• 제목/요약/키워드: Gallus domesticus

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Meat Species Identification using Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay Targeting Species-specific Mitochondrial DNA

  • Cho, Ae-Ri;Dong, Hee-Jin;Cho, Seongbeom
    • 한국축산식품학회지
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    • 제34권6호
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    • pp.799-807
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    • 2014
  • Meat source fraud and adulteration scandals have led to consumer demands for accurate meat identification methods. Nucleotide amplification assays have been proposed as an alternative method to protein-based assays for meat identification. In this study, we designed Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays targeting species-specific mitochondrial DNA to identify and discriminate eight meat species; cattle, pig, horse, goat, sheep, chicken, duck, and turkey. The LAMP primer sets were designed and the target genes were discriminated according to their unique annealing temperature generated by annealing curve analysis. Their unique annealing temperatures were found to be $85.56{\pm}0.07^{\circ}C$ for cattle, $84.96{\pm}0.08^{\circ}C$ for pig, and $85.99{\pm}0.05^{\circ}C$ for horse in the BSE-LAMP set (Bos taurus, Sus scrofa domesticus and Equus caballus); $84.91{\pm}0.11^{\circ}C$ for goat and $83.90{\pm}0.11^{\circ}C$ for sheep in the CO-LAMP set (Capra hircus and Ovis aries); and $86.31{\pm}0.23^{\circ}C$ for chicken, $88.66{\pm}0.12^{\circ}C$ for duck, and $84.49{\pm}0.08^{\circ}C$ for turkey in the GAM-LAMP set (Gallus gallus, Anas platyrhynchos and Meleagris gallopavo). No cross-reactivity was observed in each set. The limits of detection (LODs) of the LAMP assays in raw and cooked meat were determined from $10pg/{\mu}L$ to $100fg/{\mu}L$ levels, and LODs in raw and cooked meat admixtures were determined from 0.01% to 0.0001% levels. The assays were performed within 30 min and showed greater sensitivity than that of the PCR assays. These novel LAMP assays provide a simple, rapid, accurate, and sensitive technology for discrimination of eight meat species.

脊椎動物 腦와 網膜에 있어서 Lactate Dehydrogenase Isozyme Pattern의 比較 (A Comparison of the Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) Isozyme Patterns in Vertebrate Cerebrum and Retina)

  • 김순옥;박상윤
    • 한국동물학회지
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1979
  • 脊椎動物 網膜과 腦에 있어서 LDH isozyme pattern을 系統的으로 밝히기 위하여 cellulose acetate 電氣泳動法을 이용하여 실험한 결과 다음과 같은 結論을 얻었다. 1. 붕어와 잉어의 網膜과 腦의 LDH isozyme은 $LDH_1$$LDH_2$에 해당되는 부위에 彌滿된 단일 band가 觀察되었다. 잉어의 心臟, 胞筋, 肝臟, 胃의 LDH isozyme도 모두 다같이 퍼진 단일 band로 나타났다. 2. 도룡농과 개구리의 腦에 있어서 LDH isozyme pattern은 다르게 觀察되었다. 도룡뇽에서는 음극으로 移動된 단일 band가, 개구리에서는 $LDH_5$$LDH_4$ 두 개의 band가 검출되었다. 3. 유혈목이의 網膜과 腦에서는 다같이 하나의 band로 觀察되나 자라에서는 網膜과 腦의 isozyme이 다르다. 卽 자라의 網膜에서는 5個의 isozyme band가 觀察되었는데 그 농도는 $LDH_5, LDH_4, LDH_3, LDH_2$$LDH_1$의 순으로 낮아 졌다. 4. 닭과 사랑새의 網膜과 腦에 있어 LDH isozyme은 다같이 단일 band로 나타났다. 5. 집토끼, 개. 돼지, 소의 網膜에서도 포유류의 特徵的인 5個의 isozyme band가 검출되었고 mouse, albino rat, 관박쥐의 腦에서도 5個의 band가 검출되었다. 이러한 사실들로 미루어 보아 網膜과 腦의 LDH는 그 電氣泳動 이 대체로 비슷하여 두 器官은 유사한 pyruvate 代謝가 이루어지고 있는 것으로 추측된다.

