• 제목/요약/키워드: Feed Culture

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참전복 Haliotis discus hannai의 육상수조사육에 관한 연구 II. 먹이별 사육실험 (Indoor Tank Culture of the Abalone Haliotis discus hannai II. Effects of diets on the growth of young abalone)

  • 정성채;지영주;손팔원
    • 한국양식학회지
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.77-87
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    • 1994
  • 전복을 육상수조에서 사육하기 위한 먹이 개발을 위하여 육상식물 및 배합사료를 공급하여 대조구인 미역과의 성장도, 생존율 및 먹이효과에 대하여 조사한 결과 1. 배합사료, 미역, 육상식물의 순으로 성장이 빨랐으며 생존율은 큰 차이가 없었다 2. 일간섭식률은 미역과 육상식물이 비슷하였고 배합사료는 이 들의 $30\%$ 수준이었다. 사료전환효율은 미역과 육상식물에 비해 배합사료가 월등히 높았으며 치패 크기가 작을수록 높았다. 3. EFA index, ${{\sum}n9/(20:4n6+20:5n3+22:6n3}$는 건미역이 1.26, 배합사요가 3.64로서 양호 값을 나타냈으나, 깻잎의 경우 127.00으로 나타나 참전복에 유효한 지방산이 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 4. 전복 육상수조에서의 사육을 위한 여름철 대체 먹이로는 육상식물보다는 배합안료가 효과적이었다.

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Effects of Feeding Solid-state Fermented Rapeseed Meal on Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Intestinal Ecology and Intestinal Morphology of Broiler Chickens

  • Chiang, G.;Lu, W.Q.;Piao, X.S.;Hu, J.K.;Gong, L.M.;Thacker, P.A.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.263-271
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    • 2010
  • This trial was conducted to determine the effects of feeding a diet containing solid-state fermented rapeseed meal on performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal ecology and intestinal morphology of broiler chickens. A mixed liquid culture, containing approximately 5 log cfu/ml Lactobacillus fermentum, Enterococcus faecium, Saccharomyces cerevisae and Bacillus subtilis was prepared in a 1:1:1:1 ratio. A basal substrate (BS) containing 75% rapeseed, 24% wheat bran and 1% brown sugar was mixed with the liquid culture in a ratio of 10:3. Over the 30-day fermentation, isothiocyanates were reduced from 119.6 to 14.7 mmol/kg. A total of 168, day-old male Arbor Acres broiler chicks were assigned to one of three dietary treatments including a corn-soybean meal based control diet as well as two experimental diets in which the control diet was supplemented with 10% of the BS containing unfermented rapeseed meal or 10% of the BS containing rapeseed meal subjected to solid state fermentation. There were 8 pens per treatment and 7 birds per pen. From days 19-21 and days 40-42, uncontaminated excreta were collected from each pen for digestibility determinations. In addition, digesta from the colon and ceca were collected to determine the number of lactobacilli, enterobacteria and total aerobes. The middle sections of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum were collected for intestinal morphology. Over the entire experimental period (d 1-42), the weight gain and feed conversion of birds fed fermented rapeseed meal were superior (p<0.05) to that of birds fed nonfermented rapeseed meal and did not differ from the soybean control. On day 42, birds fed fermented rapeseed meal had higher (p<0.05) total tract apparent digestibility coefficients for dry matter, energy, and calcium than birds fed non-fermented rapeseed meal. Colon and ceca digesta from broilers fed the fermented feed had higher (p<0.05) lactobacilli counts than birds fed the control and non-fermented rapeseed meal diets on day 21 and 42. Fermentation also improved (p<0.05) villus height and the villus height:crypt depth ratio in the ileum and jejunum on day 21 and 42. The results indicate that solid-state fermentation of rapeseed meal enhanced performance and improved the intestinal morphology of broilers and may allow greater quantities of rapeseed meal to be fed to broilers potentially reducing the cost of broiler production.

