• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.67-75
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• 1989

Studies were conducted to compare the utilization of dietary calcium between brown laying Tsaiya duck and Leghorn hen. Birds were fed corn-soybean diets containing 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0% calcium, respectively, with five birds per treatment. The metabolizability of calcium was determined by the indicator method. Experiments were conducted three times each at the age of 27, 31 and 36 weeks. Results appeared that duck eggs were heavier with better shell quality in comparison with hen eggs. Ducks fed 1% calcium diet resulted in severely depressed egg production (19%), but not for hens which still had 56% egg production. The metabolizability of calcium for hens was significantly higher than that for ducks (P<0.05) when both were fed diets containing 1 or 2% calcium. As the dietary calcium level was increased to 3 to 5%, there was no significant difference in calcium metabolizability between ducks and hens. When the dietary calcium was between 2 to 5%, the ducks retained more calcium than did the hens. Plasma calcium content for both hens and ducks fed 1% calcium diet was about the same. When the amount of the dietary calcium was increased to 2-5%, the plasma calcium level of ducks was approximately 7-10 mg/dl higher than that of hens. The calcium content in the egg shell of duck was significantly higher than that of hens, too. As the dietary calcium level was increased, there was a decreased magnesium content in the eggshell of hens, but not for ducks. The magnesium level in the eggshell was higher in hens than that in ducks. It is concluded that ducks could retain significantly more calcium and maintain higher plasma calcium level which might be the reason for larger eggs with better shell quality by ducks.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.455-461
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• 2009

Calcineurin is a $Ca^{2+}$/Calmodulin activated Ser/Thr phosphatase that is well conserved from yeast to human. It is composed of catalytic subunit A (CnA) and regulatory subunit B (CnB). C. elegans homolog of CnA and CnB has been annotated to tax-6 and cnb-1, respectively and in vivo function of both genes has been intensively studied. In C. elegans, calcineurin play roles in various signaling pathways such as fertility, movement, body size regulation and serotonin-mediated egg laying. In order to understand additional signaling pathway(s) in which calcineurin functions, we screened for binding proteins of TAX-6 and found a novel binding protein, HLH-11. The HLH-11, a member of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins, is a putative counterpart of human AP4 transcription factor. Previously bHLH transcription factors have been implicated to regulate many developmental processes such as cell proliferation and differentiation, sex determination and myogenesis. However, the in vivo function of hlh-11 is largely unknown. Here, we show that hlh-11 is expressed in pharynx, intestine, nerve cords, anal depressor and vuvla muscles where calcineurin is also expressed. Mutant analyses reveal that hlh-11 may have role(s) in regulating body size and reproduction. More interestingly, genetic epistasis suggests that hlh-11 may function to regulate serotoninmediated egg laying at the downstream of tax-6.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.698-710
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• 2022

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of different degrees of maternal dietary energy restriction on lipid deposition in embryonic tissues during the medium laying period (37 to 39 weeks) in Arbor Acres (AA) broiler breeders. Methods: A single factor design was adopted, and 400 AA broiler breeders (20 weeks of age) with a similar weight were randomly allocated into four groups. The birds in the control group were fed a corn-soybean meal based diet, and those in trial groups were fed diets with 80%, 70%, and 50% energy levels of the basal diet. Incubated eggs from the medium laying period were collected. Samples of developing embryos at various stages were prepared for composition analysis. Results: The embryo weight in the 80% energy group was higher than those of the other groups on embryonic day (E) 13, but at 21 E, they were significantly decreased with decreasing energy intake of the broiler breeders (p<0.05). Additionally, the levels of crude fat in tissues in the restriction groups were significantly decreased (p<0.05). The long axis and area of adipocytes in breast muscle, thigh muscle and the liver were significantly decreased (p<0.05) at 21 E in the 80%, 70%, and 50% energy groups. Conclusion: The effects of the 80% maternal dietary energy restriction energy affects egg production performance, egg quality, and nutrient deposition in egg weights, which then directly impacts on the developmental process of embryos, especially on fat utilization and deposition.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.376-380
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• 1999