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EFFECT OF GONADOTROPHINS ON FOLLICULAR STEROID HORMONE PRODUCTION IN HYPOPHYSECTOMISED HENS (Gallus domesticus)

  • Li, Z.D.;Koga, O.;Tanaka, K.;Fujihara, N.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제6권3호
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    • pp.411-416
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    • 1993
  • We assessed effects of ovine luteinizing hormone (oLH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (oFSH) on the granulose and theca layers from the four largest follicles, $F_1-F_4$ of hens which had been hypophysectomized 12 h before expected ovulation. Ovine LH (0.4 mg), oFSH (0.4 mg) or oLH in combination with oFSH (0.4 mg each) was injected intravenously 6 h after hypophysectomy. Progesterone, testosterone and $estradiol-17{\beta}$ levels of the granulose and theca layers which were removed 6 h after hormone injection, were measured by radioimmunoassay. Progesterone contents of $F_1-F_3$ granulosa layer at 12 h after hypophysectomy were much lower than those of control hens. This reduced progesterone level was restored partially by the injection of oLH alone for $F_1$, while no follicles responded to oFSH treatment. In contrast, the injection of oLH in combination with oFSH resulted in high progesterone content of the granulose layer from all four follicles. Progesterone content of the theca layer was negligible in all treatments. Simultaneous injection of oLH and oFSH also elevated $estradiol-17{\beta}$ level accumulating in the theca layer from all follicles, of which much higher concentrations of $estradiol-17{\beta}$ were observed when comparison were made to each of their corresponding controls. No appreciable change in testosterone contents of two layers was observed in the present experiments. These results suggest that oFSH augments function of oLH to stimulate the production of progesterone in the granulose layer and $estradiol-17{\beta}$ in the theca layer.

Oviposition Patterns Associated with Prolactin Concentration in Domestic Chicken (Gallus domesticus)

  • David, C.G.;Reddy, I.J.;Khub, Singh
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제16권11호
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    • pp.1565-1571
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    • 2003
  • Physiological mechanisms, involved in unusual ovulatory sequences in domestic hen are remaining undefined. One hundred individually caged white leghorn birds were divided into two equal groups viz. control and treatment, and 2-bromo-$\alpha$-ergocryptine, was administered to birds in the treatment group to modulate prolactin (PRL) secretion from anterior pituitary gland. The effect of modulation of PRL concentrations on egg production, sequence length and intersequence pause length were studied by analysis of oviposition records of the birds from 24 to 72 weeks of age. The surviving 48 birds in the control and treatment groups averaged $34.58{\pm}1.7$ and $25.67{\pm}1.15$ sequences of oviposition, with a mean sequence length of $9.92{\pm}0.63$ and ${\pm}1.12$ days respectively. Most of the birds had a single characteristically long sequence during the entire reproductive cycle, which averaged $46.04{\pm}3.09$ days in the control birds and $59.33{\pm}4.44$ days in the treated birds. 2-bromo-$\alpha$-ergocriptine treatments had significantly decreased (p$\leq$0.01) the circulating concentrations of PRL compared to the birds of the control group. This resulted in a significant increase (p$\leq$0.01) in the number of laying days in birds of the treatment group with a concomitant decrease in the intersequence pause length. The decreased PRL levels during prime sequences in birds of the both groups, reveals the negative role of the circulating PRL levels on egg production with concomitant shorter intersequence pause length. Hence, modulation of PRL with dopamine agonist may enhance the reproductive efficiency of hens later in life.

닭 염색체의 분리 분석 방법에 관한 연구 (Methodology of Chromosome Preparation and Banding Analysis in Gallus domesticus)