Effect of Sodium Nitrate and Nitrate Reducing Bacteria on In vitro Methane Production and Fermentation with Buffalo Rumen Liquor

  • Sakthivel, Pillanatham Civalingam;Kamra, Devki Nandan;Agarwal, Neeta;Chaudhary, Chandra
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제25권6호
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    • pp.812-817
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    • 2012
  • Nitrate can serve as a terminal electron acceptor in place of carbon dioxide and inhibit methane emission in the rumen and nitrate reducing bacteria might help enhance the reduction of nitrate/nitrite, which depends on the type of feed offered to animals. In this study the effects of three levels of sodium nitrate (0, 5, 10 mM) on fermentation of three diets varying in their wheat straw to concentrate ratio (700:300, low concentrate, LC; 500:500, medium concentrate, MC and 300:700, high concentrate, HC diet) were investigated in vitro using buffalo rumen liquor as inoculum. Nitrate reducing bacteria, isolated from the rumen of buffalo were tested as a probiotic to study if it could help in enhancing methane inhibition in vitro. Inclusion of sodium nitrate at 5 or 10 mM reduced (p<0.01) methane production (9.56, 7.93 vs. 21.76 ml/g DM; 12.20, 10.42 vs. 25.76 ml/g DM; 15.49, 12.33 vs. 26.86 ml/g DM) in LC, MC and HC diets, respectively. Inclusion of nitrate at both 5 and 10 mM also reduced (p<0.01) gas production in all the diets, but in vitro true digestibility (IVTD) of feed reduced (p<0.05) only in LC and MC diets. In the medium at 10 mM sodium nitrate level, there was 0.76 to 1.18 mM of residual nitrate and nitrite (p<0.01) also accumulated. In an attempt to eliminate residual nitrate and nitrite in the medium, the nitrate reducing bacteria were isolated from buffalo adapted to nitrate feeding and introduced individually (3 ml containing 1.2 to $2.3{\times}10^6$ cfu/ml) into in vitro incubations containing the MC diet with 10 mM sodium nitrate. Addition of live culture of NRBB 57 resulted in complete removal of nitrate and nitrite from the medium with a further reduction in methane and no effect on IVTD compared to the control treatments containing nitrate with autoclaved cultures or nitrate without any culture. The data revealed that nitrate reducing bacteria can be used as probiotic to prevent the accumulation of nitrite when sodium nitrate is used to reduce in vitro methane emissions.

한약재 추출물에 배양된 유산균 배양액이 양식어류의 사료첨가제로서 성장과 비 특이적 면역에 미치는 영향 (Effects of the Culture Broth of Lactic Acid Bacteria Cultured in Herb Extracts on Growth Promotion and Nonspecific Immune Responses of Aquacultured Fish)

  • 전봉근;김만철;김영후;허문수
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.87-93
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    • 2009
  • 양식 어류의 항생제 투여의 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 한 약재 추출물을 기질로 한 유산균 배양액을 양식 넙치와 돌돔의 사료에 첨가하여 성장, 혈액학적 분석, 식세포 활성, lysozyme 활성 및 어류질병세균에 대한 공격실험을 실시하였다. 성장의 결과 넙치는 실험구와 대조구강의 유의성을 보이지 않았으며, 돌돔의 경우 대조구에 비해 실험구가 약 20 g 높은 어체중 증가를 보였다. 넙치의 사료효율은 실행구가 대조구에 비해 약 25% 높았으며, 돌돔은 사료효율은 두 그룹 간에 유의성을 보이지 않았다. 어류의 혈액학적 분석 결과, GOT와 GPT는 8주 이후에 감소현상을 보였으나 glucose와 total protein은 두 그룹 간에 유의성을 보이지 않았다. 식세포 활성 또한 유의적인 차이가 없었다. lysozyme 활성은 넙치의 경우 8주부터 실험구가 대조구보다 높은 활성을 보였으며, 돌돔은 실험 12주에 대조구보다 약 3배 높은 활성을 보였다. 어류 질병 유발세균에 대한 공격실험은 넙치의 복강에 V. anguillarum을 투여하였을 시, 실험구가 대조구에 비해 18%, S. iniae을 투여하였을 시, 실험구가 23% 높은 생존율을 보였다. 돌돔의 경우, V. anguillarum의 투여경과 대조구의 비해 17%, S. iniae의 투여경과 대조구의 비해 16% 높은 생존율을 나타냈다.

