• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.980-985
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• 2000

Influences of Japanese green tea powder (GTP) supplementation to commercial diet on laying performance and egg quality were studied by using 60 laying hens. The experimental diet with or without 0.6% GTP was given ad libitum to the birds during the period from 6 to 71 weeks of age. The birds started egg production from 21 wk of age regardless GTP feeding. Body weight, feed intake, egg weight tended to decrease with GTP supplementation, while egg production rate tended to increase. Haugh unit score was significantly increased with GTP, which accompanied with the increased albumen height. These were observed almost throughout the laying period over 50 wk. Gel proportion in thick albumen was decreased as storage time is prolonged, then higher values of the gel proportion were recorded in the eggs from GTP group. Thick albumen of the eggs from GTP-fed layers had more carbohydrate than that from control layers. All these indicate physical stability of thick albumen in the eggs from GTP group. Thiobarbituric acid content of egg yolk tended to remain lower in the eggs from GTP group during 5-10 days of storage at room temperature. Levels of egg yolk cholesterol and yolk lipid were significantly reduced by GTP feeding. There were no significant differences in eggshell weight, shell thickness and shell strength between the two groups. Thyroid gland and liver from hens slaughtered at 71 wk of age did not differ in weight irrespective of GTP feeding. The present results suggest that GTP could modify components of edible part of egg, leading to the characteristics favourable to consumers such as high durability of thick albumen and less cholesterol in yolk, without altering general performance of the layers throughout this year round experiment.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.609-618
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• 2023

Objective: TLRI 211-1 is a novel Bacillus subtilis strain. This experiment was to investigate dietary supplementation of TLRI 211-1 on laying performance, egg quality and blood characteristics of layers. Methods: One hundred and twenty 65-wk-old Leghorn layers were divided into four treatment groups for 8 weeks experiment. Each treatment had three replicates. The basal diet was formulated as control group with crude protein 17% and metabolizable energy 2,850 kcal/kg and supplemented with TLRI 211-1 0.1%, 0.3%, and commercial Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 0.1% as treatment 2, 3 and 4 groups, respectively. Both TLRI 211-1 and commercial Bacillus amyloliquefaciens were adjusted to contain 1×10⁹ colony-forming unit (CFU)/mL (g), hence the 0.1% supplemental level was 1×10⁹ CFU/kg. Results: The results showed that TLRI 211-1 0.3% and commercial B. amyloliquefaciens groups had higher weight gain than the other groups; TLRI 211-1 0.1% group had better feed to eggs conversion ratio than the control and commercial B. amyloliquefaciens groups (p<0.05). Bacillus subtilis supplementation increased yolk weight (p<0.05). In egg quality during storage, TLRI 211-1 0.1% had higher breaking strength than the control group at the second week of storage (p<0.05). At the third week of storage, TLRI 211-1 0.3% had higher Haugh unit (p<0.05). Hens fed diets supplemented with TLRI 211-1 0.3% significantly decreased blood triglyceride levels and increased blood calcium levels (p<0.05). TLRI 211-1 0.3% group had lower H₂S (p<0.05) and hence had less unpleasant odor in excreta of hens. Conclusion: In conclusion, supplementation with 0.1% TLRI 211-1 can significantly improve feed to eggs conversion ratio. TLRI 211-1 supplementation also can maintain eggs at their optimum quality level during storage. The study showed that B. subtilis TLRI 211-1 can be used as feed additives for improving egg production performance and egg quality.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.723-726
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• 1996

A water loaded pressure device using water as the breaking force was developed to evaluate eggshell strength and compared with a dropping ball techniques. Further, relationships of shell thickness and weight of eggs to shell strength were also studied. Values for both of the shell strength measuring methods showed a highly significant correlation (p < 0.001) with shell thickness. The water loaded pressure method had a much higher simple correlation coefficient for shell thickness (r = + 0.786) than the dropping ball method (r = + 0.577). The shell strength measured by the water loaded pressure method appeared not to be correlated to egg weight. On the other hand, the negative sign of the standard partial regression coefficient and the partial regression coefficient of egg weight in the estimated multiple regression equation implied that for a given shell thickness a larger egg tended to have less shell strength than a smaller egg.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 1996년도 International Conference on Agricultural Machinery Engineering Proceedings
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• pp.834-841
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• 1996

Egg production in Korea is becoming automated with a large scale farm. Although many operations in egg production have been and cracks are regraded as a critical problem. A computer vision system was built to generate images of a single , stationary egg. This system includes a CCD camera, a frame grabber board, a personal computer (IBM PC AT 486) and an incandescent back lighting system. Image processing algorithms were developed to inspect egg shell and to sort eggs. Those values of both gray level and area of dark spots in the egg image were used as criteria to detect holes in egg and those values of both area and roundness of dark spots in the egg and those values of both area and roundness of dark spots in the egg image were used to detect cracks in egg. Fro a sample of 300 eggs. this system was able to correctly analyze an egg for the presence of a defect 97.5% of the time. The weights of eggs were found to be linear to both the projected area and the perimeter of eggs v ewed from above. Those two values were used as criteria to sort eggs. Accuracy in grading was found to be 96.7% as compared with results from weight by electronic scale.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1769-1774
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• 2005