  • 손시환;오봉국
    • 한국가금학회지
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.89-96
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    • 1987
  • 본 연구에서는 가금에 있어 세포유전학적 방법을 이용하여 닭 염색체의 분리방법과 G, C-banding에 의한 분염분석 방법을 재고하여 보다 명확한 염색체의 형태적 양상을 제시하였다. 염색체의 분리는 성장중인 초기배아를 이용하므로써 유사분열 중기상을 쉽게 포악할 수 있었으며, 성장 4-5일째의 배아조직으로부터 염색체의 분리는 다소 불편함이 많았다. 가금에 있어 염색체 분리기술중 가장 중요한 것으로 적합한 sample의 채취와 적절한 중기상의 유도, hypotonic 처리에 따른 뚜렷한 형태의 유도, 도말방법 및 염색의 처리과정이다. 또한 보다 명확한 염색체의 분석을 위하여서는 중기 분열상중 초기 중기 상태의 상을 포착함이 바람직하다. G. C-banding 처리를 위해서는 공히 충분하고도 완전히 건조된 air-dried prepration된 sample을 이용하여야 바람직한 결과를 얻을 수 있으며, slide의 보존시간에 따라 band 양상에 많은 차이를 나타낸다. G-banding 양상에 크게 영향하는 요인으로서는 trypsin의 농도, 처리시간, 처리온도가 주된 작용을 하고, Giemsa solution에 사용하는 buffer의 pH도 크게 작용하는 것으로 나타났다. C-banding에 있어서는 Ba(OJ)$_2$의 농도 처리시간, 처리온도가 큰 영향을 미친 바 다소 짧은 시간의 처리가 바람직한 양상을 보이고, 처리전 HCl 처리로서 세포들의 균일성을 가하고, 처리후 철저한 수세가 좋은 결과를 나타내었다. Band 양상의 보다 정확한 해석을 위해서는 densitometer를 이용하므로써 구체적 양상을 분석할 수 있었다.

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Multiple Ovulations and In vitro Fertilization in the Domestic Fowl (Gallus domesticus)

  • Han, Haitang;Zhao, Chen;Li, Zandong
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제17권12호
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    • pp.1652-1656
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    • 2004
  • The aim of this study was to obtain mature ova or embryos at a single cell stage, which can be used in avian transgenesis and nuclear transfer through multiple ovulations, in vitro fertilization and culture. Chicken anterior pituitary extract (CAPE) or acetone-dried chicken anterior pituitary extract (ACAPE) was used to induce multiple ovulations in hens pretreated with pregnant mare' serum gonadotrophin (PMSG). In vitro fertilization of the multiple ovulated ova was performed by inseminating sperm onto the germinal disks in m-Ringer' solution and incubating the ova at 41$^{\circ}C$, 5% $CO_2$ for 10 h in DME-F12 medium containing 20% liquid albumen. The in vitro fertilization process was observed using an environmental scanning electron microscope. When normal laying hens (white Leghorn) were administered daily with PMSG (100 IU), egg laying ceased in most hens within 3 to 8 days. Ovulation began to occur about 7.5 h after injection of CAPE and ACAPE. The number of ovulated ova was 1.00${\pm}$0.00, 2.33${\pm}$0.52 and 2.20${\pm}$0.45, respectively, after receiving 100, 200 and 300 mg CAPE. The number of ovulated ova was 2.00${\pm}$0.00, 2.86${\pm}$0.69 and 3.00${\pm}$1.22, respectively, after receiving 10, 15 and 20 mg ACAPE. The fertilized and cultured ova were able to develop into embryos up to the 32 cell stage. The present experiments demonstrated that multiple ovulations can be induced by CAPE and ACAPE successfully, and the ova resulted from the treatment retained the capability for further fertilization and embryonic development. These data provide new information to support the establishment of an in vitro culture system for future avian transgenesis studies.

계통발생에 따른 척추동물의 뇌후구에 대한 전자현미경적 연구 (Electron Microscopic Studies on Olfactory Bulbs in the Vertebrates by Phylogenetics)

