• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1310-1319
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• 2005

This experiment was conducted to determine the effects of cage density (CD) and humate supplementation (HS) on laying performance, metabolic profile, and egg quality during the peak production period in hens. Lohman layers (n = 180, 46 wks of age) were blocked according to the location of cages and then allocated randomly to two levels of CD (4 or 6 hens per cage or 540 vs. 360 $cm^2$/hen) and three levels of HS (0, 0.15, and 0.30%). Egg production (EP) and feed consumption (FC) were measured daily; egg weight was measured bi-weekly; and BW was measured before and after the experiment. Blood and additional egg samples were obtained at the end of the experiment for determination of metabolic profile and egg quality. The data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA as repeated measures. Except for FC, CD did not affect laying performance parameters. Hens placed in high-density cages had lower FC than hens placed in normal-density cages. Increasing HS level linearly increased FC, EP, and feed conversion ratio (FCR). There was a CD by HS interaction effect on FC and EP. Hens placed in high-density cages had greater serum glucose, total protein, albumin, globulin, Ca, and P concentrations and tended to have greater serum corticosterone concentration than hens placed in normaldensity cages. Increasing HS level linearly increased serum glucose, total protein, albumin, globulin, creatine, and Ca concentrations and linearly decreased serum triglyceride and very low-density lipoprotein concentrations. There was a CD by HS interaction effect on serum glucose and albumin concentrations. There were no alterations in egg quality parameters in response to increasing CD. Albumen index and Haugh unit decreased linearly and other egg quality parameters did not change as HS level increased. In conclusion, increased caging density adversely affected metabolic profile, despite insignificantly deteriorating laying performance. Moreover, benefits from humate supplementation seem to be more noteworthy for hens housed in stressing conditions than for hens housed in standard conditions.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.717-726
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• 2022

The study evaluated different molt-inducing methods to achieve the main goal of molting in commercial layers during molting and post-molting periods. A total of 400 60-week-old Lohmann Brown layers were randomly divided into five groups (eight replicates of 10 birds for each group). Laying hens in the fasting control group received no diet from day 1 to day 10. The second group received a molt-inducing diet recommended by the breeding company. The third group received a wheat bran-based diet. The fourth group received a commercial layer diet with 8,000 ppm zinc (as zinc oxide, ZnO). The fifth group received an induced molting diet given to the second group with 8,000 ppm zinc, respectively. Egg production in the fasting control group and groups fed a diet with ZnO were significantly lower (p < 0.001) than those in groups fed the molt-inducing and wheat bran-based diets without ZnO during molting. Egg laying in the fasting control group was rapidly reduced and stopped on the 5.9th day of molting. In both groups having molt treatment with ZnO, egg production was similarly reduced and ceased on the 6.9th day and 7.0th day of molting, respectively, none of them differed significantly from the control. Layers fed molt-inducing diet or wheat bran-based diet did not reach the cessation of laying even on the 28th d of molting period. Relative weights of the ovary and growing oocytes of layers subjected to fasting or fed diets with ZnO were significantly lower than those of other groups. During the first two weeks of post molting, layers fed molt-inducing diet with ZnO showed higher egg production than the other two groups (p < 0.01). The eggshell strength in the group fed the commercial diet with ZnO was significantly higher than those fed the molt-inducing diet or wheat bran-based diets at 6 weeks of post molting (p < 0.05). These results suggest that the non-feed withdrawal molting using ZnO is more effective in inducing molting and increasing post-molt egg production and egg quality than other methods using a molt-inducing diet alone or wheat bran-based diet without ZnO.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2006

