppb Cr from CrMet. After 4 weeks on the respective diets, the rats were killed and serum glucose, insulin and leptin concentrations were determined. The CrMet supplementation did not affect weight gain, feed intake or feed efficiency ratio, fasting glucose, insulin or leptin levels among treatment groups. Although final body weight in all treatments were not significantly different, naso-anal length was longer in the 1200 ppb CrMet group than those of control or other groups (p<0.05). The lowest obesity index and body fat were observed in the 1200 ppb dietary group (p<0.05). The obesity index of the rats fed 1200 ppb supplemental CrMet was lower than in the other groups. These results suggest that CrMet supplementation results in a significant decrease in obesity index, possibly by decreasing the body fat that corresponded to increasing CrMet dosage.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.378-383
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• 2016

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of chromium methionine (Cr-Met) chelate supplementation on blood metabolites and fatty acid profile of beef from Holstein steers during late fattening period. Fifteen Holstein steers were allotted randomly into two groups including the control (non Cr-Met feeding, NCM, ave. body weight [BW] = $483{\pm}25.7kg$) and the treatment (Cr-Met feeding for 4 months, 4CM, ave. $BW=486{\pm}27.5kg$) group. The feeding amount of Cr-Met to animals was limited to 400 ppb/cow/d and was supplemented to total mixed ration. No difference in blood albumin, alkaline phosphatase, urea-nitrogen, calcium, creatine, glucose, total protein, triglyceride, and cholesterol were observed between the treatment groups (p>0.05). The level of high density lipoprotein was higher in the 4CM group than the NCM group, whereas low density lipoprotein was lower in the 4CM group (p<0.05). The fatty acid composition (caprate, laurate, myristate, pentadecanoate, palmitate, palmitoleate, margarate, cis-11 heptadodecanoate, stearate, oleate, trans-vaccenate, linoleate, cis-11 eicosenoate, docosa hexaenoic acid, and docosa pentaenoic acid) of the beef showed no difference between the two groups (p>0.05). The arachidonic acid level tended to be higher in the 4CM than the NCM group (p = 0.07). Cr-Met had no influence (p>0.05) on the ratio of saturated, unsaturated, unsaturated/saturated, monounsaturated/saturated and polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acids whereas the ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the 4CM group was comparatively higher than the NCM group (p<0.05). This study concluded that feeding Cr-Met supplementation in 400 ppb/d to Holstein steers for 4 months during late fattening period can improve some blood metabolites and beef quality by increasing PUFA and gamma-linoleate compositions of beef.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.256-260
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• 2012

The objectives of this study were to investigate the immune responses of broiler chickens fed diets supplemented with different level of chromium methionine (CrMet) in heat stress (HS) condition. Two hundred and eighty eight male broiler chickens (Ross 308) were allocated to four treatment groups (supplementation with 0, 200, 400 or 800 ppb Cr in the form of CrMet) in a completely randomized design. The experiment was conducted at heat stressed condition and all birds were kept under temperature of $33{\pm}2^{\circ}C$. Antibody titers against Newcastle disease virus (NDV) and infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), heterophil to lymphocyte ratios (H/L), and concentration of plasma cortisol (CPC) were measured at 21 and 42 d. At 42 days of age two birds were chosen randomly from each replicate, slaughtered, spleen and bursa of Fabricius were collected, weighed and expressed as a percentage of live body weight. Antibody titers against NDV and IBV at 21 and 42 days of age in broiler fed supplemental CrMet were higher than in broiler chickens fed control diet (p<0.05). CPC level in broiler chickens fed CrMet were significantly (p<0.05) decreased. Increases in lymphocyte counts and consequently a decrease in heterophil to lymphocyte ratios in broiler chickens fed 800 ppb Cr were observed at 21 and 42 d. Supplementation with CrMet had no significant effect on lymphoid organs of broilers. The results suggest that dietary CrMet supplementation at a level of 800 ppb can improve some immune responses of broiler chickens under heat stress conditions.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.14.1-14.7
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• 2015