  • 최명봉;정영화;서지은
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.31-68
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    • 1985
  • Authors are trying to unveil the ultrastructural organization of olfactory bulb, which has been summerized under light microscopic level or communicated only in some detail in different view point until now. For the critical point of view, since the phylogenetical approach will give the ultimate value in the correlative study between structural and functional bases (Brodal, 1969), the present study was carried out light and electron microscopic analyses of the structures of the neurons and synaptic organizations in olfactory bulbs from different animals in phylogenetical scale. We selected each one species from five animal classes: the house rabbit(Oryctolagus cuniculus var. domesticus [Gmelin]) from Mammalia, the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson) from Aves, the viper (Agkistrodon hylys [G.P. Pallas]) from Reptilia, a frog (Bombiana orientalis Boulenger) from Amphibia and the crussian carp (Carassius carassius [Linne]) from Pisces. For light microscopic study, samples were fixed in 10% formalin and paraffin sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin. For the electron microscopic study, the tissues were fixed by perfusion through the heart or immersion with 1% paraform-aldehyde-glutaraldehyde mixture (phosphate buffer, pH 7.4), and final tissue block trimmed under dissecting microscope were osmicated (1% OsO4), they were embedded in Araldite or Epon 812, and ultrathin sections were made by LKB-V ultratome following the inspection of semi-thin sections stained with toluidine blue-borax solution. Ultra-thin sections contrasted with uranyl acetate and lead citrate were observed with JEM 100CX electron microscope. We have summerized our morphological analyses as follows: 1. The olfactory bulb of rabbit, viper and frog shows the eight layers of fila olfactoria, glomerular, external granular, external plexiform, mitral cell, internal plexiform, internal granular, medullary but domestic fowl shows the five layers of glomerular, fibrillar, mitral, granular and medullary and the three layers of fibrilla, glomerular and medullary in crussian carp. The sharpness of demarcation between the layers shows deferential tendency according to phylogenetical order. 2. Mitral cells of vertebrate have large triangular or oval shape with spherical nuclei which contain not so much chromatin. The cytoplasm contains numerous cell organelles, of which Nissl's bodies or granular endoplasmic reticula arranged as parallel strands. Development of granular endoplasmic reticula were declined as the phylogentical grade is going lower. 3. Tufted cells of all animal are mostly spindle or polygonal contour and contain oval nuclei which located in periphery of cytoplasm. The nuclei of rabbit, fowl, viper and frog has relatively space chromatin, but a nucleus of crussian carp contain irregularly aggregated chromatin in karyoplasm. Their cytoplasmic volume and cell organelle contents are in between those of mitral cell and granular cell. They contain moderate amount of mitochondria, granular endoplasmic reticula, a few Golgi complex, polysomes, lysosome, etc. 4. Granule of cells of all the vertebrate amimals studied exhibit similar features; cells and their dense nuclei show spherical or oval contour, and they have the thin rim of cytoplasm which contain only a few cell organelles. 5. In rabbit, the soma of mitral cells were in contact with boutons with two types of synaptic vesicles, that is, round and flat vesicles, especially flat vesicles in boutons were showing reciprocal synapses. However, in domestic fowls, vipers, frogs and crussian carps, there were found boutons showing only spherical synaptic vesicles. 6. The boutons containing round synaptic vesicles were made contact with the some of tufted cell of olfactory bulb in the rabbits, fowls, vipers and frogs, but no synaptic boutons were observed in soma of tufted cells in crussian carps. In the frogs, there were observed dendrites were contact with the soma of tufted cells. 7. In the neuropils of plexiform, granular and glomerular layers olfactory bulbs in the vertebrate, the synapses were axo-large dendrites, axo-median and small dendrites, dendrodendritic, and axo-axonal contacts. However, in the neuropil of crussian carps, synapses were observed only in glomerular layer.

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백봉오골계육의 이화학적 특성 (Physicochemical Characteristics of Silky Fowl(Gallus domesticus var. silkies))