본 시험은 남은 음식물을 산란계 사료에 1, 3, 5, 10 및 20% 첨가하여, 산란계의 사료 섭취량, 산란율 및 계란 품질에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 실시하였다. 시험축은 50주령 산란계(White Leghorn종) 162수를 이용하였으며, 처리구는 남은 음식물을 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 20% 첨가하여 4주간 급여하였다. 시험기간 중 사료 섭취량, 난중은 첨가수준별과 주령별 처리구 사이에 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 그러나 산란율은 FW 20% 처리구에서 1, 2, 3 주째 산란율의 감소가 있었으나, 4주째 회복하였다(p<0.05). 난각 두께와 난황 계수는 전 처리구에서 차이가 없었으나(p>0.05), 난각 강도는 3주째와 4주째에 10% FW 처리구에서 각각 $4.13kg/cm^2$와 $4.04kg/cm^2$로 나타나 첨가 수준에 따른 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 호우 유니트와 난황색은 20% FW 처리구에서 4주째에 각각 92.3과 9.4로 남은 음식물 사료의 첨가 수준에 따라 주령별 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다(p<0.05). 본 연구 결과 FW를 20% 이상 첨가시에 산란율이 감소했지만, 5% 첨가시에 산란율이 유지되었으며, 난질이 개선되어 남은 음식물 사료의 영양소 요구량 수준 개선으로 사료 자원으로서 가치가 증진될 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.444-449
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• 2006

This study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation of cheese byproduct on performance, egg quality and fatty acid profile of egg yolk lipids from laying hens. One hundred five 30-wk-old White leghorn laying hens were randomly distributed into five groups of twenty one hens each and maintained in individual laying cages for 4 weeks. The hens were assigned to five treatments that consisted of corn-soybean meal based diets containing 0, 1, 3, 5 or 10% of cheese byproduct. Feed intake and rate of egg production of hens were not significantly different across the treatments during the whole experiment (p>0.05). Similarly, egg yolk cholesterol level, egg weight, Haugh's unit, eggshell thickness, color, and strength were not significantly different across the treatments (p>0.05). The amount of C16:0 in egg yolk was not significantly different across the treatments, but that of C18:0 decreased with increased cheese byproduct (p<0.01). Monounsaturated fatty acid (C16:1 and C18:1) content in egg yolk was similar across the treatments. Total CLA and cis-9, trans-11 CLA content increased linearly with increased cheese byproduct (p<0.001), while trans-10, cis-12 CLA amount was not significantly different across the treatments (p>0.05). Total saturated fatty acid (SFA) in the egg yolk was decreased as the level of cheese byproduct including CLA increased (p<0.01). However, the amount of unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) such as monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), n-6 PUFA, and total PUFAs in the egg yolk were not significantly different across the treatments (p>0.05). Therefore, the present results showed that cheese byproduct beneficially improved the fatty acid composition of concern to human health in the egg yolk without adverse effects on egg quality.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.211-215
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• 2006

Genistein의 전이율을 조사하기 위하여 순도 97% 이상의 genistein 250 mg을 펠렛으로 성형한 후 500 mg및 1 g의 용량으로 각각 2, 4개씩 산란계의 어깨 부위 피하에 이식하여 계란의 난황 내에서 검출되는 genistein의 함량을 HPLC 및 HPLC-MS를 이용하여 분석하였다. Genistein 500 mg 처리구에서, 12, 18, 30일에 각각 218, 395 ng/g, 500 ng/g의 genistein 이 전이되어 59일까지 계속적으로 유지되었다. 또한 genistein 1,000 mg 처리구에서는 12일 후에는 240 ng/g, 18일 후에는 406.5 ng/g, 30일 후에는 514 ng/g의 genistein이 전이되어 59일까지 계속적으로 유지되었다. 본 연구를 통하여, 500 ng/g 이상의 genistein이 함유된 계란을 59일 이상 지속적으로 생산할 수 있어 피하이식을 통한 비급이 방식은 기존의 급이 방식에 비해 20배 이상 효과적이었다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.468-475
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• 2018