A feeding trial was carried out to determine the effects of chromium methionine (Cr-Met) chelate and forage level over two years, $1^{st}$ fattening and $2^{nd}$ fattening period on growth parameters, carcass characteristics and blood metabolites of 46 Korean native (Hanwoo, Bos Taurus, $BW=183{\pm}44kg$) steers. Treatments were: 1) Steers in the low forage (LF) group were fed diets that consisted of 60% concentrate and 40% forage; 2) Steers in the high forage (HF) group were fed diets that consisted of 40% concentrate and 60% forage. Following the $1^{st}$ fattening period, steers ($BW=480{\pm}37.6kg$) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups: LF (40 F plus no Cr-Met supplementation in the $2^{nd}$ fattening period), LFCM (40LF plus added 400 ppb of Cr-Met during the $2^{nd}$ fattening period), HF (60 F plus no added Cr-Met during the $2^{nd}$ fattening period) and HFCM (60 F plus added 400 ppb of Cr-Met in the $2^{nd}$ fattening period). Dry matter intake of the treatment diets did not differ during the raising and $1^{th}$ fattening period (P > 0.05). The ADG in the raising period showed no difference between the 40 F and 60 F groups (P > 0.05). Carcass characteristics including rib-eye area and meat yield index were higher in HF than the other treatment groups (P < 0.05). The HF group tended to show a higher (P = 0.08) marbling score than the LF group whereas the HFCM group showed a higher marbling score than the LFCM group (P < 0.05). HDL was higher and LDL lower in groups fed with Cr-Met than in other groups whereas glucose showed the lowest value in HF group (P < 0.05). Triglyceride (TG), Cholesterol, PUN and total protein (TP) were the same among all treatment groups (P > 0.05). The Insulin concentration in the blood was significantly higher for the HFCM group than for the LF, LFCM and HF groups (P < 0.05). It is concluded that supplementation of chromium-methionine chelate could improve meat quality in beef steers.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1021-1029
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• 2013

To investigate the effect of dietary chromium (Cr) as Cr methionine (CrMet) on growth performance, carcass traits, pork quality, meat colour and expression of meat colour-related genes in growing-finishing pigs, 189 crossbred Duroc${\times}$(Landrace${\times}$Yorkshire) growing-finishing pigs (male, castrated, average initial BW $74.58{\pm}1.52$ kg) were selected and randomly allocated into four groups. Dietary treatments per kg of feed were as follows: 0 (CT), 0.3 mg/kg (T1), 0.6 mg/kg (T2) and 0.9 mg/kg (T3) Cr (in the form of CrMet; as-fed basis), and each treatment was replicated five times with 8 to 10 pigs per replicate pen. During the 28 d of the experiment, both the ADG and the ADFI increased linearly (p<0.05) as the level of dietary Cr increased. The F/G ratio decreased linearly (p<0.05). As dietary Cr increased, loin muscle areas (linear, p = 0.013) and average backfat thickness (linear, p = 0.072) decreased. Shear force (linear, p = 0.070) and Commission Internationale de I'$\acute{E}$clairage (CIE) redness (quadratic, p = 0.028) were increased. In addition, CIE Lightness (quadratic, p = 0.053) were decreased as dietary Cr increased. As dietary Cr increased, total myglobin (Mb) content (quadratic, p = 0.015) and the mb mRNA levels (quadratic, p = 0.046) in longissimus muscles of pigs were up-regulated. In conclusion, supplementation of dietary Cr improved growth and meat colour, but increased shear force and decreased IMF reduced palatability of longissimus muscles. Moreover, the increasing total Mb content and mb mRNA levels indicated that CrMet dietary supplementation may improve meat colour via up-regulating expression of the mb gene.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.355-362
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• 2008