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of feeding green tea powder on laying performance and egg quality in hens. A total 180 'Tetran Brown' laying hens aged 40 weeks were assigned to 6 treatments in a completely randomized design. Each treatment consisted of five replicates accommodating six layers per replication. The experimental diets were a negative control containing no green tea, a positive control diet containing antibiotics (0.05% chlortetracycline) and diets containing 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5% and 2.0% green tea powder. Egg production rate of layers fed the diets containing green tea powder did not differ significantly from that of the negative and positive controls (p>0.05). Egg weight was decreased significantly in the group fed the diet containing 0.5% green tea powder (p<0.05). Feed intake of layers was significantly higher for the diet containing 1.5% green tea powder compared to that of negative and positive control diets (p<0.05). The eggshell thickness reduced significantly in the layer group fed the diets containing green tea powder regardless of dietary levels (p<0.05). Green tea powder tended to reduce egg yolk cholesterol in this experiment. Particularly, dietary 2% level of green tea powder significantly suppressed the cholesterol contents of the egg yolk (p<0.05). Thiobarbituric acid value (TBA) of egg yolk was significantly reduced by green tea diets (p<0.05). The yellowness of egg yolk was increased in the layers fed the 2.0% green tea diet compared with that of control diet (p<0.005). The Linoleic and $\alpha$-linolenic acids tended to increase in the group fed diets containing 1.5% green tea powder even though there were no significant differences among treatments (p>0.05). The oleic and docosahexaenoic acid contents of the egg yolk were similar among treatments (p>0.05). Based on the results of the experiment, it is concluded that green tea powder inclusion in the diet for layers at 2.0% level can reduce the cholesterol content and TBA value of the egg yolk, implying its potential effect on egg quality parameters.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 1997

A nondestructive quality inspection technique using acoustic impulse response method was studied to investigate the feasibility of egg shell inspection. An experimental system was built to generate impact force, to measure the response signal and to analyze the frequency spectrum. This system includes an impulse generating unit, an egg holding seat, a microphone with preamplifier, and a digital oscilloscope connected to Personal Computer by RS-232C interface. The factors such as impulse generating method, egg holding method, and sensor location were evaluated by analyzing the power spectrum density of the measured signal. The results obtained are summarized as follows : 1. From the sampled eggs, the proper conditions for detecting damaged eggs were found as followings; ceramic for the impact ball material, rubber for egg seat material, 20 degrees for an impact angle of pendulum, 10mm for the distance between egg and sensor, the sharp side for impacting part, and 180 degrees for the location of sensor. 2. Examination of the Fourier transformed analysis in beth normal and damaged eggs revealed that those factors such as the resonant frequency, a number of peak frequencies and the magnitude of power spectrum were important to detect damaged eggs.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2003년도 제20차 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.84-86
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• 2003

An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of dietary supplementation of yeast Rhodotourula glutinis(Glutincus) on the performance and egg quality of layers. A total of 360 ISA Brown layers of 72 weeks old were assigned to one of the following 6 diets ：control, 25 ppm ${\beta}$-carotene. 0.5％, 1％, 2％ and 4％ Glutinicus supplemented diet. Each treatment was replicated three times with 20 birds housed in 2 birds cage units. Glutinicus supplemented at the level of 0.5％ significantly(p＜0.05) improved egg production and FCR. Soft and broken egge production rate decreased as the level of Glutinicus supplementation increased. Eggshell was highest in Glutinicus 4％ supplementation. Egg yolk color increased linearly as the level of Glutinicus supplementation increased up to 2％ of the diet. It was concluded that Glutinicus supplementation at the level of 0.5％ can be recommended for the improvement of egg production while 2.0％ can be recommended for egg yolk pigmentation.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.267-274
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• 2008