  • 조재민;박정길;이민영;류인덕
    • 한국축산식품학회지
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.306-314
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    • 2006
  • 중국 최고의 의약서인 신농본초경(Shennong Classics of Material Medic)과 중국 명대($1368{\sim}1644$)에 이시진이 저술한 본초강목 등 여러 문헌에 기록으로 전해지고 있는 백봉오골계의 의약적 기능을 볼 때 백봉오골계육은 건강 기능 식품의 신소재로서 개발할 만한 충분한 가치가 있다. 본 연구에서는 약계인 백봉오골계가 우리나라 재래 오골계인 연산오골계와 해부학적 특성과 고기의 영양성분에 있어서 어떤 차이점이 있는가를 조사하였다. 1. 백봉오골계의 해부학적 특성 1) 백봉오골계는 깃털이 눈과 같이 희고 깃털의 우판(羽辦)은 가늘게 갈라져 있어 유연한 견사(silk)와 같다. 연산오골계의 깃털은 일반 닭과 같은 모양이고 검은색이다. 2) 백봉오골계의 벼슬은 phoenix crown이라는 별명을 가지고 있는데 일반 닭과는 모양이 다르며, 벼슬은 수컷 경우 장미모양, 산딸기 또는 오디 모양이며, 암컷의 경우 자주 빛깔의 산딸기 또는 오디 모양이다. 3) 백봉오골계의 부리(beak)는 짧고 단단하며 납빛 blue(leaden blue)이고 얼굴은 매끈하고 우아하며 육수는 자색을 띤 창백색이다. 4) 백봉오골계의 눈 홍채는 암갈색 내지는 검정색(dark dark brown)이고 가장 큰 특징 중의 하나는 공작 색(peacock green) 또는 터키 옥색(lightblue turquoise)과 같은 귓불(earlobes)을 가지고 있는 것이다. 연산오골계는 흑회색의 오디 모양의 벼슬을 가지고 있으며 부리(beak)는 길고 단단하며 얼굴은 크고 육수는 적자색을 띤다. 눈의 홍채는 검정색을 가지고 있다. 5) 백봉오골계의 꽁지는 짧은 편이고 많지 않은 부드러운 깃으로 되어 있고 연산오골계 꽁지는 일반 닭과 같다. 6) 백봉오골계의 머리에는 수술(tassel)이 있으며 너무 크게 자라서 앞이 보이지 않는 것도 있다. 턱수염이 있는 종(bearded)과 턱수염이 없는 종(non bearded)이 있다. 7) 백봉오골계의 발가락 수는 5개로 이루어져 있다. 다리는 짧고 흑회색이며 바깥쪽에 깃털이 나 있다. 연산오골계의 발가락 수는4개로 이루어져 있으며 다리 부분에 깃털이 없다. 8) 백봉오골계와 연산오골계의 총 신장을 비교해 볼 때 암수 모두 연산오골계가 백봉오골계 암수보다 훨씬 더 크다는 것을 알 수 있다. 9) 백봉오골계의 피부는 곱고 검푸른색 또는 흑회색이며, 모공은 연산오골계에 비해 모공수가 적고 모공이 가늘다. 연산오골계의 피부는 거칠고 짙은 흑회색을 띠며 백봉오골계보다 모공수가 더 많고 모공도 더 크다. 10) 백봉오골계와 연산오골계는 모두 일반 양계와는 달리 근육, 내장, 뼈 등이 일반적으로 흑회색을 띠고 있다. 2. 백봉오골계 육의 일반 성분과 Mineral 함량 1) 백봉오골계육은 연산오골계육과 일반 양계육에 비해 수분과 지방 함량은 적고, 단백질과 회분 함량이 높은 것이 특징 이다. 2) 백봉오골계는 칼슘(Ca), 인(P), 철(Fe), 칼륨(K), 아연(Zn)의 함량은 모두 다리살이 가슴살보다 더 높은 경향을 보였으며 특히 철(Fe)의 함량은 가슴살보다 약 5.6배, 아연(Zn)은 약 5.2배나 높았다. 그러나 연산오골계는 칼슘(Ca)과 철(Fe), 아연(Zn)만이 다리살이 가슴살 보다 더 높았고 인(P)과 칼륨(K)은 가슴살이 다리살보다 더 높은 경향을 보였다. 가슴살과 다리살 중의 Mineral 함량을 비교해 보았을 때 인(P), 철(Fe), 칼륨(K), 아연(Zn)의 함량은 백봉오골계가 연산오골계보다 높은 경향을 보였으며 칼슘(Ca)함량만이 백봉오골계보다 연산오골계가 높은 경향을 보였다. 3) Fe의 함량은 백봉오골계와 연산오골계 모두 다리살이 가슴살보다 더 높았으며, 다리살 중의 Fe 함량을 비교해 보았을 때 백봉오골계가 3.9 mg%, 연산오골계가 1.0 mg%로서 백봉오골계가 연산오골계보다 약 4.0배나 더 높았다. 4) Zn의 함량도 백봉오골계와 연산오골계 모두가 다리살이 가슴살보다 훨씬 더 높은 경향을 보여주었다. 연산오골계의 경우 Zn 함량은 가슴살이 0.6 mg%, 다리살이 2.3 mg%로서 다리살이 가슴살보다 약4배 높았다. 백봉오골계의 경우 Zn함량은 가슴살이 0.5 mg%, 다리살이 2.6 mg%로서 다리살이 가슴살보다 약 5배 정도 높았다. 5) K의 함량은 백봉오골계가 가슴살과 다리살 모두에서 연산오골계보다 높았다. 그리고 백봉오골계는 가슴살보다는 다리살이 연산오골계는 다리살보다는 가슴살이 K함량이 높았다.