식량 안정생산기술의 전망 (Prospects of Stable Production Technologies for Food Crops)

  • 채제천;강양순;이영호;남중현
    • 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국작물학회 1999년도 추계 학술대회지
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    • pp.102-144
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    • 1999
  • The major problems of food crop cultivation in Korea are low yield of most crops except rice. inefficient cultivation techniques for aged farmers. and low international competibility. Therefore, development of cultivation techniques of food crops should aim the yield. quality improvement, labor reduction and production cost. The primary issue for increasing the yield of soybean, barely and wheat is to reduce the yield gap between the farmer's yield and recommended ones of experiment station. More advanced cultivation techniques needs to be developed. and/or the conventional breeding methods to be reconsidered. The newly developed labor-saving mechanized technique needs to reduce labor hours , and the cost of agricultural implements and machineries. In other words the labor-saving mechanized technique should be developed based on the improvement of total farming system as well as systemic fundamental innovation of cultural methods. The efficiency of solar energy use in food production of Korea in 1997 is as low as $0.52{\%}$ so there is much room to increase yield. It is recommendable that the concept of food Production should be changed to energy Producing efficiency Per unit area basis from volume and weight of food materials. Moreover, introduction of resonable cropping system is needed to increase yield of main crops, farmer's income, solar energy use efficiency, and decrease of land service expenditure. Current cropping system emphasized on economic crops. especially in vegetables , is not desirable for resonable use of arable land. stability of agricultural management and staple food crop self-sufficiency ratio. It is desirable to increase food crops . that are energy of carbohydrate and protein rich and land dependent crops. in cropping system. And the agronomist should develop the cultural methods to replace food crops for food self-sufficiency and stable farming management instead of economic crops in current cropping system. Low-input and environmentally-sound crop cultivation techniques, especially nitrogen-reducing culture technique which is directly related to food crop quality, also needs to be developed urgently. The extended cultivation of corn in upland and barely and wheat in lowland as a feed stuffs is recommended to prevent further decrease of food self-sufficiency ratio, which is mainly caused by the high reliance on imported feed grain. It is also considered that the calculation and presentation methods of standard agricultural income needs to be improved. The current calculation method uses unit land area of 10a regardless of crop kinds , characteristics of agricultural management and cultivation scale. So, it is apt to lead misunderstanding of farm income value. Therefore. it should show an income of average farmers for certain number of years. Research and developing system for food producing is not desirable because they are conducted currently individual crop and mono-culture basis. But actual agricultural income is usually earned by cropping system including upland and lowland. For example. the barley and wheat is usually cultivated in double cropping system. The cooperation among research institutes such as university agribusiness. government and farmers is indispensible. The public information and education on importance and consumption habit of food crops is necessary in Korean society to increase food self-sufficiency through nationwide cooperation.

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Dietary inclusion effect of yacon, ginger, and blueberry on growth, body composition, and disease resistance of juvenile black rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli) against Vibrio anguillarum

  • Lee, Ki Wook;Jeong, Hae Seung;Cho, Sung Hwoan
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.7.1-7.8
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    • 2020
  • Background: To minimize the use of antibiotics and to obtain a more sustainable fish culture and aquaculture industry, development of alternative natural source of immunostimulant to replace antibiotic in aquafeed is highly needed. Objective: Dietary inclusion effect of yacon (YC), ginger (GG), and blueberry (BB) on growth, body composition, and disease resistance of black rockfish against Vibrio anguillarum was compared to ethoxyquin (EQ). Methods: Four hundred eighty juvenile (an initial weight of 4.2 g) fish were randomly distributed into 12 of 50 L flowthrough tanks (forty fish per tank). Four experimental diets were prepared; the control (Con) diet with 0.01% EQ inclusion, and YC, GG, and BB diets at 1% each additive inclusion. Each additive was included into the experimental diets at the expense of wheat flour. Each diet was assigned to triplicate tanks of fish and hand-fed to satiation twice daily for 8 weeks. At the end of 8-week feeding trial, 20 fish from each tank fish were artificially infected by intraperitoneal injection with 0.1 mL of culture suspension of pathogenic V. anguillarum containing 3.3 × 106 cfu/mL respectively. Fish were monitored for the following 8 days after V. anguillarum infection and dead fish were removed every 6 h for the first 4 days and 12 h for the rest of the study. Results: Weight gain, specific growth rate (SGR), and feed efficiency ratio (FER) of fish fed the YC diet was higher than those of fish fed all other diets. However, feed consumption, protein efficiency ratio, and protein retention was not affected by dietary additive. Moisture, crude protein, and crude lipid content of the whole body of fish were affected by dietary additive. Analysis of the Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that survival of fish fed the YC, BB, and GG diets was higher than the Con diet. Conclusion: Oral administration of YC can improve not only weight gain, SGR, and FER of black rockfish, but lower mortality of rockfish at occurrence of V. anguillarum.