천연식물자원들 중에 항산화 물질로 알려진 다양한 소재들이 소개되고 있다. 이들 중 가시오갈피와 두충과 같은 소재는 항산화 효과뿐만 아니라 약용으로서도 널리 입증된 천연식물성 소재이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실용 산란계에 이들 소재의 첨가 급여가 개체의 생리활성도 및 계란 품질에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 텔로미어의 함량을 비교 분석하고, 생산된 계란의 난질을 조사하였다. 시험 분석은 하이라인 브라운 상업용 실용 산란계 360수를 이용하여 가시오갈피 및 두충을 각각 사료 급여량 대비 0.5%와 1%를 첨가하였다. 급여 시기는 초기 산란기($20{\sim}30$주령) 및 후기 산란기($60{\sim}70$주령)로 제한하고, 30주령 말과 70주령 말 개체의 혈액 및 각종 조직들의 텔로미어 함유율과 생산한 계란의 품질을 양적형광접합보인법(Q-FISH) 및 난질 분석기로 분석하였다. 가시오갈피 및 두충 급여에 따른 각 조직별 텔로미어 함량을 비교 분석한 바 산란 초기에 증식성 세포인 백혈구 내 텔로미어 함유율은 모든 첨가 급여구가 무 첨가구에 비해 현저히 높은 함량을 보이고 비 증식성 세포에 있어서는 처리구별 차이가 없었다. 그러나 산란 후기 시 첨가 급여에 따른 모든 조직들의 텔로미어 함량 차이는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 가시오갈피 및 두충의 첨가 급여가 난질에 미치는 영향을 살펴본 바 산란 초기에 난중, 난백고, 호우 유니트는 첨가 급여 처리구가 무처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높은 결과를 보였고, 난각 두께, 난각색, 난황색, 난각 무게 및 난각 밀도는 처리구별 차이가 없었다. 반면 산란 후기에서는 급여처리간 난질에 미치는 효과는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 항산화 물질의 급여가 성장기 개체의 생리 활성도 및 생체기능을 향상 시킨다는 것을 강력히 뒷받침하는 증거로서 산란계에 있어 산란 초기에 소량의 가시오갈피와 두충의 첨가는 체내에 미치는 독성 없이 개체의 기능성 증가와 더불어 난 형성에 매우 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.449-457
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• 2010

본 시험에서는 산란계에 대한 인진쑥, 녹차, 오미자, 겨우살이의 혼합 비율을 달리한 3종 추출물의 사료 내 첨가 급여가 난 생산성, 계란 품질, 혈액 특성 및 계란 저장성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 35주령 산란계(Hy-Line Brown) 160수를 공시하여 4처리 4반복, 반복 당 10수씩 배치하고 10주간 사양시험을 실시하였다. 시험처리는 대조구(C)와 시험 사료에 혼합 비율을 달리한 3종의 추출물을 200 ppm 수준으로 첨가한 약용식물 추출물 처리구(T1, T2, T3)를 두었다. 산란율, 일 산란량 및 사료 요구율은 대조구에 비해 모든 처리구에서 유의하게 개선되었다(p<0.05). Haugh unit 및 난황색은 처리구 간 차이는 있었으나 전반적으로 대조구에 비해 유의하게 증가하였다(p<0.05). 난각질에서는 유의한 차이가 관찰되지 않았다. 혈액 내 총 콜레스테롤 함량은 대조구에 비해 모든 처리구에서 유의하게 감소하였으며(p<0.05), 중성 지방은 유의성은 나타나지 않았으나 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 간 및 신장 기능의 이상 여부를 나타내는 혈액 생화학 지표 역시 유의하게 감소하거나 감소하는 경향을 보였다(p<0.05). 혈액 총 항산화 활성은 대조구에 비해 다소 증가하는 경향을 보였으나 유의성은 인정되지 않았다. 저장 기간에 따른 Haugh unit 및 지방과 산화물가의 변화를 조사한 결과, 계란 보관 14일, 21일째에 Haugh unit이 대조구에 비해 유의하게 높았으며(p<0.05), 3일 및 7일째 역시 통계적 유의성은 인정되지는 않았으나 추출물 처리시 저장 기간에 따른 Haugh unit의 저하를 감소시키는 경향을 관찰하였다. 지방과산화물가 역시 처리 구간 차이는 있었으나 대조구에 비해 유의하게 감소하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다(p<0.05). 본 연구 결과, 인진쑥, 녹차, 오미자, 겨우살이의 혼합 비율을 달리한 약용식물 추출물의 산란계 사료 내 첨가급여는 계란 생산성을 향상시키고, 건강 유지에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤으며, 난황색 및 Haugh unit 등의 계란 내부품질을 개선시켰을 뿐만 아니라, 저장 기간에 따른 계란의 품질 저하를 감소시켜 사료 첨가제로서의 이용 가능성을 제시하였다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.14-20
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• 2013

The leopard danio, Danio rerio var. frankei is a spotted color morph of the zebrafish, Danio rerio caused by a pigment mutation. The structural differences of fertilized egg and egg envelope are poorly documented. To clarify this, we compared the fertilized egg morphology and ultrastructures of surface structures, the micropyle and the cross section of fertilized egg envelopes of zebrafish and leopard danio, variation species of zebrafish using a light and electron microscopes. Although the fertilized egg sizes were different, the external shapes of the fertilized eggs of two species couldn't be differentiated under the light microscope. The characteristics of fertilized eggs, such as a spherical shape, a non-adhesive quality and a large perivitelline space, were shown to be related to spawning habit. In ultrastructure of fertilized egg envelope, there is no morphological difference of micropyle between two species. By contrast, the ultrastructure and the numbers of knob-like structures and semihemisphere-like structures per unit area on the outer surface, and the number of lamellae of inner layer on the fertilized egg envelope section displayed definite species specificity. Collectively, our data indicate that the ultrastructure of fertilized egg envelope in the zebrafish could be differentiated by species variation.