The Use of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Broiler Carcass Analysis

  • Hsu, Hua;Zuidhof, Martin J.;Recinos-Diaz, Guillermo;Wang, Zhiquan
    • 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국근적외분광분석학회 2001년도 NIR-2001
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    • 2001
  • NIRS uses reflectance signals resulting from bending and stretching vibrations in chemical bonds between carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, sulfur and oxygen. These reflectance signals are used to measure the concentration of major chemical composition and other descriptors of homogenized and freeze-dried whole broiler carcasses. Six strains of chicken were analyzed and the NIRS model predictions compared to reference data. The results of this comparison indicate that NIRS is a rapid tool for predicting dry matter (DM), fat, crude protein (CP) and ash content in the broiler carcass. Males and females of six commercial strain crosses of broiler chicken (Gallus domesticus) were used in this study (6$\times$2 factorial design). Each strain was grown to 16 weeks of age, and duplicate serial samples were taken for body composition analysis. Each whole carcass was pressure-cooked, homogenized, and a representative sample was freeze-dried. Body composition determined as follows: DM by oven dried method at 105$^{\circ}C$ for 3 hours, fat by Mojonnier diethyl ether extraction, CP by measuring nitrogen content using an auto-analyzer with Kjeldhal digest and ash by combustion in a muffle furnace for 24 hour at 55$0^{\circ}C$. These homogenized and freeze-dried carcass samples were then scanned with a Foss NIR Systems 6500 visible-NIR spectrophotometer (400-2500nm) (Foss NIR Systems, Silver Spring, MD., US) using Infra-Soft-International, ISI, WinISl software (ISI, Port Matilda, US). The NIRS spectra were analyzed using principal component (PC) analysis. This data was corrected for scatter using standard normal “Variate” and “Detrend” technique. The accuracy of the NIRS calibration equations developed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) for predicting major chemical composition and carcass descriptors- such as body mass (BM), bird dry matter and moisture content was tested using cross validation. Discrimination analysis was also used for sex and strain identification. According to Dr John Shenk, the creator of the ISI software, the calibration equations with the correlation coefficient, $R^2$, between reference data and NIRS predicted results of above 0.90 is excellent and between 0.70 to 0.89 is a good quantifying guideline. The excellent calibration equations for DM ($R^2$= 0.99), fat (0.98) and CP (0.92) and a good quantifying guideline equation for ash (0.80) were developed in this study. The results of cross validation statistics for carcass descriptors, body composition using reference methods, inter-correlation between carcass descriptors and NIRS calibration, and the results of discrimination analysis for sex and strain identification will also be presented in the poster. The NIRS predicted daily gain and calculated daily gain from this experiment, and true daily gain (using data from another experiment with closely related broiler chicken from each of the six strains) will also be discussed in the paper.

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Effect of increasing levels of apparent metabolizable energy on laying hens in barn system

  • Kang, Hwan Ku;Park, Seong Bok;Jeon, Jin Joo;Kim, Hyun Soo;Park, Ki Tae;Kim, Sang Ho;Hong, Eui Chul;Kim, Chan Ho
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 2018
  • Objective: This experiment was to investigate the effect of increasing levels of apparent metabolizable energy ($AME_n$) on the laying performance, egg quality, blood parameters, blood biochemistry, intestinal morphology, and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of energy and nutrients in diets fed to laying hens. Methods: A total of three-hundred twenty 33-week-old Hy-Line Brown laying hens (Gallus domesticus) were evenly assigned to four experimental diets of 2,750, 2,850, 2,950, and 3,050 kcal $AME_n/kg$ in pens with floors covered with deep litter of rice hulls. There were four replicates of each treatment, each consisting of 20 birds in a pen. Results: $AME_n$ intake was increased (linear, p<0.05) with inclusion level of $AME_n$ in diets increased. Feed intake and feed conversion ratio were improved (linear, p<0.01), but hen-day egg production tended to be increased with an increasing level of $AME_n$ in diets. During the experiment, leukocyte concentration and blood biochemistry (total cholesterol, triglyceride, glucose, total protein, calcium, asparate aminotransferase, and alanine transferase were not influenced by increasing level of $AME_n$ in diets. Gross energy and ether extract were increased (linear, p<0.01) as the inclusion level of $AME_n$ in diets increased. Conclusion: Laying hens fed high $AME_n$ diet (i.e., 3,050 kcal/kg in the current experiment) tended to overconsume energy with a positive effect on feed intake, feed conversion ratio, nutrient digestibility, and intestinal morphology but not on egg production and egg mass.