The purpose of this experiment was to study the effect of feeding winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) oil on egg cholesterol and fatty acid of Japanese quail. Four groups of 10-week-old Japanese quails (n=10 per group) were fed a basal diet (20% CP, 2890 kcal/kg) supplemented with 5% of either animal tallow, soybean oil, corn oil or winged bean oil over an 8-week period. At the end of the experiment, 7 birds in each treatment were killed by decapitation. Blood samples and livers were collected for cholesterol analyses. There were no significant differences in final body weight, feed intake, egg production, egg and yolk weight due to the different oil treatments. Egg and plasma cholesterol levels obtained with the winged bean oil diet were higher than those obtained with the animal tallow or soybean oil diets, but were not significantly different from those obtained with com oil diet. Egg lipid, liver lipid and liver cholesterol content was lower with the winged bean oil diet than with the animal tallow diet. It may be concluded that the winged bean oil diet did not impair laying performance, but increased egg and plasma cholesterol levels compared with soybean oil or animal tallow diets. Winged bean oil diet produced eggs with a higher oleic content and lower linoleic content compared with the soybean or com oil diet.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2001년도 제18차 정기총회 및 학술발표 PROCEEDINGS
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• pp.49-51
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• 2001

Betaine functions as an osmoregulators in the cells and its inclusion can spare the choline, carcass fat reduction. Thus, two hundred eighty eight of seventy eight weeks old laying hens were fed with 0, 500, 1,000, 2,000 ppm betaine addition during the environmentally high temperature stress. Basal diets contained 16% CP and 2,800 ME. Egg production, feed intake, feed conversion were examined for eight weeks. Egg qualities, liver betaine, blood osmolarity, AntiDiuretic Hormone(ADH) were measured at the end experiment. Egg production of hens fed 500, 2,000 ppm dietary betaine and showed significance between control and 2,000 ppm betaine treatment(P＜0.05). ADH of blood sera tended to increase as dietary supplemental betaine increased. The results of this experiments indicated that dietary supplemental betaine was able to improve the performance, eggshell breaking strength, liver betaine in this experiment.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.206-210
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• 2017

Objective: A study was conducted to test six threonine (Thr) levels (0.39%, 0.44%, 0.49%, 0.54%, 0.59%, and 0.64%) to estimate the optimal dietary Thr requirements for Longyan laying ducks from 17 to 45 wk of age. Methods: Nine hundred Longyan ducks aged 17 wk were assigned randomly to the six dietary treatments, where each treatment comprised six replicate pens with 25 ducks per pen. Results: Increasing the Thr level enhanced egg production, egg weight, egg mass, and the feed conversion ratio (FCR) (linearly or quadratically; p<0.05). The Haugh unit score, yolk color, albumen height, and the weight, percentage, thickness, and breaking strength of the eggshell did not response to increases in the Thr levels, but the albumen weight and its proportion increased significantly (p<0.05), whereas the yolk weight and its proportion decreased significantly as the Thr levels increased. Conclusion: According to a regression model, the optimal Thr requirement for egg production, egg mass, and FCR in Longyan ducks is 0.57%, while 0.58% is the optimal level for egg weight from 17 to 45 wk of age.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2002년도 가을 학술발표논문집
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• pp.130-132
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• 2002

본 실험은 산란노계에서 강제환우 후에 단백질과 에너지수준이 다른 사료를 급여시에 생산성에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 실행하였다. 76주령 이사브라운 노계를 강제환우후에 2수준의 단백질(15,17%)과 3수준의 대사에너지(2,750, 2,800, 2,850kca1/kg)를 2$\times$3요인 시험으로 처리구당 72수, 반복당 18수, 전체 432수를 배치하였다. 조사항목은 체중의 변화, 산란율, 난중, 사료섭취량, 사료요구율을 24주간 조사하였다. 체중은 2,800 kca1/kg ME 처리구에서 낮은 경향을 보였으며 이러한 처리구의 단백질 수준이 15%일 때 산란율이 가장 높게 나타났다. 사료섭취량은 사료의 대사에너지와 단백질 수준이 높아질수록 감소되었다. 본 실험의 결과 2,800 kca1/kg 대사에너지 급여구에서 15%의 단백질이 함유된 사료를 급여시에 체중의 변화가 적었으며, 산란율이 가장 높게 나타났다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.274-278
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• 2008