Cr 및 Cu의 형태별 병용급여가 육성돈의 육성성적, 영양소 소화율, 분내 광물질 배출량에 미치는 영향을 비교 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다.1.유기태 또는 무기태 형태의 Cr과 Cu를 병용급여한 결과 육성돈의 일당증체량은 CrMet과 CuMet을 첨가한 구에서 높게(p<0.05) 나타나고 사료요구율도 낮았다(p<0.05). 반면에 CrMet과 CuSO4를 병용 첨가한 구에서는 사료섭취량은 낮고(p<0.05) 일당증체량도 낮게(p<0.05) 나타났다.2.영양소 소화율은 CrMet과 CuMet을 병용 첨가한 구에서 영양소 소화율이 높게(p<0.05) 나타났으나, CrMet과 CuSO4를 병용 첨가한 구에서는 낮게(p<0.05) 나타났다. CrCl3 첨가구에서는 CuMet 또는 CuSO4를 병용 첨가하더라도 영양소 소화율에는 유의적인(p>0.05) 차이를 보이지 않았다. 3.광물질 Cu, Zn, Cr의 각각의 분으로의 배출율은 CrMet과 CuMet을 병용 첨가한 구에서 낮았으며(p<0.05), CrCl3와 CuSO4를 병용 첨가한 구에서 높게(p<0.05) 나타났다.이상의 결과를 집약하여 보면 유기태 형태의 병용 첨가구가 무기태 형태 병용 첨가구보다 일당증체량이 높고 사료요구율이 개선되었고, 영양소 소화율도 높게 나타났다. 또한 유기태 형태로 급여한 병용 첨가구가 무기태 형태로 병용 첨가한 구보다 Cu, Zn, Cr의 분으로의 배출율이 낮게 나타났다. 따라서 본 시험에서는 유기태 또는 무기태 Cr과 Cu의 병용첨가는 성장률이나 영양소 소화율에서 교호 및 길항작용 효과가 있는 것으로 판단된다. 또한 유기태 형태의 광물질로 무기태 형태를 대체 급여시 토양에 과다 축적될 경우 환경오염을 일으킬 수 있는 광물질의 배설량을 감소시킬 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1547-1554
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• 2009

This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of different sources of chromium on growth performance, blood profile and carcass trait in growing-finishing pigs. A total of 200 growing pigs (Landrace${\times}$Yorkshire)${\times}$Duroc, average initial weight 8.5 kg) were allotted to 5 treatments with 4 replicates per treatment and 10 pigs per replicate. Five treatments were designated as follows according to the source of chromium. i) Control (No chromium): corn-soybean meal based basal diet, ii) $CrCl_{3}$: control diet+200 ppb Cr as $CrCl_{3}$, iii) CrPic: control diet+200 ppb Cr as Cr picolinate, iv) CrMet-1: control diet+100 ppb Cr as Cr methionine, and v) CrMet-2: control diet+200 ppb Cr as Cr methionine. After the feeding trial, three pigs per replicate (12 pigs per treatment) were slaughtered for the evaluation of carcass traits. Average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), and feed: gain ratio (F/G) were not different (p>0.05) among dietary Cr sources. However, whole-period ADG of pigs fed CrPic, CrMet-1 and CrMet-2 diets was higher (p<0.05) than for the control diet. Nutrient digestibility was not different (p>0.05) among dietary Cr sources, but the nutrient digestibility of pigs fed CrPic, CrMet-1 and CrMet-2 diets was higher (p<0.05) than for the control diet. BUN level decreased with more magnitude (p<0.05) in pigs fed Cr during the 20 to 50 kg period. Although both serum cholesterol and triglyceride were different (p<0.05) among treatments, there was no consistent response that could be related to the dietary Cr sources regardless of growth phase. However, the overall data suggested that serum cholesterol level increased as BW of pigs increased. Blood total protein (TP) increased (p<0.05) in pigs fed Cr only during the 90-110 kg phase, and blood creatinine (Creat) level was higher in $CrCl_{3}$ and CrPic treatments than in the control only during the 90-110 kg phase. Backfat thickness was thinner (p<0.05) in pigs fed CrMet-2 than in the control treatment. Therefore, lean percentage was higher (p<0.05) in CrMet-2 than in control pigs. However, dressing percentage and Longissimus muscle area (LMA) were not different (p>0.05) among treatments. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of 200 ppb Cr, via either CrPic or CrMet, improved pig growth performance and nutrient digestibility. Moreover, dietary CrMet supplementation for the growing-finishing pig is evidently remarkable for improving both lean percentage of the carcass and backfat thickness.