제1위내용액 이식에 의한 비육우의 농후사료 적응법에 관한 연구 (Adaptation of Feedlot Cattle to a High-energy Ration by Intraruminal Transplantation of Adapted Ruminal Fluid)

  • 이현범;탁연빈;성은주;김기석;이영주;정재석;장종식;권오덕
    • 한국임상수의학회지
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.62-74
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    • 1998
  • In feedlot cattle the abrupt change of diet from roughage to a large quantity of grain for the purpose to improve production often results in increased occurrence of rumen acidosis or acute carbohydrate encouragement enterotoxemia, bloats diarrhea liver abscess and laminitis or robot disease. The common management practice to control these problem is to increase the amount of concentrates in the diet in a stepwise manner until the animals are adapted to a high-grain ration. However this practice requires at least about 3 weeks adaptation period and specially prepared adaptation rations which contain various amount of concentrates. Present experiment was undertaken in order to findout the more simple and rapid adaptation method of cattle to a high grain ration. Nineteen Korean calves aging from four to six month were fed artifical hay (Youngchoun Chuk-Hyup, Korea) which contains 10% of concentrates or alfalfa and rye grass hays for two months and randomly alloted to three experimental groups and two control groups. The experimental group-1 was inoculated by stomach tube for two days with li500 ml/day of ruminal fluid fished from Korean beef cattle that had been previously adapted to a high-energy ration. The experimental group-2 was inoculated by trocalization for two days with the same ruminal fluid. The experimental group-3 was inoculated by trocalization with 1,500 ml/day of bacterial culture which contained 2$\times $10$^{9}$/m1 of Gram-negative bacteria derived from adapted luminal fluid. The two control groups were treated with normal saline solution by the same methods. All animals were fed high-energy ration that contained 80% of grain ad libitum for 30-74 days beginning on the third of the treatment. The effect of the inoculation on the adaptation was observed clinicopathologically with the following results; All of the experimental calves inoculated with the ruminal fluid or Gram-negative bacterial culture derived from adapted cattle did not show any signs of rumen acidosis or other related diseases, while most of the control calves did show diarrhea and bloat and a calf laminitis. The average daily weight gain and feed efficiency of experimental calves were slightly improved compared with control calves. Following the feeding of high-grain rational the pH of the ruminal fluid was lowered in both the experimental and control groups. However severe acidosis with the pH of below 5.0 was observed in only a control group-2. The protozoal number in ruminal fluid was markedly decreased during the high-grain feeding in both the experimental and control calves. However the decrease was mere severe in control calves compared with the experimental calves. The activation of the protozoa were completely disappeared within nine hours at the refrigerator temperature (4"C). No significant differences in heamatological and blood chemical values between the experimental and control calves were recognized. However in one control calf which showed clinically laminitis marked elevations of serum glutamic oxaloacetate transaminase and lactic dehydrogenase activities and a decrease of serum glucose level were observed. From these results it would be concluded the intraruminal transplantation of unadapted calves with the adapted ruminal fluid from cattle previously adapted to a high-energy ration prevents disease problem associated with high-grain feeding and improve weight gain and feed efficiency.ency.