The present trial was carried out to study the effect of sea buckthorn seed supplementation on egg quality of laying birds. A total of 160 Rhode Island Red${\times}$Fayoumi layers was divided into four groups of 40 birds each, which was further replicated four times with 10 hens per replicate. Group one was kept as a control, while other three groups were supplemented with sea buckthorn seed powder at a dose rate of 1 (T1), 2 (T2) and 3 (T3) g/kg of feed. The results showed that egg production was significantly (p<0.05) higher in T3 at the end of the study. Egg weight was significantly (p<0.05) high in T2 and T3 during week 39 and 40. Egg yolk weight was significantly (p<0.05) in T3 compared to the control. Significantly (p<0.01) lower egg cholesterol was recorded in T2 and T3. From the results of the present study, we concluded that laying hens supplemented with sea buckthorn at the rate of 2 and 3 g/kg improved the egg quality parameters and egg cholesterol.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2003년도 제20차 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.99-100
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• 2003

육성기 제한급이가 산란생산성과 사료효율, 계란품질 및 호르몬 농도변화에 미치는 영향을 규명하고자 1일령 갈색 산란계 1,080수를 공시하여 70주령까지 사양시험을 실시하였다. 제한시기는 6주령부터 (T1)와 12주령부터(T2) 실시하였는데 18주령 이후 자유채식을 실시하였다. 산란생산성과 사료효율은 T1이 가장 개선되는 것으로 나타났으며 계란품질은 처리간 차이가 없었다. 호르몬 농도변화는 체중 및 산란 개시시기와 밀접한 관계가 있었으며, 산란시기에 따른 차이는 없었다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.183-193
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• 1994

White Leghorn hens were fed a commercial formula feeds as a basal diet, which was supplemented with 3 types of plant oil safflower, evening primrose and pine seed, at the 10% level for 3 weeks. No significant changes was found between the basal diet and the oil feeding trials in the egg yolk cholesterol content, the laying rate, the egg weight, and the yolk weight, except the feed intake. In the fatty acid composition of the egg yolk lipid, however, the plant oil feedings to hens resulted in considerable increase of $C_{18:2}$ acid with a simultaneous decrease of $C_{18:2}$ acid ,and, consequently, followed by the improvement of balance with P /S and P /M /S ratio close to 1.0 and 1:1:1, which is known a desirable ratio for human health in lipid nutrition, respectively.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.277-282
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• 2004

본 연구는 원적외선 저장 쌀의 급여가 산란계에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 수행되었다. 사육 기간 중 대조구에 비해 다소 원적외선 저장 쌀의 급여가 산란계의 체중에는 큰 영향을 미치지 않았으나 난중의 무게, 난황의 무게, 난각의 두께 및 산란율에 있어서는 각각 3.6∼7.6%, 3.9∼30.2%, 5.4∼13.5%및 5.4%의 증가율을 나타내었다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2007

본 연구는 잣 부산물의 급여가 산란계의 산란율, 계란 품질, 혈청 콜레스테롤 및 난황 내 총 콜레스테롤과 지방산 함량에 미치는 영향에 대하여 알아보기 위하여 시험을 실시하였다. 사양 시험은 51주령 Hy-line Brown 252수를 공시하였으며 5주간 실시하였다. 1) T1(기초 사료 + 미루나무톱밥 1%), 2) T2(기초 사료 + 잣 부산물 0.5% + 미루나무톱밥 0.5%) 및 3) T3(기초 사료 + 잣 부산물 1%)로 3개 처리를 하여 처리당 7반복, 반복당 12수씩 완전 임의 배치하였다. 전체 사양 시험 기간 동안 산란율, 난중 및 계란 품질은 처리구간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 혈청 내 총 콜레스테롤, HDL, LDL 콜레스테롤 및 triglyceride의 함량 및 변화량은 처리구간에 유의적인 차이가 없었으며, 난황 내 콜레스테롤 함량은 처리구간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 난황 내 지방산 함량에 있어서 ${\alpha}$-linoleic acid은 T1처리구가 T3처리구와 비교하여 유의적으로 높게 나타났으나(P<0.05), Total SFA, total PUFA, total MUFA 및 total UFA/SFA는 처리구간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 결론적으로, 산란계 사료 내 잣 부산물의 첨가 급여는 ${\alpha}$-linoleic acid 함량에 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료된다.