최근 과수에 문제를 발생시키고 있는 갈색여치의 대발생 원인을 구명하기 위하여 갈색여치의 산란특성에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 갈색여치는 실내실험에서 7월 초순부터 9월 초순까지 산란을 하며, 암컷 한 마리당 평균 145개의 알을 산란하였다. 일생 동안 산란하는 산란양의 54%를 산란 초기 2주 이내에 산란하였다. 평균 산란 깊이는 19.4 mm이었으며, 알의 크기는 산란 직후 장경이 약 5.7 mm, 단경이 2.0 mm이었다. 그러나 부화 직전의 알은 산란 직후 알 무게의 약 2배가량 증가하였다. 산란 배지 선호실험에서는 밭토양> 오아시스폼$^{(R)}$> 버미큘라이트 순으로 높은 산란 양을 보였다. 야외에서 산란장소는 성충이 서식한 과수원이 아닌, 수분이 유지되는 인근 야산 골짜기로 관찰되어, 겨울 동안의 토양온도와 습도가 알로 월동하는 갈색여치의 생존에 중요한 영향을 미칠 수 있는 요인으로 추정된다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2007

2004년 2월부터 2005년 6월까지 제주특별자치도 애월읍 신엄리에서 흑로의 번식과정을 조사하였다. 한배 산란수는 $3.24{\pm}0.75$개(N=17, 범위 $2{\sim}4$개)였으며, 알은 새벽이나 밤에 $1{\sim}3$일 간격으로 산란하였다. 알(N=39)의 크기는 장경 $46.73{\pm}l.91mm$, 단경 $34.06{\pm}0.83mm$, 무게 $27.67{\pm}3.12g$, 두께 $0.26{\pm}0.03mm$였다. 흑로의 둥지 보수나 짓기는 매년 2월부터 시작해서 늦게는 4월말까지, 산란기는3월초부터 늦게는 5월 초순까지였고, 부화기는4월 초순에서 5월 중순까지, 이소기는 5월 중순부터 7월말까지였다. 보충 산란은 1차 번식과정 중 포란과 육추에 실패한 $5{\sim}6$월에 바로 시도하는 것으로 추정된다. 포란 기간은 $28.17{\pm}4.12$일(N=6)이었으며, 알은 비동시성으로 부화되었다. 육추 기간은 $40.00{\pm}6.84$일(N=5)이었으며, 새끼의 부리, 날개, 부척, 체중의 성장속도는 부화가 빠른 개체일수록 빠른 경향을 보였다. 우리나라에서 번식하는 백로과 조류의 산란시기를 비교해보면, 흑로는 왜가리보다는 느렸으나, 해오라기, 쇠백로, 중대백로는 보다는 빨랐다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2002

비태인은 세포에서 삼투압 조절인자로 작용하며 콜린 대체와 체지방 감소 효과를 가진다. 따라서 고온 스트레스 기간에 비태인의 수준별 급여가 산란계의 생산성 및 관련되는 생리적인 인자에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 8주간 사양실험을 시행하였다. 사료는 조단백질 16.00%, 대사에너지 2,800 kcal/kg수준으로 급여하였다. 사료에 비태인의 급여수준은 0, 500, 1,000, 2,000pprn으로 하였으며, 처리구당 반복은 4반복, 반복당 수수는 18수씩 배치하였다. 산란율, 사료섭취량, 사료요구율은 4주 단위로 측정하였으며, 계란의 품질과 간의 비태인 함량, 혈중 콜레스테롤, 회장 내용물의 삼투압은 실험 종료시에 측정하였다. 산란율은 처리구간에 일관성이 없었지만 비태인 500과 2,000ppm처리구에서 75.06과 75.02%로서 대조구의 72.62%보다 높은 경향을 나타냈다. 사료요구율은 각각 2.203, 2.125 로서 대조구의 2.374보다 현저하게 개선되었다(P<0.05). 난각강도는 비태인 처리구에서 대조구보다 현저하게 높거나 (P<0.05) 개선되는 경향을 보였지만, 난백고와 호유닛은 대조구와 동일한 경향을 나타냈다. 간에서 비태인 함량은 사료내 비태인의 수준에 비례하여 선형적으로 증가하였으며, 비태인 2,000ppm 처리구는 대조구보다 현저하게 높았다 (P<0.05). 혈중 콜레스테롤과 triacylgycerol는 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었으나 비태인 처리구에서 증가하는 경향을 나타냈다. 회장 내용물의 삼투압은 비태인 급여 구에서 감소되는 경향을 나타냈다. 본 연구의 결과 고온 스트레스기에 비태인의 첨가.급여는 산란계의 생산능력을 개선하는 경향을 보였으며, 난각의 품질을 개선하는 것으로 사료된다.