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반려동물 용품 및 화장품 산업 현황 (The Current Status of the Companion Animal products and Pet Cosmetics industry)

  • 이정민;장민아
    • 문화기술의 융합
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    • 제7권4호
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    • pp.833-844
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    • 2021
  • 코로나 시대에 반려동물은 우리에게 많은 위안을 주고, 가족처럼 반려동물을 여기는 펫팸족이 등장하였다. 그리고 젊은 소비자는 자신에게 소비할 금액을 줄여서 반려동물에게 소비하는 패턴을 보이는 펫푸어도 볼 수 있다. 하지만 이러한 시대적인 변화에도 불구하고 펫푸드를 포함한 반려동물 용품 및 화장품은 여전히 수입 의존도가 높고, 국내의 반려동물 화장품 및 용품에 대한 기준이 설정되어 있지 않아 화장품 안전기준 등에 관한 규정에만 의존하고 있는 실정이다. 또한 국내 반려동물 용품 및 화장품에 관한 용어도 아직 정립되지 않은 상태이다. 현재 국내 법률은 반려동물과 관련한 동물보호법 만이 존재하지만 일본에서는 반려동물 사료안전법이 2009년 6월부터 시행되었고, 미국은 연방식품, 의약품, 화장품 관리법에서 반려동물 화장품 및 용품을 담당하고, 동물보호법이 강력한 독일은 식품 및 사료에 대한 다양한 국가 차원의 법규가 있다. 그리고 식품 안전국 웹 사이트에서도 국가 규정을 정밀하게 확인 가능하다. 따라서 본 연구는 국외의 빠르게 성장하고 안정적인 반려동물 산업처럼 국내에서도 반려 동물 산업을 관리하고 개발을 뒷받침 해주는 국가 정책과 환경 등이 반려동물 용품 및 화장품 그 외 다양한 반려동물 관련 산업을 해외시장으로 수출하는데 기초자료로 반드시 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

Lactobacillus reuteri의 급여가 산란계의 생산성, 영양소 이용율 및 장내 미생물 변화에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Feeding Lactobacillus reuteri to Laying Hens on Laying Performance, Availability and Intestinal Microflora)

  • 김상호;박수영;이상진;류경선
    • 한국가금학회지
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    • 제31권4호
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    • pp.265-271
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    • 2004
  • 본 연구는 산란계에 대한 유산균 배양물의 첨가가 생산성, 계란 품질 및 소화기관내 미생물 변화 및 영양소 이용성에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 산란계 480수를 공시하여 8주간 사양시험을 실시하였다. 첨가된 유산균 배양물은 육계 맹장에서 채취한 L. reuteri avlbro2 배양물이었으며 첨가수준은 0.1, 0.2, $0.4\%$였다. 산란율은 $0.2\%$ 첨가구가 무첨가구에 비하여 유의적인 증가를 보였으며(P<0.05), 난중은 모든 유산균 배양물 첨가구가 무거운 것으로 나타났다(P<0.05). 1일 산란량 역시 유산균 배양물 첨가구가 무첨가보다 향상되는 것으로 나타났다(P<0.05). 사료섭취량은 유산균 배양물 첨가구가 낮은 것으로 나타났고, 사료요구율은 모든 첨가구가 유의하게 개선되는 결과를 보였다(P<0.05). 계란의 중량등급별 분포에서 유산균 배양물 급여구가 무첨가에 비하여 왕란과 특란의 비율이 향상되고 대란의 비율이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 영양소 이용율에서 LR $0.4\%$첨가구가 건물 및 조단백질 이용율이 무첨가 대비 유의하게 향상되었으며(P<0.05), 조지방 및 조회분 소화율은 처리간 유의성은 인정되지 않았다. 난각 강도와 난각 두께 및 Haugh unit, 난황색은 처리간 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 회장과 맹장 내용물의 미생물 변화에서 유산균 배양물 급여구에서 유산균의 수가 유의하게 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며(P<0.05), E. coli와 Salmonella는 처 리간 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이상과 같은 결과에서 산란계에 대한 유산균 배양물의 첨가 급여는 산란율과 난중, 산란량이 증가하고 사료효을이 개선되었으며 영양소 소화율의 증진 및 장내 유익균의 수가 증가하는 효과가 있음을 알 수 있다.$1.0\%$의 EG를 첨가한 처리구에서 유의하게 높았다. EPA는 유의한 차이는 없었지만, EGBD를 첨가한 구들에서 증가하는 경향을 보였다. DHA는 $2.0\%$의 EGBB를 첨가한 구에서 유의적으로 가장 높았고, 대조구를 포함한 다른 처리구들에 비해 EGBD를 첨가한 구들이 유의적으로 높았다. 실험 2에서도 증체량은 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았고, 사료요구율은 시험 전 기간동안 EGBD를 첨가한 구가 유의적으로 좋았다. 가슴살의 지방산 조성의 결과를 보면 linoleic acid는 대조구가 유의하게 높았다. EP4 DHA와 lignoceric acid는 모두 $1.0\%$의 EGBD를 첨가한 구가 유의적으로 가장 높았고, Euglena를 첨가한 구들 모두가 대조구보다 높았으며, 그중 EGBD를 첨가한 구들이 유의적으로 더 높게 나타났다. 결론적으로, Euglena의 첨가가 육계의 생산성에는 크게 영향을 미치지 못했지만, 시험 2에선 EGBD의 첨가가 사료효율을 개선시키는 경향.이 있었다. DHA를 강화시킨 Euglena인 EGD나 EGBD의 첨가는 계육 내의 DHA를 비롯한 $\omega$-3 계열의 지방산의 수준을 높이는데, 특히 EGBD는 DHA 강화 효과가 높았다.학적 성질에 있어 일반 종이포장재보다 우수한 결과는 관찰되지 않았다. 그러나 숯포장재 제조 시 숯의 기능성을 저하시킬 수 있는 요인 및 제조 방법 등을 개선함으로써 숯의 기능성과 친환경적 특성을 최대한 살린 포장재의 연구 개발이 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 것으로 생각한다.예측 인자가 될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.있을 것으로 판단된다.%$의 무기물질(Zeolite)이 첨가되어진 Modified California putting green system이

Comparison of Single and Blend Acidifiers as Alternative to Antibiotics on Growth Performance, Fecal Microflora, and Humoral Immunity in Weaned Piglets

  • Ahmed, S.T.;Hwang, J.A.;Hoon, J.;Mun, H.S.;Yang, C.J.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • pp.93-100
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    • 2014
  • The banning of the use of antibiotics as feed additive has accelerated investigations of alternative feed additives in animal production. This experiment investigated the effect of pure citric acid or acidifier blend supplementation as substitute for antibiotic growth promoters on growth performance, fecal microbial count, and humoral immunity in weaned piglets challenged with Salmonella enterica serover Typhimurium and Escherichia coli KCTC 2571. A total of 60 newly weaned piglets (crossbred, 28-d-old; average 8 kg initial weight) were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments in a completely randomized design. Dietary treatments included NC (negative control; basal diet), PC (positive control; basal diet+0.002% apramycin), T1 (basal diet+0.5% pure citric acid), and T2 (basal diet+0.4% acidifier blend). All piglets were orally challenged with 5 mL of culture fluid containing $2.3{\times}10^8$ cfu/mL of E. coli KCTC 2571 and $5.9{\times}10^8$ cfu/mL of S. typhimurium at the beginning of the experiment. The PC group showed the highest ADG and ADFI, whereas gain:feed was improved in the PC and T1 group (p<0.05). All dietary treatments showed significant reduction in fecal counts of Salmonella and E. coli, compared to NC (p<0.05), with PC being better than T1 and T2. Significant elevation in fecal Lactobacillus spp. counts was shown by treatments with T1, T2, and PC, whereas Bacillus spp. counts were increased by treatment with T1 and T2 compared to NC and PC diet (p<0.05). Serum IgG concentration was increased by T1 diet (p<0.05), whereas IgM and IgA were not significantly affected by any of the dietary treatments (p>0.05). From these above results, it can be concluded that, as alternatives to antibiotics dietary acidification with pure citric acid or acidifiers blend did not fully ameliorate the negative effects of microbial challenges in respect of growth performance and microbial environment, however improved immunity suggested further research with different dose levels.